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  2. Haptic communication - Wikipedia

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    Working with others and using touch to communicate, a manager needs to be aware of each person's touch tolerance. Henley's research found that a person in power is more likely to touch a subordinate, but the subordinate is not free to touch in kind. Touch is a powerful nonverbal communication tool and this different standard between a superior ...

  3. Tact - Wikipedia

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    Tact or TACT may refer to: . The sense of touch; see Somatosensory system; Tact (psychology), a type of verbal operant described by B. F. Skinner Terrorism Act; The Actors Company Theatre (TACT)

  4. Etiquette - Wikipedia

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    The habitus is the set of mental attitudes, personal habits, and skills that a person possesses—his or her dispositions of character that are neither self-determined, nor pre-determined by the external environment, but which are produced and reproduced by social interactions—and are "inculcated through experience and explicit teaching", yet ...

  5. Politeness theory - Wikipedia

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    Examples: excessively emotional expressions. The speaker indicates that he does not have the same values or fears as the hearer; Examples: disrespect, mention of topics which are inappropriate in general or in the context. The speaker indicates that he is willing to disregard the emotional well-being of the hearer. Examples: belittling or boasting.

  6. Tactile signing - Wikipedia

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    Tactile signing is a common means of communication used by people with deafblindness.It is based on a sign language or another system of manual communication. "Tactile signing" refers to the mode or medium, i.e. signing (using some form of signed language or code), using touch.

  7. Attitude (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    For example, if a person is not self-efficacious about their ability to impact the global environment, they are not likely to change their attitude or behavior about global warming. Dillard in 1994 [ 57 ] suggested that message features such as source non-verbal communication, message content, and receiver differences can impact the emotion ...

  8. Temperance (virtue) - Wikipedia

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    A person who exhibits temperance does not have unwise desires in the first place because they have wisely shaped their character in such a way that their desires are proper ones. Aristotle suggested this analogy: An intemperate person is like a city with bad laws; a person who lacks self control is like a city that has good laws on the books ...

  9. Leadership - Wikipedia

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    Some U.S. academic environments define leadership as "a process of social influence in which a person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common and ethical task". [5] In other words, leadership is an influential power -relationship in which the power of one party (the "leader") promotes movement/change in others ...