Pinocchio Syndrome

body language

Etymology: AS, bodig + L, lingua, tongue

a set of nonverbal signals, including body movements, postures, gestures, spatial positions, facial expressions, and body adornment, that give expression to various physical, mental, and emotional states. See also kinesics.

Body Language

An informal, often culture-independent form of communication in which emotions, feelings, motives, and thoughts are expressed by changes in facial expressions, gestures, posture, body positions, and other nonverbal signs

language [lang´gwij]

1. the use of a meaningful pattern of vocal sounds (or corresponding written symbols) to convey thoughts and feelings, or a system of such patterns that is understood by a group of people.

2. by extension, any of various other systems of communication that use sets of discrete symbols.

3. any of numerous sets of standardized vocabulary terms for use among health care providers in a variety of settings allowing comparisons of care across populations, settings, regions, and time. There are over 30 researched standardized health care languages. Called also standardized vocabulary.

body language the expression of thoughts or emotions by means of posture or gesture.

International Sign language a sign language composed of a blending of vocabulary signs from numerous different countries, sometimes used at international meetings and events of deaf persons; formerly called Gestuno.

natural language ordinary language as used by the speakers of that language, as opposed to a language made up for a special purpose (as for use by a computer system).

nursing language any of various sets of standardized terms and definitions for use in nursing to provide standardized descriptions, labels, and definitions for expressing the phenomena of nursing; some include category groupings of terms. The American Nurses Association has recognized twelve official languages.

body language

the expression of feelings by means of postures or gestures. Flamboyant body language is characteristic of primates but most animal species use gestures to demonstrate their attitudes to other animals and to the environment generally.

body language

Psychology An informal often culture-independent form of communication in which emotions, feelings, motives, and thoughts are expressed by changes in facial expressions, gestures, posture, body positions, and other nonverbal signs. See Kinesics.

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abnormal behavior
active listening 1
affect
Animal Bite Infections
autism
behavior
behavior modification
circum-speech
communication
demeanor
disorder
Eye Rolling
gestures in physical examination
horizontal violence
International Sign language
kinesics
language
markers
maternal deprivation syndrome

Are you ready to let go of the Pinocchio Syndrome once and for all?

How Much Is the Pinocchio Syndrome Costing You? by viraj / Business community

This is related to yet another phenomenon called the Pinocchio Syndrome, pertaining to a situation in which the public no longer trusts the facts and figures that are being thrust at them and decides that unethical, misguided, hopelessly compromised or merely puckish statisticians are simply making them all up.

Data fatigue--go figure: we're all growing immune to large round ... by Queenan, Joe / Chief Executive (U.S.)

The company's current slate of motion pictures has more than $20 million of new product including the science-fiction family film "The Warrior of Waverly Street," "Crossworlds," "The Dentist" and "The Pinocchio Syndrome.

Trimark Holdings announces it expects to post a second-quarter loss ... by Business Wire

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