Even though our society subtly discourages the verbal expression
of emotions, most of us, in ostensibly conforming to our roles,
nevertheless manage to express likes, dislikes, status differences,
personalities, as well as weaknesses in nonverbal ways. Using vocal
expressions; gestures, postures, and movements, we amplify,
restrict, or deny what our words say to one another, and even say
some things with greater facility and efficiency than with
words.
In this new, multidimensional approach to the subject of
nonverbal communication Albert Mehrabian brings together a great
deal of original work which includes descriptions of new
experimental methods that are especially suited to this field,
detailed findings of studies scattered throughout the literature,
and most importantly, the integration of these findings within a
compact framework.
The framework starts with the analysis of the meanings of
various nonverbal behaviors and is based on the fact that more than
half of the variance in the significance of nonverbal signals can
be described in terms of the three orthogonal dimensions of
positiveness, potency or status, and responsiveness. These three
dimensions not only constitute the semantic space for nonverbal
communication, but also help to identify groups of behaviors
relating to each, to describe characteristic differences in
nonverbal communication, to analyze and generate rules for the
understanding of inconsistent messages, and to provide researchers
with new and comprehensive measures for description of social
behavior.
This volume will be particularly valuable for both the
professional psychologist and the graduate student in psychology.
It will also be of great interest to professionals in the fields of
speech and communication, sociology, anthropology, and
psychiatry.
"Albert Mehrabian" is current professor emeritus of psychology
at the University of California Los Angeles. He is widely known for
his work on nonverbal communication. He has served as consulting
editor to "Sociometry, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology," and "Journal of Psychology." He
is author or co-author of 20 books.
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