One Characteristic of Nonverbal Communication Is "All Behavior Has Communicative

question 21

Essay

One characteristic of nonverbal communication is "all behavior has communicative value." Describe two incidents from your experience which illustrate both deliberate and unintentional meaning derived from nonverbal communication in these two incidents.Identify the nonverbal behaviors that occurred.Identify the meanings you did/did not intend to convey and the meanings that were conveyed from your perspective and that of your partner in each incident.

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Definitions:

Monopolistically Competitive

Refers to a market structure where many firms sell products or services that are similar but not perfect substitutes, with some ability to set prices.

Excess Capacity

The situation in which a firm or economy can produce more goods than are currently being produced, due to underused resources.

Diseconomies of Scale

Increases in cost per unit when output increases, often due to inefficiencies that arise with too large an operation.

Monopolistic Competition

A market structure characterized by many firms selling differentiated products with no perfect substitutes, allowing for some degree of market power.