Do Now:Do Now:

• What do you think of What do you think of someone who someone who is lateis late for a party or an for a party or an appointment? appointment?

• What judgments do you think of What judgments do you think of someone who is on timesomeone who is on time? ?

• What about someone who speaks What about someone who speaks or or takes longer than they were takes longer than they were supposed tosupposed to in a class or an in a class or an activity?activity?

Aim: How do Aim: How do chronemics, physical chronemics, physical characteristics, artifacts, and characteristics, artifacts, and

environmentenvironment affect communication? affect communication?

• KinesicsKinesics

• ProxemicsProxemics

• HapticsHaptics

• ChronemicsChronemics

• Physical Physical characteristicscharacteristics

• ArtifactsArtifacts• EnvironmentEnvironment

Aim: How do Aim: How do chronemics, physical chronemics, physical characteristics, artifacts, and environmentcharacteristics, artifacts, and environment

affect communication?affect communication?

• ChronemicsChronemics

– How people How people perceive timeperceive time and how and how they structure and use time as they structure and use time as communication communication

– How do you feel when…How do you feel when…

• A date keeps you waiting?A date keeps you waiting?

• You are given only one day’s notice You are given only one day’s notice for a test? for a test?

Aim: How do Aim: How do chronemics, physical chronemics, physical characteristics, artifacts, and characteristics, artifacts, and

environmentenvironment affect communication? affect communication?

• Physical CharacteristicsPhysical Characteristics – Body shape, size, and appearanceBody shape, size, and appearance

– Attractive people are generally Attractive people are generally treated more positively than those treated more positively than those who are notwho are not

Aim: How do Aim: How do chronemics, physical chronemics, physical characteristics, artifacts, and environmentcharacteristics, artifacts, and environment

affect communication?affect communication?

• Alluring eyes and sunny smile are not Alluring eyes and sunny smile are not enough. If you want to find an enough. If you want to find an attractive face, a high-tech study attractive face, a high-tech study suggests, suggests, look for one that is basically look for one that is basically average.average.– What does this info suggest about the What does this info suggest about the

nature of attractiveness?nature of attractiveness?– Why does our mainstream culture place so Why does our mainstream culture place so

much value on attractiveness?much value on attractiveness?

Aim: How do Aim: How do chronemics, physical chronemics, physical characteristics, artifacts, and environmentcharacteristics, artifacts, and environment

affect communication?affect communication?

• Artifacts Artifacts – Artifacts are often Artifacts are often used to used to

communicate information about communicate information about oneself.oneself. Artifacts are objects, often Artifacts are objects, often clothes, jewelry, pictures, trinkets, clothes, jewelry, pictures, trinkets, which express one’s interests, which express one’s interests, hobbies, status, or lifestyle.hobbies, status, or lifestyle.

– One of the most influential artifacts a One of the most influential artifacts a person possesses is person possesses is one’s wardrobeone’s wardrobe..

Aim: How do Aim: How do chronemics, physical chronemics, physical characteristics, artifacts, and environmentcharacteristics, artifacts, and environment

affect communication?affect communication?

• EnvironmentEnvironment– The physical and psychological The physical and psychological

surroundings in which surroundings in which communication occurs.communication occurs.

– Furniture, architecture, lighting, Furniture, architecture, lighting, temperature, smells, colors, and temperature, smells, colors, and sounds of the locationsounds of the location

Aim: How do Aim: How do chronemics, physical chronemics, physical characteristics, artifacts, and environmentcharacteristics, artifacts, and environment

affect communication?affect communication?

• Take three minutes to prepare to Take three minutes to prepare to discuss and decide the answer to the discuss and decide the answer to the following question:following question:

– All time favorite movie.All time favorite movie.

We will watch for nonverbal behavior We will watch for nonverbal behavior as pairs present their discussions.as pairs present their discussions.