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Body artifacts
items we wear that are part of our physical apperance and that have the potential to communicate, such as clothing, religous symbols, military medals, body piercing and tattoos
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Body Orientation
the extent to which we turn our legs, shoulders, and head toward or away from a communicator
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Chronemics
The study of a person's use of time
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Citing Gestures
gestures that acknoledge another's feedback in a conversation
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Delivery gestures
gestures that signal shared understanding beten communicators in a conversation
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Expectancy violations theory
A theory that maintains that we expect other people to aintain a certain distance from us in their conversations with us
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Haptics
The study of how we communicate through touch
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Interaction adaption theory
a theory that suggests individuals simultaneously adapt their communication behavior to the communication behavior of others
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intimate distance
The distance that extends about eightteen inches around each of us that is normally reservedfor people with whom we are close, such as close friends, romantic partners, and family members
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kinestics
the study of a person's body movement and its effect on the communication process
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mixed message
the incompatibility that occurs when our nonverbal messages are not congruent with our verbal messages
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nonverbal communication
all behaviors other than spoken words that communicate messages and create shared meaning between people
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paralanguage
The study of a person's voice also called vocalics
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personal distance
Raning from eighteen inches to four feet, the space most people use during conversation
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personal space
The distance we put between ourselves and others
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physical characteristics
aspects of physical apperance such as body-size, skin color, hair color and style facial hair, and facial features
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physcial enviornment
The setting in which our beavior takes place
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proxemics
The study of how people use manipulate, and identify their personal space
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public distance
Commnication that occurs at a distance of telve or more feet, allwing listners to see a person while he or she is speeaking
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seeking gestures
gestures that request agreement of clarification from a sender during a conversation
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social distance
Ranging from four to twelve feet, the spatial zone usually reserved for professional or formal interpersonal encounters
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territoriality
Our sense of ownership of space that remains fixed
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territoral markers
Items or objects that humans use to mark their terriories such as a table in a coffee shop
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turn gestures
gestures that indicate that anotehr person can speak or that are used ot request to speak in a conversation
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turn-taking
in a conversation, nonverbal regulators that indicate who talks when and to whom
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vocal characterizers
Nonverbal behaviors such as crying, laughing, groaning, muttering, whisperng and whinning
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vocal ditractors
The "ums" and "ers" used in conversation
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vocal qualities
Nonverbal behaviors that include pitch, rate, volume, inflection, tempo, and pronuciation as well as the use of vocal distractors and silence
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