I finally started going through the pile of books I got myself for this summer. Here are some of my favorites:
Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior
by Desmond Morris
I couldn’t take my eyes of this book once I check it out of the library… I was even walking through the street looking through it!!! (it’s quite heavy but magnetic!)
It is “old” (70’s) but excellent book that easy and fun to read. I was very excited to read it and it realized that I’m very interested in psychology and sociology, which is not only necessary in my work but if everyday life. This book clearly explains how people use various types of gesture ( I didn’t know there was so many), non verbal signals, facial expressions, body postures, symbols, etc. to communicate or not with others.
Nonverbal Communication in Interpersonal Relations
by Virginia P. Richmond, James C. McCroskey, Steven K. Payne
I found this book also very informative and interesting. The authors gave many examples of non verbal communications techniques and stuff. The authors look also at many social and cultural factors that influence the communication between people.
They mention a research done on time and people’s attitudes toward it…. Surprisingly to me, Boston was the place where time goes faster than in any other place in the world, even New York!!!
(I know everything goes fast here, I see myself always being “busy” and rushing from place to place. Recently, I’ve noticed I’m getting very upset when people walk slowly on the side walk and I can’t pass them by but I always thought nothing can beat New York New York)
Anyway, the researchers compared speed of people walking on the street, people having/checking their watches, time in which the mail gets delivered, orders processed, etc…. With it, according to the researches comes the highest percentage of people with heart deceases right here in Boston.
So stay cool and don’t freak out on people on the sidewalk on while driving….
Check out those books if you get a chance.
