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Group Topic: Non-Verbal Communication. Why is Touch Behaviors so important?. Subtopic: Touch Behaviors. By Pang- Nou Khang. Touch Behaviors: Affectionate Touch. Romantic Relationship touch behaviors includes holding hands, hugging, or kissing.
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Group Topic: Non-Verbal Communication Why is Touch Behaviors so important? Subtopic: Touch Behaviors By Pang-NouKhang
Touch Behaviors: Affectionate Touch • Romantic Relationship touch behaviors includes holding hands, hugging, or kissing. • Parent and Child touch behaviors includes cuddling, or sheltering. • secure, • unsecure (avoidance), • ambivalent, and • disorganized relationship For more information on Romantic Relationship: http://www.helium.com/items/1334938-the-need-for-intimacy-relationship-marriage
Touch Behaviors: Power and Control • You’re the host and you control people where the party is. • To protect people from harm. • Nurses direct patients around • Video Click about Controlling Behavior: http://www.ehow.com/video_4939839_nonverbal-communication-controlling-touch.html
Touch Behaviors: Care giving touch • Service: Hair cutting have your teeth clean, physician touches you for a physical exam. • Care giving touch is differ from affectionate touch. More information within this link: http://hubpages.com/hub/care-and-communication
Touch Behaviors: Ritualistic Touch • Custom and tradition : (ex) In United States, shaking hands is greeting is a ritual and it does not convey any meaning about the relationship. Such as kissing on the lips or cheeks but doesn’t mean they are in some sort of relationship but a custom or traditional way to greet. (Kory, p.226.) • Athletics touch sports: basketball, wrestling, soccer… Video Clip on Ritualistic Touch: http://www.ehow.com/video_4939840_nonverbal-communication-ritualistic-touch.html
Touch Behaviors: Aggressive touch • Behaviors to conflict physical harm such as punching, hitting, pushing, or kicking. • Aggression touch leads to criminal act. • Also, attempting to hit is aggression.
Conclusion • I agree that touch behaviors is very significant because you do more than just talking. • Understanding these types of behaviors can improve communication with blind and deaf people because they depend on their other senses. Also, to understand people who do not speak the same language as you do.
Reference • Floyd, K. (2009). Interpersonal Communication: The Whole Story. New York, NY: McGraw Hill. • Goodwin, T. (n. d.). Non-Verbal Communication: Controlling Touch [video file]. Retrieved on September 23, 2009. From http://www.ehow.com/video_4939839_nonverbal-communication-controlling-touch.html • Goodwin, T. (n. d.). Non-Verbal Communication: Ritualistic Touch [video file]. Retrieved on September 23, 2009. From http://www.ehow.com/video_4939840_nonverbal-communication-ritualistic-touch.html • Magana, L. C., Myers-Walls, Judith A., and Love, D. (2006). Different Types of Parent-Child Relationships. Retrieved on November 4, 2009. From http://www.ces.purdue.edu/providerparent/Family-Child%20Relationships/DifferentTypesP-C.htm. • Vincent, S. (n. d.). Marital Conflicts: Can a relationship survive without intimacy?. Retrieved on November 9, 2009. From http://www.helium.com/items/1334938-the-need-for-intimacy-relationship-marriage • wikipedia.org (n. d.). Cheek Kissing.com. Retrieved on November 9, 2009. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search/Cheek_kissing.com. • Wikipedia.org (2009). Haptic Communication. Retrieved on September 6, 2009. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haptic_communication • Woodard, S. C. (2009). The Role of the Caregiver and Communication. Retrieved on November 1, 2009. From http://hubpages.com/hub/care-and-communication.