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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ullica Segerstrale; Peter Molnar |
ISBN: | 9781351243131 1351243136 |
OCLC Number: | 1019717208 |
Description: | 1 online resource : text file, PDF. |
Contents: | Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Nonverbal Communication: Crossing the Boundary Between Culture and Nature; Part I New Findings on the Universality of Human Nonverbal Communication; 2 Universal Facial Expressions of Emotion: An Old Controversy and New Findings; 3 Psychophysiological Reactions to Facial Expressions; 4 Universals in Interpersonal Interactions; Part II Development of Emotionals in a Social and Cultural Context; 5 Preverbal Communication in Humans and the Genesis of Culture. 6 Development of Emotions and Their Expression in Task-Oriented Situations in Infants and Preschool Children7 Nonverbal Communication in Nonhuman Primates: Implications for the Emergence of Culture; Part III The Social Role of Nonverbal Communication and Emotions: Evolutionary Inferences; 8 Communication Signals of Animals: Contributions of Emotion and Reference; 9 The Social Function of ""Smile"" and ""Laughter"": Variations Across Primate Species and Societies; 10 Primate Communication and the Ecologyof a Language Niche. 11 The Evolution of Emotions: The Nonverbal Basisof Human Social OrganizationPart IV Nonverbal Communication as a Mediator Between Nature and Culture; 12 Nonverbal Communication and Culture; 13 Posture as an Interface Between Biology and Culture; 14 Sign Language and Gestures in Medieval Europe: Monasteries, Courts of Justice, and Society; 15 Nonverbal Communication and the Emergenceof Moral Sentiments; List of Authors; Author Index; Subject Index. |
Series Title: | Psychology Library Editions: Comparative Psychology |
Responsibility: | editors, Molnar, Peter. |
Abstract:
"The field of nonverbal communication is a strategic site for demonstrating the inextricable interrelationship between nature and culture in human behaviour. This book, originally published in 1997, aims to explode the misconception that "biology" is something that automatically precludes or excludes "culture". Instead, it points to the necessary grounding of our social and cultural capabilities in biological givens and elucidates how biological factors are systematically co-opted for cultural purposes. The book presents a complex picture of human communicative ability as simultaneously biologically and socioculturally influenced, with some capacities apparently more biologically hard-wired than others: face recognition, imitation, emotional communication, and the capacity for language. It also suggests that the dividing line between nonverbal and linguistic communication is becoming much less clear-cut. The contributing authors are leading researchers in a variety of fields, writing here for a general audience. The book is divided into sections dealing with, respectively, human universals, evolutionary and developmental aspects of nonverbal behaviour within a sociocultural context, and finally, the multifaceted relationships between nonverbal communication and culture."--Provided by publisher.
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