Kinesics And Haptics: The Five Types Of Nonverbal Communication

This process requires both the sender and receiver to be actively sending and receiving verbal and nonverbal information from one another and having a mutual understanding at the same time. Firstly, the interaction with Mrs Lai demonstrated effective nonverbal communication through the use of eye contact during the course of the conversation. By maintaining adequate eye contact, the receiver was able to recognise my attention was being directed at them even though there was a significant distance separating us. Studies from Hodge (1971) states that awareness is made apparent through eye contact and allows the receiver to constantly monitor feedback from the sender, and according to Argyle and Dean (1965) eye contact functions as a compensator for distance. In addition, gestures such as slight head nodding and smiling were used moderately throughout the interaction to indicate interest towards the speaker and helped to encourage further disclosure of information. Academic work from Garside and Kleiner (1991) suggests that nodding and smiling can be used as a cue to signify attention and interest, however, this form of nonverbal communication should not be used too excessively for it may indicate lack of sincerity. The use of active listening skill is also evident within the discussion (M4). By

Non-verbal communication consists mainly of the things people do with their body language. There are times where words are expressed and non-verbal communication could help emphasize the message. A few examples of nonverbal communication are hand gestures eye contact, facial expressions as well as tone and volume. I was given this assignment to observe a situation and take note of the nonverbal communication that occurred. I also had to observe whether the non-verbals were able to execute the message and if the behavior was acceptable.

Paralanguage is important because the 6 vocal charactistics that it is composed of portray what type of person you are or how you are feeling. When you use a higher

In addition to non-verbal body language, clarify meaning and accuracy assists the listener to gain an understanding of what is being said and also helps to minimise misinterpretation. Misinterpretation occurs when a message is not understood as the sender had intended (Duck & McMahan 2009: 18). Carl Rogers advises that ‘a good rule of thumb is to assume that you never really understand until you can communicate this understanding to the others satisfaction’ (1987). Clarifying meaning and accuracy can be achieved in numerous ways including asking questions and paraphrasing. Paraphrasing allows the listener to check the accuracy of their interpretation of the speaker’s meaning by restating what has been said in their own words (Turner & West 2009: 208 and DeVito 2011: 66). This can also help the listener gain the full picture as paraphrasing often encourages the speaker to extend on what has already been said (DeVito 2011: 66). Asking questions also adds to understanding and minimises misinterpretation (DeVito 2011: 66 and Eunson 2008: 320). Eunson (2008: 319,321) states that asking questions such as what, how or when for clarity, understanding and accuracy helps to discover what has been left unsaid by others. Eunson goes on to argue that

Body language (the process of communicating nonverbally through conscious or unconscious gestures and movements). People all of the world use body language or gestures to communicate nonverbally. I personally think that nonverbal communication and body language are one of the biggest barriers in communication especially between one culture to other. Body gestures can be misinterpreted as rude or disrespectful depending on the country, region, or even the city you’re from.

How contact is made, what the responses are, and how a person has grown up are all main factors in communication. When two people are exchanging information in the form of talking face to face, making eye contact lets the talker know that the listener is in fact listening. Every person is different and has their own way of listening and responding. “Yeah”, “mhm”, “uhuh”, are all ways to let the person talking know that the listener is

Usually you use eye contact with your parents if you are in trouble to show respect (rez, 1999). If you are just having a normal conversation you do not need to use eye contact. If you are speaking to a stranger especially two males, eye contact can be interpreted into a challenge or to intimidate. With younger people you also do not need to use eye contact. Facial expressions are also use to show special meaning. When you are sad, angry or happy your facial expressions will show others what you feel. The acceptable way of greeting people is by giving a hand shake that ends with a hug if you are a male greeting another male. And if you are a female, you usually give kisses on the cheek to greet another female or

According to Liu, there is much difference in nonverbal communication and their meanings among China and the United States. In Chinese culture for example, direct eye contact and staring is uncommon and is considered disrespectful to stare into another person's eyes. Even in crowded situations Chinese people avoid eye contact to give others and them privacy. But here in the US we consider eye contact to be a form of attentiveness, listening, honesty, and directness. When it comes to body language we usually see it as a way of expressing feeling, exchanging ideas, and conveying messages. Many people feel that with body

The use of direct eye contact may be considered as confrontational, a sign of conflict, or as being rude.

Being an active listener all of my life, I realized that the two things I always do when I sit down and talk with a person I care about are to lean forward and look at him straight to the eyes. Surprisingly, when I disengage with someone, I stop looking at him. That made me also think of some people that are normal, but when they talk to you, they look between your eyebrows. I was always finding it annoying, but now I can see that it is something they may need to do to avoid the distress and the overstimulation of an eye contact. However, some cultures such as the Japanese and Navajo forbid the eye contact with elder or strangers. As Kate Shela - a shamanic healer – states, looking at someone’s eyes is an active deep intimacy that frightens us, but at the same time liberates us.

Nonverbal communications can also have ineffective communication and negative ways. Nonverbal communication can be negative signals without being known. We have to be very careful of how we use these nonverbal skills. Using the nonverbal eye contact with someone you do not know may be taken as you having a problem with them. Also in different cultures nonverbal communication with physical contact may be inappropriate. Then a person can read too much into a nonverbal communications and send a message that was not to be intended.

Eye contact is the ultimate and effortless thing you can do to begin flirting. You can stare intensely into the person's eyes whereas besides taking the time to stop eye contact to keep things from getting extremely passionate.

Comfortable eye contact is one which makes both parties have a positive conversation and help in building trust between the parties. If the eye contact is too much it makes the other person very uncomfortable in conversation. According to a research too much eye contact is considered rude and condescending. In a business context it can be perceived as

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

“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.