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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