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Introduction
 You are always communicating non
verbally
 You have no choice
 We cannot but communicate nonverbally
 Communication is authentic when there
is a match between verbal and non
verbal part
 Non verbal communication is perceived
as more reliable
Modes of Non Verbal
Communication
 Kinesics –Body language
 Tactility- Touch
 Proxemics – Distance
 Gestures
 Para linguistics
Appearance
 Semi fixed cues
– Hair Style
– Facial Hair
 Dress
– Appropriate
– Neat
– Dark Colors
– Different meanings for colour
Appearance contd..
 Body shape and size
– Endomorphous – Fat : Good natured,
agreeable, Talkative
– Ectomorphous – Skinny : Tense,
Nervous, Quiet
– Mesomorphous: Muscular, Self reliant,
Adventurous
Appearance contd..
 Height
– Tall people : Credible, Compentent,
Responsible, Trustworthy
– Short people : Manipulative
The inferences may not be correct.
 Gender
 Age
 Attractiveness
 Skin Color
Head nods
 Yes or No
 Request
 Acceptance
 Rejection
Facial expressions
 Communicate feelings like happiness,
anger, sadness etc
 Momentary clues : eg frown, smile, raised
eyebrow.
– Forehead
– Eyebrows
– Nostrils
– Mouth
– Eye contact
 Similar facial expressions are used across
the globe
Eye Contact
 Recognizing a person
 Showing interest
 Paying attention
 It is related to listening
Gestures
 Use of hands and legs
 They clarify messages
 People talk with their hands
eg Deaf people
Gestures contd..
Gestures
 Illustrators : Reinforce verbal
messages
– E.g..
– Pointers
– Pictographs (sizes)
– Spatial gestures
– Kinetographs – reenacting action
Gestures
 Regulators
– Vertical extended hand ( I haven’t finished)
– Several open hand motion ( Keep talking)
 Adaptors : They tell about the speaker e.g..
shivering legs. Nervous person
 Affect displayers : When you are excited
 Emblems : OK, Thumps down, Thumps up,
V sign (Each society has its own series of
emblems.
 Liars talk less and gesture less
Postures
 Postures can transmit innermost
feelings. (standing , sitting)
 Hands rapped around the body
 Angle : Straight or side
Each posture, each movement, each gaze - is a
message sent from within.
Try and figure out - what is the meaning of each
posture?
Distance
 We jealously guard our space.
 Intimate Zone :
– Less than 18” from tip of the nose
– Reserved for intimate expressions
– Perceived as rude
 Personal Zone: 1 ½ - 2 ½ ‘
– Reserved for good friends and loved ones
 Social Zone : 3’- 4 ½’
 Public Zone : Beyond 5’
 Space influences what we talk
 Distance differs across cultures
Para linguistics
 How we speak?
 Conveys emotions
– Pitch
– Volume
– Speed
– Control
– Dysfluencies and vocal segregates
 Screaming – Anger
 Whispering – Confidentiality
 Moaning – Distress
 Liars talk loudly than normal people
Touch
 Contributes to emotional and
Psychological well being
 Who can touch whom?
 Contact and non contact societies
– Consoling
– Expressing intimate feelings
– Fright or anger or aggression
Time
 The time of day determines the way
you interpret messages
Ringing phone at midnight
People constantly late : Rude
 Time is money in some societies
 Some societies have flexible notions of
time
 Deciphering non verbal clues is
difficult
 Have I read more into a persons
behavior than is actually there?
 Have I checked out my interpretation
with others?
 Do my nonverbal clues complement
my verbal messages?
Nonverbal communication

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Nonverbal communication

  • 1.
  • 2. Introduction  You are always communicating non verbally  You have no choice  We cannot but communicate nonverbally  Communication is authentic when there is a match between verbal and non verbal part  Non verbal communication is perceived as more reliable
  • 3. Modes of Non Verbal Communication  Kinesics –Body language  Tactility- Touch  Proxemics – Distance  Gestures  Para linguistics
  • 4. Appearance  Semi fixed cues – Hair Style – Facial Hair  Dress – Appropriate – Neat – Dark Colors – Different meanings for colour
  • 5. Appearance contd..  Body shape and size – Endomorphous – Fat : Good natured, agreeable, Talkative – Ectomorphous – Skinny : Tense, Nervous, Quiet – Mesomorphous: Muscular, Self reliant, Adventurous
  • 6. Appearance contd..  Height – Tall people : Credible, Compentent, Responsible, Trustworthy – Short people : Manipulative The inferences may not be correct.  Gender  Age  Attractiveness  Skin Color
  • 7. Head nods  Yes or No  Request  Acceptance  Rejection
  • 8. Facial expressions  Communicate feelings like happiness, anger, sadness etc  Momentary clues : eg frown, smile, raised eyebrow. – Forehead – Eyebrows – Nostrils – Mouth – Eye contact  Similar facial expressions are used across the globe
  • 9. Eye Contact  Recognizing a person  Showing interest  Paying attention  It is related to listening
  • 10. Gestures  Use of hands and legs  They clarify messages  People talk with their hands eg Deaf people
  • 12. Gestures  Illustrators : Reinforce verbal messages – E.g.. – Pointers – Pictographs (sizes) – Spatial gestures – Kinetographs – reenacting action
  • 13. Gestures  Regulators – Vertical extended hand ( I haven’t finished) – Several open hand motion ( Keep talking)  Adaptors : They tell about the speaker e.g.. shivering legs. Nervous person  Affect displayers : When you are excited  Emblems : OK, Thumps down, Thumps up, V sign (Each society has its own series of emblems.  Liars talk less and gesture less
  • 14. Postures  Postures can transmit innermost feelings. (standing , sitting)  Hands rapped around the body  Angle : Straight or side Each posture, each movement, each gaze - is a message sent from within. Try and figure out - what is the meaning of each posture?
  • 15. Distance  We jealously guard our space.  Intimate Zone : – Less than 18” from tip of the nose – Reserved for intimate expressions – Perceived as rude  Personal Zone: 1 ½ - 2 ½ ‘ – Reserved for good friends and loved ones  Social Zone : 3’- 4 ½’  Public Zone : Beyond 5’  Space influences what we talk  Distance differs across cultures
  • 16. Para linguistics  How we speak?  Conveys emotions – Pitch – Volume – Speed – Control – Dysfluencies and vocal segregates  Screaming – Anger  Whispering – Confidentiality  Moaning – Distress  Liars talk loudly than normal people
  • 17. Touch  Contributes to emotional and Psychological well being  Who can touch whom?  Contact and non contact societies – Consoling – Expressing intimate feelings – Fright or anger or aggression
  • 18. Time  The time of day determines the way you interpret messages Ringing phone at midnight People constantly late : Rude  Time is money in some societies  Some societies have flexible notions of time
  • 19.  Deciphering non verbal clues is difficult  Have I read more into a persons behavior than is actually there?  Have I checked out my interpretation with others?  Do my nonverbal clues complement my verbal messages?