ERIC Number: ED090609
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1974
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Nonverbal Communication: Readings with Commentary.
Weitz, Shirley, Ed.
These twenty-two readings in five areas of nonverbal communication emphasize the most recent work indicating significant trends in research. The selections represent several perspectives, including those of Ray L. Birdwhistell, Allen T. Dittman, Albert E. Scheflen, Robert Sommer, Edward T. Hall, Ralph V. Exline, and Adam Kendon. Some of the essays are "Similarities and Differences Between Cultures in Expressive Movements,""Facial Affect Scoring Technique: A First Validity Study,""The Communication of Feelings by Content-Free Speech,""Masculinity and Femininity as Display,""Quasi-Courtship Behavior in Psychotherapy,""Proxemics,""Small Group Ecology," and "Some Determinants of Social Interaction". (RB)
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cultural Influences, Group Dynamics, Higher Education, Human Relations, Interpersonal Relationship, Nonverbal Communication, Research, Social Influences
Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016 ($4.95 paper)
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