How we address people where we sit what we disclose about ourselves how we make eye contact
and where and when we touch are signs of attitudes and emotions. Because we may not be
conscious of the social or psychological significance of these signs they are the stealth
aspect of conversation. One goal of this book is to demonstrate that address self-disclosure
seating eye-contact and touch are the five vital signs of conversation. Another is to
increase the reader's awareness of the fact that whatever the topic of a conversation
interlocutors are also expressing their attitudes and emotions by means of these five vital
signs. A final goal is to show the reader that the use of these signs varies with ethnicity
gender and relationship. To accomplish these goals this book provides relevant scientific
information in a popular style that makes it accessible to a broad spectrum of readers
concerned with interpersonal communication.
