Nonverbal Behavior Analysis

By observing us children learn how to interact with others, accomplish goals, and get along in the world. We are the examples, and what many do not realize is that our non-verbal messages and actions are stronger than our verbal ones. Non-verbal communication consists of expressions, tone of voice, eye contact, and actions.  The way you listen, look, move, and react tells the other person whether or not you care, if you’re being truthful, and how well you’re listening. When your nonverbal signals match up with the words you’re saying, they increase trust, clarity, and rapport. When they don’t, they generate tension, mistrust, and confusion. There are many different types of nonverbal communication. Together, the following nonverbal signals and cues communicate your interest and investment in others.

How to deliver positive nonverbal communication is quite simple. Starting with facial expressions, make sure they are positive, give a genuine smile, others can tell a genuine smile from a fake one. Fakes smiles will make you less approachable, when a genuine smile makes others feel welcome. Maintain eye contact, but do not stare. Maintaining good eye contact shows that you are focused on the other person. Staring is seen as standoffish. Leaning forward shows that you are interested, but distance yourself correctly, use the space around you. Otherwise it is seem as intimidating or awkward. Adjust nonverbal signals according to the context. If you are responding or listening and your

I’m a positive person, and I’m fun to work with. I try to look on the bright side and strive to nurture relationships. I’m very creative and passionate. I hold myself accountable for

My friends and colleagues would describe me as charismatic, nurturing, and with a strong desire to learn, all

I like to see myself as a outgoing person. I ́m a really nice person but like everyone else

I am originally from Puerto Rico, which is a country in which communication is an integral part of society. The cultural norm of the Puerto Rican culture is to speak up when necessary and communicate clearly if we want things to be done. At the same time, I believe that in order to produce results, the manner in which communicating takes place, is an extremely important component. My culture also showed me how the emotions used when communicating, such as the use of the hands and body language, will dictate the tone and flow of the communication. The literature suggests that the majority (as much as 76%) of the message we gibe to another person during conversations is carried by non-verbal or para-verbal communication. Thus, we must be very careful and strategic in our use o non-verbal communication (Van Acker, 1997).

Above all, I would like to think that others see me as easily approachable. I love interacting with people, and I am always interested in having conversations. I want to be the type of person who is there to listen when needed. I strive to be an individual who is regarded as open-minded, inclusive, and trustworthy. My friends describe me as easy-going, and I enjoy making people laugh. I smile often

The first subset of my personality is Extraversion, as opposed to Introversion. As an extrovert, I would describe myself as social, external and gregarious. This characteristic helps me communicate and reach out to others. However, there are cons that go along

I have a big personality. I am very talkative especially when my mom and I are driving home from one of my activities. Most people say I’m understanding as they talk to me about hardships or problems that I help them solve. I also like to make people laugh mostly

Since I have attempted to resolve my issue with nonverbal behavior before, the decision to improve that skill was easy, but developing an overall effective plan that had at least a moderate potential for success was an arduous process. I started by listing the common nonverbal behaviors I exhibit during these episodes that obstruct any interpersonal communications; sent or received. Next, I analyzed the list to determine how universal each behavior was in my daily interactions. Though, I thought there would have been more, I was surprised to find only a few of my nonverbal behaviors reappeared in different interactions. I continued to revise the list until the entries were mostly unique to the situation. As a result, the revised list is as follows: fidgeting, rubbing my lower back, itching one of my legs, squirming in my seat (excludes repositioning myself), erratic paralanguage

In addition to extroversion, I scored high in the trait of agreeableness. Agreeableness includes trust, kindness, and affection. I usually have positive social interactions; I try to be a pleasant person to be around and helpful to others. I am energized by helping others and work well in group situations. In other words, I am highly prosocial.

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.

In the workplace today, we are likely to have a diverse mix of culture, age, race and gender balance. Nonverbal communication varies amongst all of these and also on the different contexts of the workplace i.e. meetings, conferences, tea breaks etc.

I would describe myself as an outgoing, ambitious, compassionate, and a creative person with an intuitive mind. I am goal-oriented, and I aspire to be successful in everything that I do by working hard and accomplishing many tasks. I empathize with others, but I like to take control of a situation if I

I really see myself as a humble guy, and an honest one. Some may even say I am brutally honest (at times). I'm great with communication, and I work well with others. I believe anything can be solved with teamwork, and I'm always willing to put in more effort to make any community a better one. I'm very easy to approach, and no player should have any issue coming to me with issues or just speaking with me in general. I have a fantastic memory, which goes great with planning things as well as remember past players and their past behavior.