Understanding Nonverbal Communication

• Enumerate all the types of nonverbal communication:

  Paralanguage

  Flowers

  Colors

  Chronemics

  Proxemics

  Haptics

  Language of gestures

  Facial expression

  Posture and personal appearance
• What are the four types of hand gestures:

  Emphasizing

  Regulating

  Illustrating

  Emblems
• The configuration of the eyes, eyebrows, lips, cheeks, nose, and forehead to show how the person feels:

  Facial Expressions
• The way one carries and dresses oneself

  Posture and Personal Appearance
• Chronemics is also known as the language of time
• Use of space to show importance:

  Proxemics
• Use of touch to express what cannot be said:

  Haptics
• The “how” of saying something:

  Paralanguage
• ”Clenched fist upraised” What type of Gesture is this?

  Emblems
• "This large" (hands set apart)What type of gesture is this?

  Illustrating
• "YES!" (fist pounding the table)What type of gesture is this?

  Emphasizing
• "Shh" (forefinger in front of lips)What type of gesture is this?

  Regulating
• The most often used type of nonverbal communication:

  Gestures