COMM 305 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I Uncertainty management Theory cont II Expectancy Violation Theory Outline of Current Lecture I Theories of Discourse and Interaction cont II Communication Accommodation Current Lecture Question How do we know what things mean Both theories were developed to explain nonverbal communication First to explain how we know what nonverbal communication is As of today the theories have been broadened to include verbal communication Expectancy Violation Theory o Nonverbal behavior Verbal refers to linguistics the words we say then nonverbal is everything else Types of nonverbals Paralanguage the nonverbal cues that accompany speech o Involves volume or loudness speed or rate of speech pitch or tone intonation 9 the rising and falling of the tone Body motion gestures movements of the body facial expressions eye behavior blinking gazing and posture Appearance can involve those aspects of a person s appearance that they have no control over skin color gender physique and those we can clothes hair Use of Space proxemics perception and use of space o Think of interpersonal space how close a person is when talking to you But how close is too close is dependent on your culture the intimacy with others And again some situations are ok to have close proximity such as in a line or on an elevator These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute o Ex bathroom urinals guys Ideas to keep in mind Nonverbal behaviors cannot be understood in isolation When we try to read people like a book very well Instead we see clusters of nonverbals Not all nonverbals are communication ex sitting in a chair and a man comes and sticks his fingers in your mouth It seems weird but not if it s a dentist A dentist isn t trying to communicate anything to you by putting his fingers in your mouth All nonverbals are context dependent Ex universal greeting for saying hello is the eyebrow flash it s like the sup head nod But some cultures that can be sexual o Expectancies An expectation or guess about commutation behavior Particular nonverbals How we think nonverbals will be used in an encounter Involve preconceived notions about who the communicators are what the relationship it and what the context is Come from a variety of sources culture past experiences They involve a range EX if your looking at someone in the eye we know that appropriate eye gaze becomes uncomfortable at a certain range and the range is around 30 seconds not exactly 30 seconds