DISCREPANT

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DISCREPANT /OR INCONGRUOUS MESSAGES
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• WHAT TO CALL THIS PHENOMENON
• WHY DO THEY OCCUR?
• HOW DO THEY OCCUR?
• POSITIVE VOCAL/NEGATIVE VERBAL
• NEGATIVE VOCAL/POSITIVE VERBAL
• POSITIVE FACIAL/NEGATIVE VERBAL
• NEGATIVE FACIAL/POSITIVE VERBAL

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• HOW DO WE REACT TO THEM?
• WHAT EFFECTS DOES SUCH BEHAVIOR HAVE ON US?
• ARE INCONGRUOUS MESSAGES MORE DIFFICULT TO
  DECODE?
• WHAT SIGNALS DO WE TRUST IN SUCH SITUATIONS?

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HISTORICAL MILESTONES
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• PRE-TWENTIETH CENTURY
• THE PHYSIQUE CHARACTER STUDIES
• 1941 - A GESTURE CLASSIC
• THE FOUNDATIONAL FIFTIES

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• SPECIALIZATION OF THE SIXTIES
• 1970s EXPANSION FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• 1980s PUTTING THE PUZZLE TOGETHER AGAIN
• 1990s NEW TECHNOLOGY, BIOLOGY, AND?