Non-verbal communications can transmit different messages, depending the use you give, for example it can reaffirm what you are trying to say; also it can help to complement or accent your idea and make it stronger, but it also can contradict or change your idea that you are not sure about it; so the idea is that you have to be really care of how you control your body language when you are trying to say something. Here are the most visual and where people tend to concentrated in the others people body language; the body position and how you try to move it, for example is you move to mush your hand, this can transmit that you are nervous or accelerated, and if your back is not straight it might transmit that you are not comfortable or sure about yourself; and other visual and important part of body language are the facial expressions, I think that is one of the most shown part that human body has, and it can easily show the emotion a person has without spelling a word, with this we can add the gestures, but the difference between gestures and facial expressions, is that the first one is more guide to the different types of cultures around Earth, and the other one is more universally, an example of it, can be the eye contact, were in some cultures it is normal and it transmits that you are sure about something (as in the Easter part of the Earth), but it also, depending of the culture can be seeing like a unrespect to another person.
Here is a chart that it can help you how to improve non-verbal communication and also helps you to evaluate other people non-verbal communication:
| Evaluating nonverbal signals | |
| Eye contact | Is eye contact being made? If so, is it overly intense or just right? |
| Facial expression | What is your their showing? Is it masklike and unexpressive, or emotionally present and filled with interest? |
| Tone of voice | Does their voice project warmth, confidence, and interest, or is it strained and blocked? |
| Posture and gesture | Are their bodies relaxed or stiff and immobile? Are shoulders tense and raised, or slightly sloped? |
| Touch | Is there any physical contact? Is it appropriate to the situation? Does it make you feel uncomfortable? |
| Intensity | Do they seem flat, cool, and disinterested, or over-the-top and melodramatic? |
| Timing and pace | Is there an easy flow of information back and forth? Do nonverbal responses come too quickly or too slowly? |
| Sounds | Do you hear sounds that indicate caring or concern? |
In conclusion non-verbal communication and body language it is the same. They are great tools, only when you know how to use it. Because sometimes it can turn upside down your ideal, and be trade you; so you have to be really careful with it. Remember that they can easily show, without you noticing it, how you are feeling inside. Right now I know that this project done it tis going to help me improve the way I want to express mi self, in different situations and persons, and that would help me to feel sure about myself. For example in mi carrier, as a doctor, I would know how to control my feelings and ideas with my future patience.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- http://helpguide.org/mental/eq6_nonverbal_communication.htm (form here I took the chart)
- The Importance of Effective Communication, Edward G. Wertheim, Ph.D.
- Authors: Jeanne Segal, Ph.D., Melinda Smith, M.A., and Jaelline Jaffe, Ph.D. Last updated: January 2012.
- http://www2.honolulu.hawaii.edu/facdev/guidebk/teachtip/m-files/m-commu1.htm
