ABSTRACT

Ponder a number of puzzling paradoxes of interpersonal sensitivity. In various situations, it appears that a tremendous amount of important interpersonal knowledge is being rapidly communicated, mostly nonverbally. Yet it is usually not understood how this occurs. On the other hand, there is a great deal of misinformation and misunderstanding in face-to-face human relations. Here, too, it’s often difficult to decipher precisely what is going wrong.