Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A series of essays, written by experts from around the world, on the role of nonverbal behavior in everyday social interaction. Among the topics addressed are nonverbal expressiveness in families, television viewing and nonverbal behavior, emotional mimicry, culture and nonverbal behavior, power, smiling and gender, childrenâs use of nonverbal behavior; nonverbal interactions with friends, relatives and strangers, nonverbal behavior as a social interaction facilitator, the role of nonverbal behavior in close relationships, and how nonverbal behavior reveals deception.
Synopsis
A series of essays, written by experts from around the world, on the role of nonverbal behavior in everyday social interaction. Among the topics addressed are nonverbal expressiveness in families, television viewing and nonverbal behavior, emotional mimicry, culture and nonverbal behavior, power, smiling and gender, children's use of nonverbal behavior; nonverbal interactions with friends, relatives and strangers, nonverbal behavior as a social interaction facilitator, the role of nonverbal behavior in close relationships, and how nonverbal behavior reveals deception.
Table of Contents
1. Introducing nonverbal behavior within a social context Pierre Philippot, Robert S. Feldman and Erik J. Coats; 2. Cultural influences on nonverbal expressions of emotion Cenita Kupperbusch, David Matsumoto, Kristie Kooken, Sherry Loewinger, Hideko Uchida, Carinda Wilson-Cohn and Nathan Yrizarry; 3. Option or obligation to smile: the effects of power and gender on facial expression Marianne LaFrance and Marvin A. Hecht; 4. Emotional displays and dissemblance in childhood: implications for self-presentation Carolyn Saarni, Hannelore Weber; 5. Family expressiveness: a retrospective and new directions for research Amy G. Halberstadt, Valerie W. Crisp and Kimberly L. Eaton; 6. The influence of television on children's nonverbal behavior Erik J. Coats, Robert S. Feldman and Pierre Philippot; 7. Group membership and the decoding of nonverbal behavior Gilles Kirouac and Ursula Hess; 8. Mimicry: facts and fiction Ursula Hess, Pierre Philippot and Sylvie Blairy; 9. Facial expression and emotion: a situationist view Jose-Miguel Fernandez-Dols; 10. Facial behavior alone and in the presence of others Hugh Wagner and Victoria Lee; 11. The social and emotional functions of facial displays Antony S. R. Manstead, Agneta H. Fischer and Esther Jakobs; 12. The evolution of parallel process model of nonverbal behavior Miles L. Patterson; 13. Conflict issues and conflict strategies as contexts for nonverbal behavior in close relationships Judith A. Feeney, Patricia Noller, Grania Sheehan and Candida Peterson; 14. Love's best habit: deception in the context of relationships D. Eric Anderson, Matthew E. Ansfield, Bella M. DePaulo.