The Social Context of Nonverbal Behavior (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction)

ISBN 10: 0521583713 / ISBN 13: 9780521583718

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Social Context of Nonverbal Behavior (Studies in Emotion and Social Interaction)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521583713
• ISBN 13: 9780521583718
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This volume presents, in an integrated framework, the newest, most contemporary perspectives on the role of nonverbal behavior in social interaction. The book includes empirically-grounded work and theories that are central to our understanding of the reciprocal influences between nonverbal behavior and social variables. In doing so, it contributes to the ongoing controversy now shaping the field regarding the degree to which nonverbal behavior represents social, as opposed to biological, forces. Contributors to this volume also highlight a number of recent subareas in the domain of nonverbal behavior that hold much promise, including the role of nonverbal behavior in group membership and media influences on nonverbal behavior. This book will prove useful to professionals in communication, psychotherapy, and counseling.

Book Description

A series of essays, written by experts from around the world, on the role of nonverbal behavior in everyday social interaction. Among the topics addressed are nonverbal expressiveness in families, television viewing and nonverbal behavior, emotional mimicry, culture and nonverbal behavior, power, smiling and gender, children's use of nonverbal behavior; nonverbal interactions with friends, relatives and strangers, nonverbal behavior as a social interaction facilitator, the role of nonverbal behavior in close relationships, and how nonverbal behavior reveals deception.