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NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION. Accounts for 80% of all Communication Nonverbal is body language Nonverbal messages often overpower verbal messages Body language is not a universal language. NONVERBAL BEHAVIORS. Posture and body orientation Eye contact Facial expressions Gestures Touch

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NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

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  1. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION • Accounts for 80% of all Communication • Nonverbal is body language • Nonverbal messages often overpower verbal messages • Body language is not a universal language

  2. NONVERBAL BEHAVIORS • Posture and body orientation • Eye contact • Facial expressions • Gestures • Touch • Personal Space/proximity • Paralinguistics/tone of voice

  3. POSTURE AND BODY ORIENTATION • Communicate by the way we walk, talk, stand and sit • Lean forward slightly to show interest Open Posture – tilt head, lean forward, and if seated, uncross legs Closed Posture – head and trunk straight, arms folded, and if seated, legs crossed

  4. EYE CONTACT • Helps regulate flow of communication • Use a fairly steady gaze • Signals an interest in others • Increases speaker’s credibility

  5. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS • Smiling is a powerful cue that transmits • Happiness • Friendliness • Warmth • Liking • Affiliation

  6. GESTURES • Humans can do more than 5000 different gestures • People who give feedback (head nods and gestures) appear to be more interested • Quick nods help a speaker • Long nods distract a speaker • Double nods cause a speaker to speak faster

  7. WATCH FOR THESE • People who are lying tend to use fewer gestures, touch their faces more often and shift position more frequently. • The face is part of the body that can be most easily controlled and therefore disguised.

  8. TOUCH • Signs of greeting differ by culture • Handshakes • Hugs • Bows • Some cultures are more comfortable with touching than others • Some people do not like to be touched

  9. PERSONAL SPACE/PROXIMITY • Intimate = < 18 inches This distance is primarily for confidential exchanges and is usually reserved for close friends • Personal = 1 ½ to 4 ft. This distance is comfortable for conversation between friends

  10. PERSONAL SPACE • Social = 4 to 12 feet This is the ordinary distance people maintain from one another for most social and business exchanges • Public = Over 12 feet At this distance, perhaps in a shopping mall or on the street, people barely acknowledge each other’s presence. At most they give a nod or a shake of the head.

  11. PARALINGUISTICS/TONE OF VOICE Includes vocal elements that should be varied: • Tone • Pitch • Rhythm • Timbre • Loudness • Inflection

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