Groups of subjects were placed in a room in which their personal space was violated or not violated. Some subjects were told that subliminal noise would be played into the room and that noise would either arouse or relax them. (Actually there was no noise.) Other subjects were told nothing about subliminal noise. The subjects worked on a number of…

Fifty-seven sources of verbal and nonverbal communications activities for use in elementary, secondary, or college classrooms are listed and described. Publishers' addresses and ordering information are given for most items. Annotations describe the type of activities in each book and provide an overall evaluation of each book's usefulness. (AA)

Three important points for home economics teachers to consider in improving their communication skills are that: (1) acceptance of one's self and others is necessary for communicating, (2) communication is a two-way process, and (3) communication can be nonverbal as well as verbal. (Author/EA)

Investigated was the feasibility of teaching 4 nonverbal, mentally retarded cerebral-palsied children (10- to 12-years-old) a means of communicating using an electromechanical device. (Author/LS)

Provided are case studies of five severely retarded cerebral palsied children 11-to 16-years-old who learned respondent and limited expressive communication with Bliss symbols (idio-and pictographic symbols). (CL)

Report based upon a doctoral dissertation submitted to the University of Denver, and prepared under grant MH-08142-03 from the U.S. Public Health Service.

A study examined perceptions of the appropriateness of nonverbal behaviors in dyadic interactions. A questionnaire was constructed containing descriptions of nine touching, posture, and personal space behaviors likely to occur in normal dyadic interactions, such as entering a room without knocking, leaning back and putting one's feet on a desk,…

There can be little doubt that one of the main reasons for the present interest in the study of the varieties of English and their implications for language teaching is the way in which these varieties impinge on one another. Mixed populations from different ethnic sources, geographical areas, and language backgrounds find their representations in…

A study investigated the use of nonverbal cues by male and female subjects during relatively pleasant and unpleasant interactions. Five nonverbal behaviors found to be effective in controlling both the quantity and the quality of interactions were examined: gaze, smiling, arm position, interpersonal distance, and personal space. It was expected…

Happy, neutral, and unhappy visual expressions were combined with positive, neutral, and negative intonations of positive, neutral, and negative messages to investigate congruent and incongruent verbal/nonverbal classroom communication. The 53 students in the study viewed pictures of their teacher, listened to a recording of their teacher, then…

Based on the belief that learning can take place in the home as well as in the school, this booklet was developed as a means of helping parents contribute to the improvement of their children's oral communication skills. Various sections of the booklet contain the following: (1) a discussion of children's communication behaviors, including an…

A study was conducted to examine how different kinds of children's nonverbal behavior developed across grade levels. The six kinds of behavior studied were (1) proxemic, or observance of personal space; (2) haptic, or touching behavior; (3) oculesic, or gazing; (4) kinesic, or interpreting emotions from facial expressions; (5) vocalic, or…

This report describes the measures of user and librarian satisfaction (or subjective evaluation) in a study which gathered data on 80 presearch interviews in seven medical libraries. The study was conducted (1) to identify verbal and nonverbal behaviors that facilitate, maintain, or impede information exchange in interviews between search…