A Short Note On Non And Non Nonverbal Communication

Although Navarro put forward the consideration that people observed by him represent a fairly good number of the entire population, in fact this number only represent a very small number of people in couple of countries compare to the entire globe’s population. Therefore, his claim on nonverbal communication and body gesture cannot represent the entire globe’s population. In order to be representative, Navarro’s sample must include a variety of characteristics such as male and female, people of all race, people of all culture, and people from urban and rural background. And without actually testing these characteristics, his claim cannot be said to represent all

Facial Expression: The facial expression such as happiness, sadness, anger and fear helps a lot in conveying a message. These facial expressions are similar all over the world but non- verbal communication and behaviour varies hugely between the cultures in the world.Since the look on a person’s face is noticed , before we hear ,facial expression contributes a lot in a successfully non-verbal communication .

Nonverbal communication or body language makes up 55% of effective communication. This plays the biggest part in communication, and it shows the client or colleague more information than words alone ever could. Nonverbal communication includes facial expressions, body movement and gestures, head movements, eye contact, posture, and the use of distances and space. Understanding and using nonverbal communication can enhance the connection between you and others, navigate challenging situations and well as expressing interest in the conversation. this can also established effective rapport between you and the client or colleague.

I decided to go to Panda Express at 5:30 pm for my observations, while there I was able to observe just how much people rely on nonverbal communications to get their point across. Although I witnessed several encounters of unique body language, there were also a few actions that reoccurred several times in several different people. For example, when a customer would approach the counter where employee served the food, the employee would raise her eyebrows and smile at the customer. The employee’s smile, however, did not reach her eyes suggesting that while it is her job to smile and be welcoming to the customer, she most likely did not want to be at work. Additionally, I noticed that when customers approached the counter about 90 percent of them had their arms crossed. The act of crossing ones arms usually means that a person is trying to put a barrier between them and a situation that they either don’t like, or are uncomfortable with. This may mean that the customers were displeased with having to wait in line to get their food, on the other hand it may be that they were simply comfortable folding their arms. Once they reached the front of the line, every customer pointed to the food they wanted along with verbally telling the employee. This made their communication more effective as it helped to overcome the barrier of sound because the restaurant was noisy.

Body movement and posture. The way people move, sit, cross their arms and legs can communicate many different emotions such as interest, boredom or concern.

Non-verbal communication | 1. Posture. This is the way in which someone holds their self, the way the stand etc. 2. Facial expression. This is the way someone’s face responds to an action or words. For e.g.…if someone was told something they like they would generally be wide eyed and smiling. |

Chapter  4  –  Nonverbal  Communication 1. What  are  the  functions  of  nonverbal  messages? ● Substitute ● complement  verbal  messages:  adds  to  verbal  message,  improves  clarity  and  understanding ● contradict:  non  verbal  behavior  not  reflecting  verbal  message 2. Know  the  different  codes  (i.e.,  kinesics,  haptics,  proxemics,  vocalics,  chronemics,  and  self-­ presentation  cues). Code  1  -­  Kinesics  /  Use  of  the  body ● Gestures ○ Emblems  -­  gestures  with  explicit  meaning  and  dictionary  definitions ○ Illustrator  -­  gestures  that  accompany  verbal  message ○ Adaptors  -­  Touching  behaviors  that  reveal  internal  states  such  as  anxiety ■ self  adaptors ■ object  adaptors  -­  handling  of  objects ■ other  adaptors  -­  touching  other  people ● Eye  contact  /  Oculesics ○ both  people  are  looking  directly  into  each  others  eyes ● Functions ○ regulates  interaction ○ monitors  interaction ○ signals  cognitive  activity ○ expresses  involvement

There are eight key forms of nonverbal communications used on a daily basis. These forms can affect the way people view another person; however, without understanding the forms of nonverbal communication there is certain to be a lot of misinterpretations. Cultural and language differences are a common reason for miscommunication. When communicating with people in different cultures, a person should be extremely aware of the hand gestures and nonverbal communication tools they are using. Many of the hand gestures used in the United States that mean good things, mean offensive and profane things to other cultures. Nonverbal communication is described as body language, hand gestures, and facial expressions. It is known that people reveal more information through nonverbal communication, than words alone to get a point across. There will always be some interaction between two or more people that everyone’s

Tone of voice and body language are symbolized based on the socialization of the interpreter. There are many factor in determining what a gesture might mean. For instance, as well as, a soft voice may be seen as a flirty or intimate gesture in a typical American culture. However, in another culture it may be seen as disrespectful to make

As because of short of time we took 3 major factors which we think need to be researched for our project. As conclusion, we found there is a difference between body language of men and women. Most of the people don’t notice about the body language during their presentation or in their office work. But it is very important in our professional as well as in our personal lives. Culture is the most important factor that influences people’s body language and behavior. Everyone learns from their culture and their native background about their behavior and body language that includes gestures everything. Teachers play a big role in learning of people’s body language. As everyone has their idol, someone has teachers as their role model so they learn from them their body language and other behavior. In our Hypothesis, you can see most of the respondents said their body language is influenced by their teachers and their parents or other family members whoever are their role

While this conversation was taken place I also noticed facial expressions, which is a gesture executed by using facial muscles. Below is an example of how both gestures and facial expression are both used during a nonverbal conversation.

What does it involve? Movements of the face that express a person’s feelings Physically touching or holding a person Deliberate movements of the hands to express meaning The physical closeness between people during interactions • Smiling • Frowning

Nonverbal communication is behaviors and characteristics that convey meaning with out the use of words. Sometimes accompanying verbal messages, to clarify or reinforce them. (Floyd, Communicating Nonverbally, 2013) It is said to be true that nonverbal communication sometimes gives more information that verbal communication. People’s facial expressions, gestures, and personal appearance are all forms of nonverbal communication and it relies on our sense of vision. For instance, when my sorority and I get together for a meeting and the president of our chapter stands up in front of everyone to share information, it is important that we let her know that we are interested by nodding our head in agreement, smiling at her, clapping our hands, and keeping eye contact with her so she knows our focus is on her. For our chapter it is important to reassure our president that we are listening and focused on what she has to say by using nonverbal behaviors. Without nonverbal communication, it would be hard to tell when someone is interested or not in a conversation. Nonverbal communication helps us maintain

For example, if a student is listening at a lecture and the speaker is not making eye contact, making wild hand gestures, jerky body movements, and their voice is cracking then the listeners would have a negative experience. The way the speaker moves, looks and reacts tells the listeners he is uncomfortable and this causes the listeners to become disinterested in the subject matter. These nonverbal communications have a huge impact on how the listeners respond because gestures express as much as or more than words. The speaker must be acutely aware of his body language and that of his audience because if he crosses his arms it could indicate defensiveness or disinterest. The speaker may clench or wring his hands can indicate tension, strong disagreement or feelings of pressure. If the speaker begins to tap his fingers on the podium or looking at his watch can show boredom or impatience. Eye contact, or lack of it, can cause a listener to feel ignored; too much might cause the listener to feel self-conscious or threatened. Facial expressions can reflect honesty, friendliness, guilt, happiness, sadness, fear and many other feelings. Unlike verbal sentences, facial expressions can express the entire message in an instant. “In contrast to other closed-class expressions, demonstratives are universal, they are generally so old that their roots are not etymologically analyzable, they are among the earliest words that children learn, and they are closely

“Systematic research on the role of nonverbal behavior in social interaction has been common only in the past 20 to 25 years.”(Edinger and Patterson, 1983, p. 30).because that statement was published in 1983, it is apparent that the study of nonverbal behavior has been around for roughly 50 to 55 years. However, that is still a relatively recent amount of time compared to research in other science fields such as chemistry or biology. Despite the fact that this field is relatively recent there are many theories about our interaction with others. This paper will discuss the nonverbal expectancy theory along with two other theories, and describe how these theories can work together.