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Ray L. Birdwhistell (September 29, 1918 – October 19, 1994) was an American anthropologist who founded kinesics as a field of inquiry and research. [1] Birdwhistell coined the term kinesics, meaning "facial expression, gestures, posture and gait, and visible arm and body movements". [2]
The Sellswords is a trilogy of fantasy novels written by R. A. Salvatore, whose related works include The Legend of Drizzt series and The Hunter's Blades Trilogy.It contains three books, Servant of the Shard (also the third book in the Paths of Darkness quartet, which was later published as books 11 through 14 of The Legend of Drizzt), Promise of the Witch-King, and Road of the Patriarch.
In contrast to standard market research methods of the time which sought to quantify what consumers were doing, Dichter was interested in why consumers made given purchase decisions. [ 17 ] An oft-cited example of Dichter's studies is an understanding of why people use cigarette lighters.
In a current application, kinesic behavior is sometimes used as signs of deception by interviewers looking for clusters of movements to determine the veracity of the statement being uttered, although kinesics can be equally applied in any context and type of setting to construe innocuous messages whose carriers are indolent or unable to express verbally.
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Louisiana authorities say a woman was arrested and charged for falsely reporting a child kidnapping after getting into a disagreement with her son, according to a press release.
Target has a new "weirdly hot" Santa Claus and the internet is swooning.. Kris K., Target's newest team member featured in the retailer's latest holiday ads, loves the holidays "way more than the ...
This Greek character was chosen as apropos since it is the initial letter of the Greek word ψυχή [psyche]—meaning "mind" or "soul". [ 8 ] [ 9 ] ) The intent was that "psi" would represent the "unknown factor" in extrasensory perception and psychokinesis , experiences believed to be unexplained by any known physical or biological mechanisms.