Lecture 5 pt. 2: NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

• Kinesics (body language) includes body motions such as shrugs, foot tapping, drumming fingers, eye movements like winking, facial expressions, and gestures.
• Haptics is the study of touch.
• Oculesics is the study of eye contact.
• Olfactics is the study of smell.
• Chronemics is the study of the use of time.
• Proxemics is the study of the use of space to signal privacy or attraction.
• Paravocalics or Vocalics is the study of tone of voice, timbre, volume, speed.
• Sound symbols include grunting, mmm, er, ah, uh-huh, mumbling.
• Silence in communication can be interpreted as pausing, waiting, or secrecy.
• Posture in communication refers to the position of the body and stance.
• Adornment in communication refers to clothing, jewelry, and hairstyle.
• Locomotion in communication refers to walking, running, staggering, and limping.