Body language provides nonverbal cues that reveal information about people's emotions and attitudes. There are universal facial expressions for emotions like happiness, sadness, fear and disgust. However, some gestures have culturally specific meanings that can differ across cultures. Studying body language involves observing cues like open versus closed body positions, hand gestures, eye contact and facial expressions to understand what people may be communicating nonverbally. Micro-expressions are brief, involuntary facial expressions that can reveal a person's true emotions even if they are trying to disguise them. Interpreting clusters of cues together provides more insight than any single gesture.
Body Language is the unspoken communication that goes on in every Face-to-Face encounter with another human being.
It tells you their true feelings towards you and how well your words are being received.
A simple roll of the eyes or hand gesture may be all it takes to convey 100% of what we mean, no words, no tone, only 7-10% is attributable to the actual words we use in a conversation.
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When it comes to sending the right non-verbal messages in the workplace, your body language does the talking so take simple steps to create a positive impression
Importance of Body Language at Work
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What your gestures say
The Do’s in Body Language
The Don'ts in Body Language
Body Language is the unspoken communication that goes on in every Face-to-Face encounter with another human being.
It tells you their true feelings towards you and how well your words are being received.
A simple roll of the eyes or hand gesture may be all it takes to convey 100% of what we mean, no words, no tone, only 7-10% is attributable to the actual words we use in a conversation.
Body Language by N.G.Palit. Body Language is the language which our body sp...Nanda Palit
Body Language is the language which our bodies speak, many times even without our conscious knowledge. But, when we speak, our body language must be in congruence with our oral words. People tend to believe our body language more than what we speak, whenever there is any variance between the two. Body language is a truth teller. We must improve our body language if we want to be a more effective communicator. Observing other's body language also helps us to understand what others want to actually convey. So, closely observing body language can greatly improve our interpersonal skills, and help us to maintain cordial relationship with every body.
When it comes to sending the right non-verbal messages in the workplace, your body language does the talking so take simple steps to create a positive impression
Importance of Body Language at Work
Personal spaces and social interaction zones
What your gestures say
The Do’s in Body Language
The Don'ts in Body Language
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3. Every time you are face to face with another human being you speak to them through your body. Anyway in which you behave that can be seen by other person as having a meaning is a form of the language. Whatever words we choose in conversation, it is inevitable that we are also talking in body language at same time.
7. MUST KNOW FIRST IMPRESSIONS In fact first impressions of a person are formed in only around 10 seconds. Our intuition about a new acquaintance is primarily influenced by how we feel about the way they are expressing themselves through their bodies. CLUSTERS Gestures may occur individually or in clusters. If a person crosses their arms, it may mean they are defensive, bored or simply cold. You cannot interpret the individual gesture accurately. However if they are also breaking eye contact or drumming their fingers, you can guess they are feeling negative.
8. Watch for clusters of gestures to reveal emotion. Crossing the arms can have several meanings….. But when breaking eye contact is added, the person may be feeling negative.
9. UNIVERSAL EXPRESSIONS There are a few facial expressions that go across cultural boundaries. Smiles are universal, as are the facial expressions used to show emotions such as anger, happiness, surprise, disgust, fear and sadness.
10. ANGER Angry people contract and lower their eyebrows to produce a frown. Wrinkles form over the bridge of the nose . The eyes are narrowed and staring. They may ‘flash’ with anger in movement. The lips are pressed tightly together and the jaw is tense and in a biting position. In some people the nostrils may flare. This facial expression will be accompanied by other body movements such as the hands forming fists, jerking of the head and aggressive postures like placing the hands on the hips. An angry person tenses their lips and narrows their eyes.
11. HAPPINESS When people are happy, they smile, laugh or even cry. Happiness affects the lower face and the area around the eyes. The mouth turns out to the sides and upwards, often making the teeth visible. With genuine happiness, wrinkles, or crow’s-feet, form around the eyes at the same time as an involuntary smile forms in the mouth. A genuine happy smile is symmetrical and causes the cheeks to bulge. The lower part of the face relaxes when you are happy. The teeth are visible and the eyes smile.
12. SURPRISE With surprise, your eyes widen and open to expose the whites of the eyes. The eyebrows are raised and the forehead wrinkles. The mouth is loose and relaxed, and the bottom lip drops, as does the jaw. The eyes open wide when you are surprised, and the jaw drops.
13. FEAR Fear is a reaction to the body’s fight or flight response. Fear may lead to tears and a general trembling throughout the body. All the muscles of the body become tense and the skin may be pale. As you begin to feel fear, the palms of the hands are likely to be sweaty. Fear shows in the face through increased blinking of the eyes, and also staring ‘flashbulb’ eyes, where the eyelids are pulled upwards to show the whites of the eyes and the eyeballs protrude. The pupils are dilated. The lips tremble and may be accompanied by chattering teeth. Fear shows in increased muscle tension in the face and body, and in staring eyes.
14. SADNESS Sadness is often accompanied by crying or tears welling up within the eyes. The face begins to droop and the muscles of the face become slack. The mouth turns down and the lips may tremble. The eyebrows rise slightly at the inner ends, producing wrinkles across the top of the nose. Sadness shows in slack muscles in the face. The eyelids droop and the eyebrows frown, causing wrinkles across the top of the nose.
15. DISGUST If you look at the mouth of someone who feels disgust, you will notice the upper lip is curled and pulled back, and the lower lip is lowered. The tongue moves forward and protrudes. The nose is drawn up and wrinkles form across the bridge. The nostrils are raised. The cheeks move up. The eyes narrow and partly close. The inner corners of the eyebrows are lowered to produce a frown. The lower eyelids are raised, producing wrinkles around the eyes. When we are disgusted, we narrow the eyes, as if we don’t want to see whatever it is that has disgusted us
16. NON VERBAL LEAKAGE If you try to disguise what you are thinking by changing your body language, your face and body may still ‘leak’ your real emotions through tiny, momentary changes, or ‘micro-movements’. These changes occur before you are consciously aware of your emotions and therefore before you can try to disguise them.
17. OPEN AND CLOSED BODY LANGUAGE Two basic clusters of gestures and movements that we will observe can be interpreted as open and closed body language- in other words, being relaxed and open to other people, or closed and defensive. When we change our body language, we show that there has been some change in our relationship with the other person: we are responding to something in the situation in a positive or negative way.
18. CLOSED BODY LANGUAGE If we are threatened, we make our body smaller and put barriers in front ourselves as protection. Closed body language is also used when we want to hide our true thoughts, for example when we are lying. Some typical closed body movements we may observe in others are tense shoulders and arms, crossed arms and legs, arms and legs resting tensely on a table or chair or tucked behind the body with eyes looking away from us or at the ground.
20. OPEN BODY LANGUAGE When we open up our body to other people, it shows we are feeling positive about them or the situation we are in. The main indicators of open body language are a lack of barriers. We open up our body to be exposed and vulnerable to other people. Our arm and leg gestures will therefore look either free and animated or slow but generous. Our legs may be stretched out when sitting or be in a parallel stance when standing. The feet may point outwards. The palms of the hands may also be exposed.
22. UNIVERSAL AND CULTURALLY SPECIFIC GESTURES Although some gestures are found the world over, others are specific to certain societies, cultures and countries. A gesture that is used to replace a word or phrase can have a neutral or positive meaning in one country yet be negative or rude in another.
24. Many hand gestures are culturally specific. Here are few that we will encounter around the world.
25. In most Western cultures, pressing the thumb and forefinger together to form a circle means OK. In Latin America and Germany, it is an insult, and in Middle East an obscenity.
26. In the West, a V-sign made with the other person means victory. When the palm is turned away, it is an insult. In Japan, both forms are used as positive gestures. Tapping the nose in the West is an overt sign that you are feeling suspicious
27. Circling a finger by the temple or tapping the forehead means ‘that person is crazy’. Shaking the fist means ‘ I am angry’ and is a threat of aggression.
28. A thumbs-up sign in North America and the UK means ‘ it is good’. Rubbing your hands together means ‘ I am cold’ or ‘ I am excited about something’.
Editor's Notes
This presentation uncovers the secrets of body language and we’ll give you practical advice on how to use your new knowledge to the best of your advantage.
What is body language??? Anybody from the audience?
Body language is also known as the non verbal way of communication. Anyway in which you behave that can be seen by the other person as having a meaning is a form of the language. Understanding this language can make an enormous difference to every part of your life.
The study of the body language has evolved into several areas:KINESICS is the study of body movements – hand movements, head nods, shifts in facial expressions etc. PROXEMICS is the study of personal territory and space: the distance between people when they are talking or doing things together.HAPTICS is the study of touch, the effects of touching and being touched.PARALANGUAGE refers to the non verbal accessories of speech: that is how the voice is used to accompany speech.
CLUSTERS: Gestures may occur individually or in clusters. Sometimes, the individual gesture may not be interpreted accurately.In fact the first impressions of a person are formed in around ten seconds.The next slide gives you a better idea how the clusters reveal emotions better.
ANGER: Angry people contract and lower their eyebrows to produce a frown. The lips are pressed together tightly and the jaw is tense. In some people the nostrils may flare.
HAPPINESS: In happy people the mouth turns out to the sides and upwards, often making the teeth visible. A genuine happy smile is symmetrical and causes the cheeks to bulge.
SURPRISE: With surprise the eyes widen, the eyebrows get raised and the jaw drops.
FEAR: With fear all the muscles of the body become tense, blinking of the eyes increases, the pupils get dilated and the lips tremble. The breathing rate may increase as adrenalin is produced in the body due to its fight or flight response.
SADNESS: Sadness is often accompanied by crying or tears welling within the eyes. The mouth turns down and the lips may tremble. The face begins to droop and the muscles of the face become slack.
DISGUST: With disgust, the upper lip is curled and the lower lip is lowered. The nose is drawn up and the nostrils are raised. The cheeks move up, the eyes are narrowed and the inner corners of the eyebrows are lowered to produce a frown.
CLOSE BODY LANGUAGE signals that either the person is signalling that he/she is not a threat or that the person is feeling uncomfortable. Closed body language is also used to hide your true thoughts.
OPEN BODY LANGUAGE shows that the person is feeling positive. It signals that the person is relaxed and comfortable.