School Of Social Sciences And PsychologyNon-Verbal CommunicationWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101367.2
Discipline: SOCIOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
40 credit points of completed study with knowledge of social psychology.
Equivalent Units
63145 - Non-Verbal Communication
About this Unit
This unit covers the nature and principal functions of non-verbal communication: the major non-verbal communication subsystems: facial communication, paralanguage, kinesics and proxemics. Non-verbal communication could be considered the dominant channel of communication because we place more faith in what people do than what they say. Verbal communications can be negated in a second by a facial expression. This unit explores the theory and research that helps us to understand this complex communication form in a variety of social contexts