Nonverbal-Verbal Communication : Concepts Of Non-Verbal Communication

To me interpersonal communication describes the exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages between two different people. Joseph DeVito states that “interpersonal communication is inevitable, irreversible, and unrepeatable” due to these things effective communication is a necessary skill for us to function in our day to day lives (p. 20). Therefore, I have created a theory for interpersonal communication that goes as follows; To experience effective communication you must understand: your culture, the other person’s culture, and how to listen effectively. By knowing these three things you can consistently avoid misunderstandings and promote understanding in your interpersonal and intercultural relationships.

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.

1. Confidence implies one's estimation of one's self. On the off chance that you have a low estimation of your esteem, to yourself, to others, to society, to whatever it is that you relate yourself to, that is low confidence. That is truly all it is. Your own estimation of your own esteem. Confidence is simply the route in which one perspectives. In their own life and their expert life, it is simply the route in which they present as certain, their managers and future companions will consider them to be such. In the event that they see themselves to be useless and monstrous, they will in all probability have that sort of mentality in their discourse, non-verbal communication, and work efficiency.

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.

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.

My first personal experience with nonverbal communication occurred while shaking hands with a stranger in the coffee shop. I was waiting for my friend in the coffee shop once an evening. During that interval, one stranger came nearby to my table and raised his hand toward me. His intention was to shake hands with me. But surprisingly, he was unknown to me and I had no personal information about him. He seemed quite strange to me as it was really our first face-to-face meeting with him.

I perceive dance as a non-verbal form of communication that allows individuals to discover themselves. I feel that the few times I dance with my partner, we are able to synchronize our bodies together and have a connection above any verbal communication, it is more than just movement. I’m able to immerse my whole body and express the joy I am feeling with my partner, and my feelings are resembled in our goofy dances. It’s as if I am able to be my own person and express my emotions to him through dance. It’s due to this strong connection I feel with my partner, even if it’s playing around, I have a perception of dance being a strengthening connection between multiple individuals. Although I have this picturesque perception of dance, I have

Although there were times that I considered myself helping to deescalate the situation between Brenda and I, I was very much a part of the problem by being pass aggressive. Wood (2016) states that passive aggression is acting aggressively while denying feelings or acting aggressive. Verbally I could have tried having dialogue with Brenda to understand her perspective of what she was thinking to understand how she was feeling. I should have voiced how I felt, instead of trying to avoid the conflict, due to fear of what I might have inappropriately said. Wood states (2016), competent interpersonal communicators are sensitive to others and their preferences and choose their words accordingly.

Nonverbal communication is communication through sending and receiving wordless cues such as body language between two people. Communication can be through gestures and touch, body language, posture, facial expression, or eye contact. Face to face interactions of nonverbal communication can be classified into three areas: environmental conditions, physical characteristics of the communicators, and behaviors of communicators during the interaction. Approximately two thirds of all communication is made up of nonverbal communication. “Scientific research of nonverbal communication and behavior began with the 1872 publication of Charles Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. Since that time, there has been an abundance of research on the effects and expressions of unspoken communication and behavior.” (Cherry)

When a friend says hi to you and waves his hand, would you think that you are being welcomed? Or, when a friend says goodbye without looking at you, would you think you are being neglected? Everyday, we interact with different people to exchange our ideas, and we share our thoughts through communication. However, people do not recognize that our communication is divided into nonverbal language and verbal language, and this paper demonstrates the concept of kinesics and the concept of haptics from the nonverbal communication and the concept of slang and the concept of powerful and powerless language from the verbal communication through a television show “The Real O 'Neal, The Real Heartbreak”,

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.

During a speech an onlooker in the crowd is more likely to remember the experience over just simply the words spoken. They might remember the expressions of the speaker 's face or the hand gestures of the speaker as he moved back and forth across the stage. The onlooker will remember the posture of the speaker and if he was just slumped over on his podium. They will remember the proximity of the speaker to themselves. Surely they will remember the speech pattern such as our President Obama 's speech have short phrases with pauses in between. All of those things are considered nonverbal communication and help make a good speech or for a salesperson a good sales proposal in the business world. In order for a salesperson to excel they must master those nonverbal techniques as well as be able to speak efficiently and have a decent product. Throughout this paper I am going to look at how nonverbal communication is approached by different people as well as how to improve someone 's communication non verbally.

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“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.