Nonverbal Communication

Irena Andruškevič 1gr.

Content

Introduction to nonverbal communication.

Body movements, gestures and postures.

Facial expression. Distance. Touch. Dress.

Nonverbal communication has been defined as communication without words.

It includes apparent behaviors such as facial expressions, eyes, touching, and tone of voice, as well as less obvious messages such as dress, posture and spatial distance between two or more people.

Body movements.

Body  movement  is   important  part  of   

successful communication;  

it  reinforces, emphasizes, and  clarifies  verbally

expressed  ideas.

Gestures. A  gesture  is  a  natural  

movement  of  any  part  of   the  body that  conveys  a thought or emotion or   reinforces oral expression.

Postures

Postures are used to indicate attitudes, status, affective moods, approval, deception, warmth etc.

Facial expression. A facial expression results from one

or more motions or positions of the muscles of the face.

These movements convey the emotional state of the individual to observers.

Distance.

Public distance Social distance Personal distance Intimate distance

Touch.  Even a handshake tells

much about an individual’s character. The human skin has hundreds of thousands of submicroscopic nerve endings, serving as tactual receptors and detecting pressure, temperature, texture, pain.

Dress.

Clothing indicates a great amount of information. It identifies sex, age, socioeconomic class, status, role, group membership, personality or mood, physical climate, and time in history.

Attitudes most often associated with clothing relate to :

A desire to conform A desire for self-expression A desire for aesthetic

satisfaction Prestige values The desire for social

participation Physical comfort Economy

Conclusion Even the best verbal

communication skills are not sufficient to create and sustain successful relationships. Good relationships require the ability to communicate with emotional intelligence.

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