This document discusses various aspects of non-verbal communication including facial expressions, gestures, paralinguistics, body language, proxemics, eye gaze, haptics, and appearance. Facial expressions convey a wide range of emotions universally. Gestures and paralinguistics communicate separately from words through movements and vocal tones. Body language and distances between individuals also provide nonverbal cues. Eye contact and physical touch influence interpersonal interactions. Appearance elicits judgments and affects moods.

1. Non-Verbal Communication

2. 1. Facial Expressions
 Responsible for a huge proportion of nonverbal
communication
 How much information can be conveyed eith a smile
or a frown?
 Facial expressions for hapiness, sadness, anger, and
fearare similar throughout the world
Do you smile when you greet?
Do you show your emotions with your facial
expressions?

3. 2. Gestures
 Deliberate movements and signals are an important
way to communicate without words
 Common gestures: waving, pointing, and using
fingers to indicate number amounts
 Many gestures are related to culture
examples?
video

4. 3. Paralinguistics
 Vocal communication separate from actual language
 E.g. tone of voice, loudness, inflection and pitch
 Approval and enthusiasm or disapproval and lack of
interes
examples?

5. 4. Body Language and Posture
 Defensive postures: arm-crossing and leg-crossing
Do you really defend yourself using those posture?
Any examples?

6. 5. Proxemics
 People often refer to their need for personal space
 Influenced by number of factors including social
norms, situational factors, personality
characteristics, and level of familiarity

7. 6. Eye Gaze
 Looking, staring and blinking can also be important
nonverbal behaviour
 When encountering people or things we like, the rate
of blinking increases and pupils dilate
 Looking at another person can indicate a range of
emotions: hostility, interest, attractions
Exaples?
Can an eye contact be too long?

8. 7. Haptics
 Communicating through touch
 Substantial researchon the importance of touch in
infancy and early childhood
Harlow’s monkey study on the deprivation of touch
and contact
How do you touch other people?
How do you feel if somebody touches you?
Where are you allowed to touched?

9. 8. Appearance
 Our choice of colour, clothing , hairstyle, and other
factors affecting appearance are also part of
nonverbal communication
 Research on colour psychology – different colours
can invoke different moods
 Appearance can also generate instinctive reactions,
judgement, and interpretations
Which colour are you wearing today? Why?
Why did you choose to wear those clothes today?