The SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal Communication

Valerie Manusov, Miles L. Patterson

SAGE, Aug 10, 2006 - Business & Economics - 587 pages

This Handbook provides an up-to-date discussion of the central issues in nonverbal communication and examines the research that informs these issues. Editors Valerie Manusov and Miles Patterson bring together preeminent scholars, from a range of disciplines, to reveal the strength of nonverbal behavior as an integral part of communication.

Contents

• 1 AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF NONVERBAL RESEARCH: 3
• 2 THE EVOLUTION OF THEORIES OF INTERACTIVE BEHAVIOR: 21
• 3 METHODS FOR THE STUDY OFNONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: 41
• 4 AUTOMATIC COGNITIVE PROCESSES AND NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: 59
• 5 NONVERBAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES: 79
• 6 NONVERBAL AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION: 97
• FACTORS OF INFLUENCE: 117
• 7 THE BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION: 119
• 8 AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO UNDERSTANDING NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: 139
• 9 PERSONALITY AND NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR: 159
• 10 FACTORING IN AGE: 181
• 11 WOMENS AND MENS NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION: 201
• 12 CULTURE AND NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR: 219
• 13 CASTING NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE MEDIA: 237
• FUNCTIONS: 257
• 14 NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR IN INTIMATE INTERACTIONS AND INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS: 259
• 15 NONVERBAL EXPRESSIONS OF DOMINANCE AND POWER INHUMAN RELATIONSHIPS: 279
• 16 THE FUNCTIONS OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONS: 299
• 17 WHY AND HOW THE SILENT SELF SPEAKS VOLUMES: 321
• 18 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND DECEPTION: 341
• 19 THE INTERACTION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION OF NONVERBAL CUES: 361
• 20 NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR AND ITS FUNCTIONS IN THE ECOSYSTEM OF RAPPORT: 381
• CONTEXTS ANDCONSEQUENCES: 401
• 21 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS: 403
• 22 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN INSTRUCTIONAL CONTEXTS: 421
• 23 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND PHYSICIANPATIENT INTERACTION: 437
• AND THE NET S WITH YOU AND YOU ALONE: 461
• 25 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION RACE AND INTERGROUP INTERACTION: 481
• 26 USES AND CONSEQUENCES OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATIONAL LIFE: 501
• FINAL THOUGHTS: 521
• Basic Issues and Future Prospects: 522
• AUTHOR INDEX: 533
• SUBJECT INDEX: 559
• ABOUT THE EDITORS: 575
• ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS: 577

About the author

Miles Patterson received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1968 and has been at UMSL since 1969. Patterson is the author/editor of 3 books and 85 chapters and articles, mostly on nonverbal communication. His current research interests focus primarily on social behavior in public settings, person perception accuracy, and the role of appearance and nonverbal behavior in forming judgments of others. He was the editor of the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior from 1986-1992 and has been on the editorial boards of several other journals in psychology, communication, and sociology. Patterson is the 2009 recipient of the University of Missouri President′s Award for Research and Creativity and in 1990 was the recipient of the UM-St. Louis Chancellor′s Award for Research and Creativity. He is also a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Patterson′s teaching interests include social psychology, nonverbal communication, and environmental psychology.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The SAGE Handbook of Nonverbal Communication
• Editors: Valerie Manusov, Miles L. Patterson
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SAGE, 2006
• ISBN: 1412904048, 9781412904049
• Length: 587 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Business Communication / General; Education / Teaching / General; Foreign Language Study / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies; Psychology / Social Psychology; Social Science / Body Language & Nonverbal Communication; Social Science / Media Studies; Social Science / Sociology / General