Abstract
Curiosity about the role of nonverbal behavior in everyday life is a widespread phenomenon. For the layman, the study of nonverbal behavior seems to provide an indirect means of knowing more about other people. Presumably the information gleaned from another person’s nonverbal behavior is more representative of “true” characteristics, attitudes, and feelings than that offered verbally. That is, most of us assume that nonverbal behavior is spontaneous and sincere, whereas verbal behavior is easily managed and often used to deceive. For example, even though we may have no independent knowledge of the truth of another person’s statement, we may judge confidently from another person’s nonverbal behavior that a given statement is true.
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