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Debate 1 Name:__________________________________
Essential Question
● ____________ and ______________ do people communicate without ______________?
Objectives
● To identify the five principles of nonverbal communication.
● To express ______________ through ___________ ________________.
● To identify and use paralanguage.
● To identify social situations that necessitate different space requirements.
Perception Check
● A perception check “is a _____________ response stating one person’s
____________________ of someone else’s nonverbal behavior.”
○ (Verderber, 1999, p. 130)
● Example:
○ “You look _______________, am I boring you?”
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Facial Expression
● Examples:
○ Winking
○ Making ___________ ______________
○ Raising an _____________________
○ Smiling
○ _____________________
○ _____________________
Eye Contact
● Eye contact is “________________ the other person in the ____________ while
speaking or listening.”
● Eye contact can “indicate honesty or _______________”
● Eye contact can “demonstrate the intensity of ________________ that the speaker or
__________________ feels about the communication between them.”
○ (Verderber, 1999, p. 37)
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Gestures
● “Gestures are the ___________________ people make with their arms, heads, and
fingers.”
● Examples:
○ Nodding your head “________”
○ Shrugging your shoulders for “___ ________ __________.”
● (Verderber, 1999, p. 37)
Functions of Gestures
● Gestures can:
○ “Replace ___________ in certain messages.”
○ “____________________ meaning of verbal language.”
○ “Add to meaning when a speaker gives _____________________.”
■ (Verderber, 1999, p. 37)
Posture
● “Posture is body ________________.”
● Examples:
○ Standing tall and sure.
○ Slumping in a chair.
● Funcation
○ “Can convey _________________, such as confidence and poise or dejection and
weariness.”
■ (Verderber, 1999, p. 37)
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Movement
● “Movement is simply the way a person ______________.”
● Example:
○ Dragging your feet reluctantly.
● Function:
○ “Can enhance the ________________ you want to make or the _______________
you want to convey.
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