Teacher Perceptions of Student Achievement Research Paper

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Everywhere we look, individuals use body language and non-verbal signals. We've seen evidence of politicians and the media using signals to improve their veracity (or the contrary), but non-verbal clues have even been studied by anthropologists as a way to recognize subtleties of communication. In fact, anthropologist Ray Birdswhistell found that most humans can recognize over 250,000 facial expressions that impart meaning (Pease 2006, 10).

Sources of Nonverbal Communication- Psychologists believe that nonverbal communication is both part of individual behavior and the result of that behavior. The environment plays a huge part in how we as individuals "feel" and therefore express ourselves. The difference, say, between a well lit hotel atrium with classical music playing, numerous plants, and earth tones vs. A dark and dingy hallway in a public building will certainly provide different nonverbal impetus. In addition, the following are part of the entire nonvernal universe: Issue

Characteristic/Example

Physical Characteristics and Appearance

Body type, height, weight, skin color all communicates messages.

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Examples include casting for a play or movie, looking like a CEO, an impression of who is smart, etc.

Facial Appearance

Long history of using facial appearances to predict behavior, identify criminal tendencies, etc.

Odors

Send conscious and unconscious messages (cologne), sexual availability, etc.

Artifactual Clues

Jewelry, clothes, classes, accouterments

Proxemics

Space (personal and otherwise) during interaction

Kinesics

Body posture; for instance a person in a job interview tends to sit up straight and look at the interviewer; sitting slumped and looking around sends a message of negativity

Emblems

Thumbs up, down, the O.K. sign etc.

Gestures

Cultural and meaningful gestures; illustrators, and manipulators

Touching

Culturally rule-bound as well, but emphasizes behaviors

Eyes

Staring/gazing, pupil dilation, eye movement

Paralanguage

Pitch, tone, pauses, "It is not what you say, but how you say it."

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