oculesics correct answers study of eye behaviors, eye contact, eye movement, and the functions
of eye behavior
- eyes give up 80% of information
scanning correct answers -used to collect information
- aids in survival (physical, social, emotional)
encouraging interaction correct answers -Appropriate intensity, appropriate length of time
-Eye behavior that is too intense, or for too long discourages interaction
expressing emotion correct answers -eyes considered least controllable
-leak information about our emotions (SCADFISH)
- affect blends also show emotion
control & regulate interactions (turn taking) correct answers - eye contact can shwo that a
speaker is finished speaking
- distruption of eye-contact to denote a desire to speak
- more eye contact while listening than speaking
power displays correct answers -Stare back to defy a power display
- Avoid a gaze to escape a power display
mutual gaze correct answers two people looking in the direction of one another's faces
- eye centered mutual gaze is known as eye contact
one-sided look correct answers a gaze of one individual in the direction of another person's face
, - gaze is not reciprocated
gaze aversion correct answers avoiding gaze of another person
- intentional
- a person may avert their if: feel disinterested, unsure of their feelings
gaze omission correct answers a situation where one person does not look at the other but is not
intentionally avoiding eye contact
- confusing gaze aversion and gaze omission can result in interpersonal interactions
civil inattention correct answers a behavioral ritual in which two people are mutually present but
not involved in interaction
- acknowledgement but no intention of interacting
conjugate lateral eye movement (CLEM) correct answers Involuntary lateral shift of the eyes to
right or left
- CLEMS are related to cognition
- look to one side while thinking, forward again while relaying information
- we look to one side 75% of the time and it may be related to handedness
relational differences correct answers people of varying statues use different eye behaviors in
their interactions
- mutual gaze used during mutual liking
cultural differences (Knapp & Hall 1992) correct answers duration of gaze more important than
frequency of gazes
- we should should think critically about generalizations we make about cultural eye behaviors
contextual differences correct answers more frequent eye contact when persuading