Touching Behaviour In Conversational Dyads
Running head: TOUCHING BEHAVIOUR CONVERSATION
Touching Behaviour in Conversational Dyads
Mark-Odean Grant
University of the West Indies, Mona
December 8, 2006
Humans are social and diversely interactive beings. As a result, there is the frequent practice of touching during conversation. This touching may be the conscious decision of individuals, as well as simply a spontaneous form of expression or response. An operational definition of touching would involve the initiation of physical contact between two individuals; for example, shaking hands (Fowler and Fowler, 1969). A conversation involves communication between two individuals by word of mouth (Fowler and Fowler, 1969). Touching as a complement of conversation is very common, but much study has not been done to determine the underlying bases or principles that govern touching behaviour during conversation in the Caribbean, and more specifically, Jamaica. As a result, there is not much empirical knowledge in......
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