Nonverbal communication : forms and functions / Peter A. Andersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andersen, Peter A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Body language.

Interpersonal communication.

Physical Description:

xx, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Mountain View, Calif. : Mayfield Pub., [1999]

Summary:

Nonverbal Communication: Forms and Functions is based on the best and most current theory and research in the field of nonverbal communication. However, it is not a handbook of nonverbal behavior. The literature is too extensive to cover every study in an undergraduate text. The primary goal of this book is to make the huge body of research and theory on nonverbal communication accessible to undergraduates.

Contents:

Part one : the fundamental forces of nonverbal communication

Nonverbal communication and language : distinctions and connections

The body codes of nonverbal communication

The contextual codes of nonverbal communications

Cultural cues : nonverbal communication in a diverse world

Gender, sex, and nonverbal communication

Part two : affective exchanges : feelings and nonverbal communication

The nonverbal communication of emotion

Communication and stress : nonverbal reactions to arousal and anxiety

Immediacy and nonverbal communication

Nonverbal communication in intimate relationships

Part three : implicit influences : nonverbal cues of persuasion, deception, and power

Persuasive posturing : influencing others through nonverbal communication

Concealing and revealing : deception and its detection through nonverbal cues

Positions of power : the nonverbal communication of controls, power, and status.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-374) and indexes.

ISBN:

1559347260

9781559347266

OCLC:

39477695