Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations (5th Edition) [Paperback]

Virginia Peck Richmond (Author), James C. McCroskey (Author)

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Publication Date: August 4, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0205372465 | ISBN-13: 978-0205372461 | Edition: 5

Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relationships offers a complete and precise explanation of the principles of nonverbal communication and its application in everyday life. The authors draw from a wide variety of disciplines and upon their vast experience as instructors, consultants, and corporate trainers to offer a unique blend of social scientific and humanistic approaches to the study of nonverbal behavior.

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Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations offers a complete and precise explanation of the principles of nonverbal communication and its application in everyday life. The authors draw from a wide variety of disciplines and upon their vast experience as instructors, consultants, and corporate trainers to offer a unique blend of social scientific and humanistic approaches to the study of nonverbal behavior. This well-researched book offers conclusions about the research in an easy-to-read and student-friendly style. Each chapter includes exercises, activities, self-tests, or questionnaires that help students understand the actual and potential impact of nonverbal behaviors on communication. It also helps students build the skills they will need to become competent nonverbal communicators in today's global community.

New and notable features:

• Offers a new Instructor's Manual, which includes guidelines for objectives, exercises, and testing, test questions, and an outline of each chapter.
• Explores the differences in cross cultural nonverbal behaviors, including differences between greetings, gestures, gifts, and time usage among various cultures around the world, emphasizing the importance of understanding other cultures in order to communicate with them effectively.
• Blends theory, research, and applications to enable students of all levels to understand the material.
• Includes instructional measures and exercises throughout the book to help students evaluate their own communication and apply the material in the text to real-world situations.
• Updates chapters with current research and data while maintaining some of the more classic references that still are significant to the field, enabling students to compare older and newer references and see the evolution of the research in nonverbal communication.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 5 edition (August 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205372465
• ISBN-13: 978-0205372461
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #956,484 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Straightforward, January 24, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations (4th Edition) (Paperback)

This textbook is helpful in terms of the basic principles in the the field of nonverbal, human communication. The chapters are divided into easy to understand categories of body language such as physical appearance, eye behavior, touch, space and territory etc. Subsequent chapters involve a more quantitative, holistic, and practical approach such chapters devoted to: female-male, supervisor-subordinate, intercultural nonverbal relationships. The research presented is also current.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There are many better, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations (Paperback)

This book provides a decent overview. It refuted some of the more prevalent myths about "body language". However, the bang was simply not worth the buck. The paperback edition is published with what can only be surmised to be photographs of the authors' home and students as illustrations and examples. This book is a little too home-grown.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There are many better, March 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations (Paperback)

This book provides a decent overview. It refuted some of the more prevalent myths about "body language". However, the bang was simply not worth the buck. The paperback edition is published with what can only be surmised to be photographs of the authors' home and students as illustrations and examples. This book is a little too home-grown.