Nonverbal Behavior and Social Psychology
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PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
A Series of Texts and Monographs • Edited by Elliot Aronson
INTRINSIC MOTIVATION By Edward L. Deci SCHOOL DESEGREGATION By Harold B. Gerard and Norman Miller HUMAN AGGRESSION By Robert A. Baron UNIQUENESS: The Human Pursuit of Difference By C. R. Snyder and Howard L. Fromkin SCHOOL DESEGREGATION: Past, Present, and Future Edited by Walter G. Stephen and Joe R. Feagin THE BELIEF IN A JUST WORLD: A Fundamental Delusion By Melvin J. Lerner NONVERBAL BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY By Richard Heslin and Miles L. Patterson
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Nonverbal Behavior and Social Psychology Richard Heslin Purdue University Wesl Lafayette, Indiana
and
Miles L. Patterson University of Missouri 51. Louis, Missouri
Plenum Press • New York and London
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Heslin, Richard. Nonverbal behavior and social psychology. (Perspectives in social psychology) Bibliography: p. Includes index 1. Social psychology. 2. Nonverbal communication. I. Patterson, Miles L. II. Title. III. Series. 320.2'22 82-11223 HM258.H465 1982
ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-4183-3 DOl: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4181-9
e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-4181-9
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Preface
Nonverbal behavior is most commonly discussed in terms of its separate channels or modalities, that is, one chapter on distance, another on gaze, a third on facial expression, and so forth. Representative of this approach are a text by Knapp (1978), Harper, Wiens, and Matarazzo's (1978) scholarly review, Weitz's (1979) book of readings, and Siegman and Feldstein's (1978) edited volume of chapters by prominent researchers. This book examines nonverbal behavior from a different perspective. It is organized around those dominant themes in social psychology which have particular relevance for nonverbal behavior. Obviously, not all of the major topics in social psychology are represented here, but many receive some coverage in one or more of the chapters. The following areas are those having broad chapter coverage: (1) research approaches, (2) attraction, (3) social influence, (4) social regulation, (5) emotions, (6) individual and group differences, and (7) theoretical and applied issues. By organizing this book around major issues in social psychology instead of simply covering each channel sequentiall
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