Humanities Homework Help. Cuyamaca College Nonverbal Communication Questions
- What is nonverbal communication? Identify and describe the role that each of the following play: facial expressions; eye contact; bodily movements; touching. In your opinion, which one plays a greater role? Support your response
- Discuss what social psychologists have uncovered about facial expressions, microexpressions and deception.
- Define the term attribution and explain each of the following theories of attribution: theory of corespondent interference; Kelley’s theory of causal attributions; fundamental attribution error; the actor-observer effect; the self-serving bias
- Discuss several examples of how attribution and the attribution errors might influence feelings of depression. Provide a personal example of when this may have occurred in your life.
- Define impression formation and provide several examples of variables that tend to influence our formulation of impressions
- Discuss the tactics for impression management such as self-enhancement and other enhancement. Do you believe these tactics can alter/modify an initial impression? Support your response
