Appearance

Objectics- study of personal artifacts

Object language- the way a person appears (clothes, hair, articles worn or

carried) or the display of the human body and its apparel

Appearance (cont).

• May indicate occupation, culture, status, or group membership

• The objects a person chooses to have, carry, or wear may also nonverbally communicate something about that person

For example, diamond ring on the left finger, cross or Star of David, athletic letter

Appearance (cont).

• A person's use of objects may give clues to internal state (emotions)

For example, clicking a pen might be from nervousness, or tapping something loudly on a desk could be anger

• A person's appearance may "type" them in terms of school groups (jocks, brains, delinquents, etc.)