Nonverbal Communication

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.

Technology can be positive through providing face to face live video and audio chats, but can also be detrimental when it comes to simple texting without nonverbal messages. Facetime has been able to provide expressions and voice cues that help bring meaning to verbal messages. Nonverbal communication is hard to fake and is more trustable. While, texting can be detrimental to relationships because the meanings of words are skewed since they don’t have nonverbal cues to give context and meaning to them. The relationships that is most influenced by technology is my friends at Uconn because we spend so much time together and the amount of closeness I feel with these people is no comparable to those affected only by technology because I feel a sort of closeness through maintaining a close distance to them and I have the ability to exchange vocal and facial cues.

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.

Any communication interaction involves two major components in terms of how people are perceived: verbal, or what words are spoken and nonverbal, the cues such as facial expressions, posture, verbal intonations, and other body gestures. Many people believe it is their words that convey the primary messages but it is really their nonverbal cues. The hypothesis for this research paper was: facial expressions directly impact how a person is perceived. A brief literature search confirmed this hypothesis.

Over this summer course I have learned a lot about communication. I learned how significant nonverbal and verbal communication is, along with listening. I never fully understood how big communication is in our daily lives. I now realize that it is a huge aspect of how we continue in our lives. This course has showed me different levels of communication.

Undeniably, presentations give individuals an opportunity to connect with your clients, colleagues, and other contacts. Presentations are a rich two-way communication environment. However, it is essential that you build credibility before, during, and after your presentation. In addition, authenticity is of the utmost importance; even if you plan and rehearse, authenticity must be maintained. With presentations, nervousness and fear can be overcome by numerous strategies to ensure that your presentation is effective. Moreover, it is crucial that your nonverbal behavior displays confidence, strength, and concern. Enhancing these strategies can assist you in delivering a spectacular presentation (Cardon, 2013).

One fine afternoon there was a girl at a panda express creepily watching people and taking notes. You guessed it, that girl was me, and during my subtle note taking on the nonverbal communications between the people at panda I witnessed 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 general body language actions that reoccurred several times in several different people. For example, when a customer would approach the counter where employees served the food, the employee would raise their eyebrows and smile at the customer. The employee’s smile, however, did not reach their eyes meaning while it is th9er job to smile and be welcoming to the customer no one likes to serve food all day and she probably wanted to go home. Additionally, I noticed that when customers approached the counter about 90 percent of them had their arms folded. The act of crossing your arms means that people are trying to put a barrier between themselves and a situation that they either don’t like or are uncomfortable with. This may mean that that they were displeased with having to wait in line to get their food or are uncomfortable with making the decision of which kind of meat to get, on the other hand it may mean nothing at all and they are simply comfortable folding their arms. Once they reached the front of the line, every customer pointed to the food they wanted along with

Nonverbal communication is the process of sending and receiving messages without using words, either spoken or written. And it is also called manual language. Similar to the way that italicizing emphasizes written language, nonverbal behavior may emphasize parts of a verbal message. The term nonverbal communication was introduced by psychiatrist Jurgen Ruesch and author Weldon Kees in the book Nonverbal Communication Notes on the Visual Perception of Human Relations.

There are a some aspects of nonverbal communication that should be upheld and followed by all nurses and healthcare professionals. When treating people, the results or new is not always good and there is no telling how someone will react once they are given new regarding their health. If the news is bad, the healthcare professional tasked with giving the news should be aware of the nonverbal messages they are sending to the message receiver. Is the sender slouched and sluggish? Are they standing up straight and smiling? Small little things like a person's posture can completely change the tone that is delivered with a verbal message. A real situation of this is if a patient is tested to be positive for cancer, the person tasked on giving the news would want to give off a light and even somewhat happy mood. The goal is not to get up the hopes of the patient or to trick them but, to give them hope and let them know everything will be okay, even if there is a chance it won’t be. Hope is a very powerful tool for people and it’s important to project hope through nonverbal means like body language. If a patient sees the doctor or nurse appear calm when delivering new as serious as cancer, the tone of calmness will be sent along with the verbal message which may help the patient feel more hope and comfort.

Chapter 7 is about nonverbal communication message of Looking Out Looking In question asks to name three different types of nonverbal communication and give a real life example of each, then show which nonverbal function it serves and discuss the level of ambiguity that is present with each. Three types of nonverbal communication are gestures, touch, and time. The first nonverbal communication pattern listed is gestures, gestures are the movements of hands and arms. Gestures were one of the first forms of human communication. The most used gestures are called illustrators which accompany speech but don’t stand on their own. The second most common type of gestures are called emblems which are nonverbal behaviors that have a specific

“ I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure that you realize that what you heard is not what I meant -Unknown.” Communication is very important in today 's society. From texting, emails, talking on the phone, or even talking in person. If you are communicating in a nonverbal way it is important to get your point across exactly how you mean it because someone can read it differently. Talking in person can be easier because you can hear their tone of voice and see their facial expressions, so that can help you determine how they are trying to get the message across. In our speech 191 class we have done many activities learning about verbal and nonverbal communication.

Coming into this class I didn’t know much about proper communication techniques and how I was communicating incorrectly. I didn’t know anything about I-Statements or different exit strategies in conflict. I was very in the dark about communication and how it works. For my Personal Growth Profile I decided to do a digital airbrush painting which I titled “Dark Flower”. This painting is an abstract portrait in which the girl is dark and cold around the edges, but inside she is full of warmth and light. This painting is the perfect representation of how I have personally grown throughout this course.

Nonverbal communication can range from gestures, facial expressions, and other behaviors that are attempting to send a message to another person without using words to communicate. With several forms of nonverbal communication, there is an attached message with the behaviors, though they can have different meanings to different people. The message being sent along with the nonverbal behaviors can also be directly noticed and understood by the other person in the conversation, or can be completely misunderstood or unnoticed. While examining the characteristics and behaviors of nonverbal gestures, we can unravel the message being relayed within communication. I had identified two couples each on a date at Panino’s restaurant, finding individual characteristics of nonverbal communication, as one couple had been in a disagreement and one couple had a more romantic evening together. Though during the observation of each interaction, I had noticed contradistinction between the way the two couples communicated using non-verbally, movement and gesture, and facial display messages.

According to author and academic Leonard Mlodinow, "Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words." As humans, we unconsciously make assumptions about people, inadvertently defining them, by our perception of their nonverbal cues, often before they speak. Nonverbal communication is “the process of relaying messages and meaning without the use of words” (Baran and Beauchamp, 94). Nonverbal communication influences social behaviour because it allows the creation of instant judgements, determines the viability of relationships, and indicates the level of intimacy of relationships.

Speech is one the first achievements for everyone after being born, but it is not fine-tuned to communicating until maturity. Being able to communicate properly and effectively is not easy to do because it require patience and willingness to learn. Communication is the interaction between individuals where information is exchanged to understand one another; It allows to empathy and leads to resolutions to conflicts, which is why an officer’s capacity to communicate efficiently and calmly with others is of paramount importance. Communication can become problematic when there are cultural differences such as language barriers and cultural background, especially in a diverse multicultural country such as Canada. Traditions and behavior can also produce problems when understanding each other. Moreover, culture is not solely differences in nationality; it also refers to lifestyle differences, and thus can transcend culture and race. Nowadays, people live in a technological world; where it is common to see people in a restaurant staring at the phones instead of chatting with each other. It is rare to see people talking to each other because of technology, and less information is being exchanged in a more meaningful manner. As a result of all these factors, communication is proven to be a necessary and vital skills that helps officer’s reach solutions and work efficiently alongside other officers and citizens alike.