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An Introduction to the Study of Nonverbal Communication | |
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Nonverbal Communication: Basic Perspectives | |
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Defining Nonverbal Communication | |
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Encoding | |
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Decoding | |
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Classifying Nonverbal Behavior | |
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The Communication Environment | |
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Physical Environment | |
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Spatial Environment | |
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The Communicators' Physical Characteristics | |
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Body Movement and Position | |
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Gestures | |
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Posture | |
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Touching Behavior | |
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Facial Expressions | |
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Eye Behavior | |
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Vocal Behavior | |
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Nonverbal Communication in the Total Communication Process | |
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Repeating | |
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Conflicting | |
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Complementing | |
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Substituting | |
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Accenting/Moderating | |
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Regulating | |
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The History of Nonverbal Studies | |
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Nonverbal Communication in Everyday Life | |
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Crime and Punishment | |
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Televised Politics | |
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Classroom Behavior | |
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Courtship Behavior | |
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Summary | |
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The Roots of Nonverbal Behavior | |
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The Development of Nonverbal Behavior Across Evolutionary Time: Phylogeny | |
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Evidence from Sensory Deprivation | |
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Evidence from Infants | |
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Evidence from Twin Studies | |
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Evidence from Nonhuman Primates | |
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Evidence from Multicultural Studies | |
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Summary | |
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The Ability to Receive and Send Nonverbal Signals | |
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Methods for Improving Nonverbal Skills | |
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Measuring Accuracy of Decoding and Encoding Nonverbal Cues | |
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Standardized Tests of Decoding Ability | |
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Characteristics of Skilled Nonverbal Receivers | |
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Gender | |
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Other Personal Correlates of Receiving Accuracy | |
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Task Factors Affecting Nonverbal Receiving Accuracy | |
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Characteristics of Accurate Nonverbal Senders | |
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The Relationship between Sending and Receiving Skills | |
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On Being an Observer of Nonverbal Communication | |
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The Fallibility of Human Perception | |
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Summary | |
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The Communication Environment | |
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The Effects of the Environment on Human Communication | |
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Perceptions of Our Surroundings | |
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Perceptions of Formality | |
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Perceptions of Warmth | |
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Perceptions of Privacy | |
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Perceptions of Familiarity | |
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Perceptions of Constraint | |
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Perceptions of Distance | |
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Reacting to Environments | |
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Perceptions of Time | |
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Time as Location | |
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Time as Duration | |
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Time as Intervals | |
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Time as Patterns of Intervals | |
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The Natural Environment | |
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Other People in the Environment | |
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Architectural Design and Movable Objects | |
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Color | |
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Sound | |
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Lighting | |
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Movable Objects | |
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Structure and Design | |
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Regulating Environments and Communication | |
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Summary | |
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The Effects of Territory and Personal Space on Human Communication | |
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The Concept of Territoriality | |
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Territoriality Invasion and Defense | |
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Density and Crowding | |
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The Effects of High Density | |
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Coping with High Density | |
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Conversational Distance | |
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Sex | |
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Age | |
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Cultural and Ethnic Background | |
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Topic or Subject Matter | |
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Setting for the Interaction | |
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Physical Characteristics | |
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Attitudinal and Emotional Orientation | |
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Characteristics of the Interpersonal Relationship | |
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Personality Characteristics | |
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Seating Behavior and Spatial Arrangements in Small Groups | |
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Leadership | |
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Dominance | |
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Task | |
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Sex and Acquaintance | |
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Introversion-Extraversion | |
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Summary | |
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The Communicators | |
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The Effects of Physical Characteristics on Human Communication | |
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Our Body: Its General Attractiveness | |
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Dating and Marriage | |
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On the Job | |
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Persuading Others | |
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Self-Esteem | |
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Antisocial Behavior | |
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The Power of Physical Attractiveness: Some Important Qualifications | |
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The Effects of Interaction | |
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The Effects of Other Factors | |
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Changing Standards over Time | |
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Our Body: Its Specific Features | |
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The Face | |
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Body Shape | |
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Height | |
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Body Image | |
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Body Color | |
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Body Smell | |
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Body Hair | |
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Our Body: Clothes and Other Artifacts | |
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Clothing and Communication | |
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Functions of Clothing | |
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Clothing as Information about the Person | |
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Effects of Clothing on the Wearer | |
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Clothing and Personality | |
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Artifacts and Body Decoration | |
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Summary | |
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The Communicators' Behavior | |
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The Effects of Gesture and Posture on Human Communication | |
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Speech-Independent Gestures | |
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Speech-Related Gestures | |
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Referent-Related Gestures | |
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Speaker's-Relationship-to-the-Referent Gestures | |
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Punctuation Gestures | |
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Interactive Gestures | |
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The Coordination of Gesture, Posture, and Speech | |
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Self-Synchrony | |
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Interaction Synchrony | |
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Summary | |
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The Effects of Touch on Human Communication | |
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Touching and Human Development | |
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Who Touches Whom, Where, and How Much? | |
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Different Types of Touching Behavior | |
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The Meanings and Impact of Interpersonal Touch | |
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Touch as Positive Affect | |
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Touch as Negative Affect | |
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Touch as Play | |
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Touch as Influence | |
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Touch as Interaction Management | |
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Touch as Physiological Stimulus | |
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Touch as Interpersonal Responsiveness | |
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Touch as Task Related | |
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Touch as Healing | |
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Touch as Symbolism | |
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Contextual Factors in the Meaning of Interpersonal Touch | |
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Touch--A Powerful Unconscious Force in Interaction | |
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Cultural Differences in Touching Behavior | |
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Self-Touching | |
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Summary | |
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The Effects of the Face on Human Communication | |
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The Face and Personality Judgments | |
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The Face and Interaction Management | |
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Channel Control | |
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Complementing or Qualifying Other Behavior | |
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Replacing Spoken Messages | |
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The Face and Expressions of Emotion | |
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The Face--A Complex Stimulus | |
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The Facial Emotion Controversy | |
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Measuring the Face | |
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Judging Facial Expressions of Emotion | |
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Emotions Inferred from the Face | |
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Physiology and the Face | |
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The Social Impact of Facial Expressions | |
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Summary | |
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The Effects of Eye Behavior on Human Communication | |
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Gaze and Mutual Gaze | |
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Functions of Gazing | |
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Regulating the Flow of Communication | |
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Monitoring Feedback | |
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Reflecting Cognitive Activity | |
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Expressing Emotions | |
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Communicating the Nature of the Interpersonal Relationship | |
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Conditions Influencing Gazing Patterns | |
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Distance | |
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Physical Characteristics | |
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Personal and Personality Characteristics | |
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Topics and Tasks | |
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Cultural Background and Racial Attitudes | |
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Pupil Dilation and Constriction | |
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Summary | |
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The Effects of Vocal Cues That Accompany Spoken Words | |
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The Ingredients of Paralanguage | |
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Vocal Cues and Speaker Recognition | |
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Vocal Cues and Personality | |
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Vocal Cues and Group Perceptions | |
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Vocal Cues and Judgments of Sociodemographic Characteristics | |
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Sex | |
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Age | |
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Social Class/Status | |
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Target Effects | |
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Vocal Cues and Emotion | |
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Vocal Cues, Comprehension, and Persuasion | |
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Vocal Cues, Comprehension, and Retention | |
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Vocal Cues and Persuasion | |
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Vocal Cues and Turn Taking in Conversations | |
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Turn Yielding | |
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Turn Requesting | |
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Turn Maintaining | |
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Turn Denying | |
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Hesitations, Pauses, Silence, and Speech | |
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Location or Placement of Pauses | |
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Types of Pauses | |
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Reasons Why Pauses Occur | |
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Response Latency and Talking Time | |
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Silence | |
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Summary | |
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Communicating Important Messages | |
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Putting It All Together: Multisignal Messages | |
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Communicating Intimacy | |
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Communicating Dominance/Status | |
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Managing the Interaction | |
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Greeting Behavior | |
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Turn-Taking Behavior | |
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Leave-Taking Behavior | |
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Communicating Our Identity | |
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Personal Identity | |
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Social Identity | |
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Deceiving Others | |
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A Perspective for Communicators | |
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Credits | |
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Author Index | |
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Subject Index | |