Syllabus

Nonverbal Syllabus

 

Handouts

Chapter One: When Does Communication Occur?

Assignments

Students have the option of doing the nonverbal group assignment OR the nonverbal paper assignment

Nonverbal Group Assignment

 

 

Nonverbal Paper Assignment

Guide to Writing Good Papers

Student Sample Paper

 

 

Nonverbal Abstract Assignment

 

Sample Abstract

 

Study Sheet

Items to study for exams

 

Nonverbal Videos to Watch for Class

Videos on nonverbal communication

Additional Required Readings

Nacirema by Horace Miner

 

Beauty analysis (cut and paste website address into your search engine if  the link doesn't work)

http://www.beautyanalysis.com

This is My World Now by Anna Mae Halgrin Seaver

 

 

Wears Jumpsuit, Sensible Shoes, Uses Husbands Last Name by Deborah Tannen

 

(If this redirects you to her website, type in "Marked Women Unmarked Men" into google and then go to the website with georgetown.edu and tannen in it)

 

Predictive Aspects of Nonverbal Courtship Behavior in Women. Monica Moore and Diana Butler

 

Questions and Answers About Sexual Harassment

Additional Videos Online

 

Milgrams Shock Experiment

The Power of the Situation

Milgram's Experiment on ABC News

(Highly recommended)

 

 

 

 

 

Top Five Papers

Read the top five Nacirema Papers

Online Tests and Activities: For your enjoyment

Can you spot a fake smile? Take the test

Facial Perception Test: Is your ideal mate an introvert or extrovert?

Facial Expressions Test

Can you recognize emotions and gender quickly? Test

Are you a high or low self monitor?

Duchenne vs Social Smiles can you tell the difference?

By looking at pictures, can you match the couples?

Put these faces in order from least to most attractive

On a scale of one to ten, rate the faces for attractiveness

Rate faces according to their similarity

Guess personality characteristics by looking at faces

The Secret language of Babies-Oprah Winfrey

Do it to learn: Control the computerized facial expressions

Are you a Yankee or a Rebel-Accent test

Do you read me: Test your body language reading skills

 

Online Articles of Interest

The nonverbal dictionary of gestures, signs, and body language cues

The Lucifer Effect --Pictures of Milgram's Shock Study, Stanford Prison Study,  and Prison Scandals

Interview with Paul Eckman: Face to Face the Science of Reading Face.  Watch the online broadcast 56 min. Information on the face begins at 20 minute mark

Better Life Media Clip: Terri Sjodin Live - Bodies Want To Gesture- Video excerpt from a seminar for those in sales 4 min

Do employees with piercings and tattoos have a right to violate company dress codes if they are for religious purposes? New Hampshire Business Review Article

Ekman, P. 1997. Lying and deception. In Memory for Everyday and Emotional Events, Stein, N.L., P.A. Ornstein, B. Tversky, and C. Brainerd, eds. Mahway, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Available at http://www.paulekman.com/pdfs/lying_and_deception.pdf.

Ekman, P. (1996) Why don’t we catch liars?
Social Research, 63, 801-817. Download PDF Version

Ekman, P. & O’Sullivan, M. Who can catch a liar.
American Psychologist, 1991, 46, 913-120.
Download PDF Version

Facial Expressions Ekman, P. (1999) Facial Expressions
In T. Dalgleish and T. Power (Eds.) The Handbook of Cognition and Emotion. Pp. 301-320. Sussex, U.K.: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Download PDF Version

 

Books: My Favorite Books on Body Language

Wainwright, G.R. (2003). Teach yourself body language. Godder & Stoughton, Great Britain.

 

Fast, Julia (2003). Body Language.

 

Lewis, D. (1989). The secret language of success: Using body language to get what you want. Carroll & Graff: New York.