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V I uu', ( 3 I I [( ll *A\}*:\\ N*."\ Crot)i \-.] \Z- hl z'^\\\i r' 1V-r I r-\! Y :h r^,r4. | i .q. n*'4fil',tt,l ^tfs',9r* 'r',, iJ I' G',' ,5l1W ffi,r" *d, *?, fu,fu *, i: i i,,i I \' --/' .\ 1\ The Nonverbal Communication Workbook The Nonverbal Communication Workbook A. t)eVito |oseph Hunter College of the City University of New York TAVELAND --: =-= PRESS,INC. == Prospect Hcights, lllinois For information about this book. contact: Waveland Press. Inc. PO. Box 400 Prospect Heights, Illinois 600Z0 (847) 634-008r www.waveland.com Copyright O f 989 by Waveland press, Inc. rsBN o-88133-393-X All rights reserued. No part oJ thts book mag be reproduced., stored.ln a retrieual system, or transmitted tn angJorm or bg ang mea"ns utlthout per- rnfssion tn usrttingJrom the publtsher. Printed in the United States of America L413t2lll09 Consulting Editors A. Joseph DeVito Robert E. Denton, Jr. Table of Contents Acknowledgments .... xiv Preface ....xv Approoching the Study of Nonverbol Communicotion: Suggestions Ten . xviii 7 Perspectives... Beginning .......1 The Definition of Nonverbal Communication 2 The Areas of Nonverbal Communication 3 Intentionality and Nonintentionality 4 The Functions of Nonverbal Communication 5 The Characteristics of Nonverbal Communication 6 Communicative 6 Contextual 7 Believable 7 Rule-Governed I Metacommunicational 8 Packaged 9 Beginning Perspectives Exercises 1O 1.1 Forming First Impressions 11 '1,.2 An Introductory Quiz in Nonverbal Communication 16 1.3 The Areas of Nonverbal Communication 20 1.4 Verbal and Nonverbal Message Systems 24 1.5 The Functions of Nonverbal Communication 27 1.6 Rule-Keeping and Rule-Breaking 29 1.7 Giving Instructions Nonverbally 31 1.8 Approaches to Nonverbal Communication 32 Review and Discussion Questions 33 Terms to Define 34 vll vlll Table of Contents 2 Communication Body ......s2 Body Type 38 Endomorphy, Mesomorphy, and Ectomorphy 38 Body Type and Personality Impressions 39 Appearance and the Perception of Attractiveness 40 The Matching Hypothesis 40 Compensation Theory 47 Height 4t Body Movement and Gestures 42 Emblems 42 Illustrators 43 Affect Displays 43 Regulators 43 Adaptors 43 Dimensions of Posture 44 InclusivenessArloninclusiveness 44 Face-to-Face/Parallel 45 Congruence/lncongruence 45 Body Communication Exercises 46 2.1 Body Type Questionnaire 47 2.2 Body Type and Personality Impressions 49 2.3 Five Nonverbal Gestures 51 2.4 Some Meanings of Some Gestures 53 2.5 Body Awareness 56 2.6 Rules of Body Communication 57 2.7 Observational Record of Body Communication 59 Review and Discussion Questions 60 Terms to Define 61 3 Facial and Eye Communication. . . . . ..6s Facial Expressions 65 Affect Displays 65 MicromomentaryExpressions 65 Universality and Relativity 65 Facial Management Techniques 66 Intensifying 66 Deintensifying 67 Neutralizing 67 Masking 67 Styles in Facial Expression 68 Eye Movements 69 Eye Functions 70 Eye Avoidance 70 Pupillometrics 7O