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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
Table of Contents
Guide to actions and their meanings
1. - Discovering body language
WHAT IS BODY LANGUAGE?
EARLY PROGRESS
BODY LANGUAGE AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
KINESICS AND PROXEMICS
CULTURE AND GENDER
VARIATIONS AND INTERPRETATION
2. - Expressions and gestures
UNIVERSAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
HAND GESTURES
3. - Keeping your distance
PERSONAL TERRITORY
PERSONAL SPATIAL ZONES
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
MAINTAINING PERSONAL SPACE
ADJUSTING TO LOST PERSONAL SPACE
4. - Getting together
FIRST IMPRESSIONS
GETTING ACQUAINTED
BODY CONTACTS
COURTSHIP
5. - Meeting and parting
UNIVERSAL GREETINGS
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC GREETINGS
CLOSE-CONTACT GREETINGS
FAREWELLS
6 - Being positive
AGREEMENT
REASSURANCE
APPRECIATION
SHOWING INTEREST SUBCONSCIOUSLY
7. - Being negative
SIGNALLING ‘NO’
DON’T DO IT!
BAD NEWS
SHRUGGING
LACK OF INTEREST
REJECTION
BOREDOM
FEELING FED UP
IMPATIENCE
SARCASM
DISBELIEF
SHARING NEGATIVE INFORMATION
8. - Signs of conflict
HIDDEN DISAPPROVAL OR DISAGREEMENT
OPEN DISAPPROVAL OR DISAGREEMENT
INSULTS
SIGNS OF HOSTILITY
STOPPING SHORT OF A FIGHT
9. Domination and defensiveness
DOMINATING OTHERS
UNCONSCIOUS DEFENSIVE ACTIONS
CONSCIOUS DEFENSIVE ACTIONS
10 - Tension and relaxation
SIGNS OF EMOTIONAL DISCOMFORT
DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITIES
SHUTTING OUT THE WORLD
FEELING AT EASE
BECOMING RELAXED
SIGNS OF RELAXATION
11. Sincerity and deceit
SHOWING SINCERITY
DECEIVING OTHERS
SIGNS OF DECEIT
BODY SHIFTS
12. Animal gestures
EVOLUTION AND BODY LANGUAGE
THE FACE AND FORELIMBS
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