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Harris, Bruce; Klein, Kitty – 1980
In recent years the college dormitory has become a popular setting for examining chronic effects of crowding and high density in humans. Possible differences between corridor- and suite-type residents were investigated to examine the degree to which corridor- and suite-design dormitories influence assertive behavior of the residents. It was…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Patterns, Building Design, College Students
Cardot, Joe – 1982
A study investigated the relationship between communication apprehension and two nonverbal variables--proxemic establishment and kinesic behavior--in an intercultural setting. Subjects were 30 high and 30 low apprehensive adults (15 white and 15 black in each category). The subjects were paired to create three groups: the first containing 10 dyads…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Communication Apprehension, Communication Research
Baltus, Dale F. – 1974
Proxemics is a simulation designed to show how man exhibits different behaviors in given distances. Additionally, the simulation, in most instances, shows how people are feeling toward one another at the time a particular distance is used. The four main distances that man observes are intimate, personal, social, and public. Each of these distances…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Human Relations, Interpersonal Relationship
Frank, Frederick P. – 1975
Included in a current genre of studies on dyadic interaction (i.e., communication involving only two people), the study reported herein focuses on dyadic verbal, nonverbal, and proxemic behaviors and their meanings. The study is inductive in nature and is, by intent, descriptive and analytic rather than predictive. The subjects for the study were…
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Patterns, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Bradley, Banks; And Others – 1979
Nonverbal teacher behavior is recognized as an important factor in establishing a positive social climate in the classroom. A feedback and analysis instrument is presented focusing on specific nonverbal teacher behaviors. These behaviors--facial expressions, gestures, body movements, and idiosyncratic characteristics--are categorized as either…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Body Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment