Facial Expressions--Nature or Nurture
Ekman and facial expressions and culture
Matsumoto and expressions
 

Roots of Nonverbal Communication
Identical Twins Separated at Birth
What are the similarities in twins' body language
Ask does the ends justify the means in twin studies?

 Baby Sign Language
Do you consider baby sign language to be nonverbal?
How can this improve the relationship of the child and mother?
Any problems you see from this?

 What Baby Cries Mean
Based on Dunstan Baby Talk

The Baby Listener
Basic sounds that babies make to communicate their needs

 Parentese:  Baby Talk
High pitched voices help babies learn

Emotional Contagion
Can You Watch this without Laughing?

 20/20 ABC News:
Children & The Psychology of White Supremacy
This video demonstrates how children learn to
differentiate moral characteristics based on skin color.

Documentary About Asperger's Syndrome

Check Out These Facial Expressions--Just for Fun
Guaranteed to Make you Laugh

John Gottman discusses how early parental cues
influence a child's intelligence and social learning.

Autism is a World
A documentary that is a bit beyond our scope in class but many
students enjoy learning more about this topic.
It shows the isolation of autism and how it is very
much a nonverbal disorder