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Southern Communication Journal Volume 56, 1991 - Issue 2: Patterns and Functions of Nonverbal Communication
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Orientation and defensive reactions as alternatives to arousal in theories of nonverbal reactions to changes in immediacy

Beth A. Le Poire PhD candidate in Communication, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721
Pages 138-146 | Published online: 01 Apr 2009
 
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Abstract

It has long been assumed that reactions to changes in nonverbal expressions of immediacy were inextricably linked to arousal. This manuscript examines that link within five theories: equilibrium (Argyle & Dean, 1965), arousal‐labeling (Patterson, 1976), nonverbal expectancy violations (Burgoon, 1978), discrepancy‐arousal (Cappella & Greene, 1982), and arousal‐valence (Andersen, 1984). Arousal is conceptually vague and operationally difficult. Theorists should (1) reconceptualize arousal as orientation and defensive reactions and (2) operationalize these reactions through physiological measures or nonverbal behaviors.

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