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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"nonverbal behaviors"”.
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Comparison of Three Teacher-Training Approaches in Nonverbal Behaviors Which Encourage Classroom Interaction
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Non-verbal signals for grounding in embodied conversational agent
… there have not been enough discussion about how nonverbal behaviors are used in the process of grounding. This thesis first compares face-to-face conversation to conversation without co-presence, revealing how nonverbal behaviors are used in the process of grounding in human communication. …
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Stereotypical perceptions of the communication behaviors of gay males
… study examined the stereotypical communication behaviors of gay males. The study examined the associations of assertiveness, responsiveness, homonegativity and biological sex. Participants were 359 (195 men, 164 women) students. Participants provided responses to questions about verbal and …
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I Love You (But I Can't Look You in the Eyes): Explicit and Implicit Self-Esteem Predict Verbal and Nonverbal Response to Relationship Threat
… studying communication patterns, both verbal and nonverbal, in couple conflict discussions (Gottman & Levenson, 2000; Noller, Feeney, Bonnell, & Callan, 1994). In fact, the study of behavioral reactions to relationship conflict has been central to predicting important relationship outcomes, such …
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Neural signatures of ethnic in-group bias in observing dynamic social interactions
Despite evidence for the role of nonverbal communication in the evaluation of social interactions, little is known about the mechanisms through which nonverbal behaviors of individuals of different ethnic groups influence such evaluations. Here, Caucasian participants underwent fMRI recording while …
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Nonverbal and Verbal Content Behaviors in the Prediction of Interviewer Effectiveness
… which have suggested that an interviewer's nonverbal behaviors predominate over verbal content behaviors in the prediction of interviewer effectiveness ratings. In contrast to earlier investigations, the current study assesses naturally occurring interviewer behaviors and uses client rather …
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A Bayesian theory of mind approach to nonverbal communication for human-robot interactions : a computational formulation of intentional inference and belief manipulation
… body language, gaze directions, and many other nonverbal behaviors. A robot's ability to express and recognize the emotional states of people through these nonverbal channels is at the core of artificial social intelligence. The purpose of this thesis is to define a computational framework to …
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Nonverbal behavior of national figure skating coaches: effects upon female athletes differing in age and athletic maturity levels
… involved the study of coach personalities, coach behaviors, and coach-athlete interactions. The view that leadership effectiveness is a function of both situational and individual coach and athlete characteristics has gained general acceptance (Chelladurai, 1983). The Multi-dimensional Model of …
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Computers to help with conversations : affective framework to enhance human nonverbal skills
Nonverbal behavior plays an integral part in a majority of social interaction scenarios. Being able to adjust nonverbal behavior and influence other's responses are considered valuable social skills. A deficiency in nonverbal behavior can have detrimental consequences in personal as well as in …
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The Ability of Americans to Determine Accent Or Language Spoken Solely on Nonverbal Aspects of Expression
… of differenct dialects and languages differ in nonverbal behaviors. Twelve Asian speakers were used. Six spoke English as their native language and 6 spoke Chinese as their native language. A total of 30 American viewers watched the individuals in both groups speak with no sound and with their …
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Early Mother -Child Interactions During Symbolic Production
… symbol-producing episodes were coded for behaviors relating to maintaining joint participation and to symbol-related speech and action. After these sessions, mothers completed a questionnaire concerning their beliefs about the nature and importance of drawing and pretense. This was …
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Patterns of caring: a study of the perceptions of teachers and students
… caring through a variety of verbal and nonverbal behaviors. In caring teacher-student relationships, the use of humor enhances students' feelings of connectedness with school. Finally, there is evidence that caring is neither easy nor flawless. There is an indication that further …
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Avatar augmented online conversation
… process of face-to-face conversation and what nonverbal behaviors contribute to its success. It then presents a theoretical framework that explains how a text message can be automatically analyzed in terms of its communicative function based on discourse context, and how behaviors, shown to …
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Non-Verbal Behaviors of Effective Teachers of At-Risk African-American Male Middle School Students
… students. They use both verbal and non-verbal behaviors that facilitate learning. This study was designed to answer the question: What non-verbal behaviors are used by effective teachers of at-risk African-American male middle school students? Data were collected via teacher observations using …
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A Content Analysis of the Basic Communication Skills of Beginning-Level Nursing Students
… of students recorded few (23.1%) or no (15.4%) nonverbal behaviors. Students generally recognized their responses correctly as either therapeutic or communication barriers. The majority of students (61.5%), however, incorrectly identified at least one response. Self-understanding varied …
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A Study of Similarity and Analogical Decision-Making in Collaborative Design
… goal of this study is to identify communicative behaviors, representing process variables of analogical decision-making, that can be used to describe how design information is represented, manipulated, and conveyed in a collaborative design effort.</p> <p>An observational and interactional …
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The Effects of Instructor-Avatar Immediacy in Second Life, an Immersive and Interactive 3D Virtual Environment
… framework for projecting avatar 'immediacy' behaviors (including gestures, intonation, and patterns of interaction with students), that may positively or negatively affect the degree to which other observers of the virtual world perceive the user represented by the avatar as 'socially …