COM 508
Nonverbal Communication
Fall, 2017
1. After reading this article, do you believe in aromatherapy? Why or why not?2. How important is the role of smell in mate choice? How are we "fooling" mother nature?
What are two findings from this study? How useful are these findings?
This article has several "findings." Choose one. What is their explanation for this finding? Are there plausible alternative explanations?
What did they "do" in this study? What did they find? What conclusions can we draw from their results?
A friend of yours experienced a violent episode within a marital relationship. What would you advise your friend to do? What factors would you take into account in giving that advice?
Why/how is nonverbal communication important to family functioning?
Nonverbal Decoding Skills and Relationship Well-being in Adults by Carton, Kessler, and Pape (in Blackboard)
Please feel free to skip the results section :)
GFD!
1. Why do the authors think that decoding skills will be related to relationship well-being?
I Com
2.What claims/hypotheses do they put forward? What did they do to test their hypotheses?
Everyone
3. What were their results?
4. What do we think about this? Was their argument sound? Was the method appropriate? Do you "buy" their conclusions?