II. Read the following 6 short passages, and do th...
II. Read the following 6 short passages, and do the True (T) and False (F) based on each passage. 1. Bodily contact is of interest since it is the most primitive kind of social act, and is found in all animals. In addition to aggressive and sexual contacts there are various methods of influence, as when others are pushed, pulled or led. There are symbolic contacts, such as patting on the back, and-the various ways of shaking hands. 2. Bodily posture is another signal which is largely involuntary, but which can communicate important social signals. There are distinctive “superior” (or dominant) and “inferior” (or sub. missive) postures. 3. Gestures are movements of hands, feet or other parts of the body. Some are intended to communicate definite messages; others are involuntary social cues which may or may not be correctly interpreted by others. 4. Head-nods are a rather special kind of gesture, and have two distinctive roles. They act as reinforcers, i.e. they reward and encourage what has gone before, and can be used to make another talk more, for example. 5. Facial expression can be reduced to changes in eyes, brows, mouth, and so on. The face is an area which is used by animals to communicate emotions and attitudes to others; for humans it does not work so well since we control our facial expression, and may smile sweetly while seething within. (From a book by Michael Argyle titled The Psychology of Interpersonal Behaviour. It was published in London by Pelican in 1967 and this extract was from pages 36-37.) 1. ____ Symbolic contacts include patting on the back and shaking hands. 2. ____ Bodily posture is largely voluntary. 3. ____ Gestures are movements of the face. 4. ____ Head-nods indicate rewarding and encouraging what has gone before. 5. ____ Facial expression are movements of hands, feet or other parts of the body. Keys: