Modifies verbal communication
Expresses feelings
Regulates interaction
Emblems◦Substitute for verbal comm.
Illustrators◦Gestures
Affect displays◦Display emotion
Adaptors◦Reduce stress
Shape
Size
Clothing
Jewelry
Functional-professional
Social Friendship Love/intimacy Sexual
Pitch◦ High/low tone
Disfluencies(fillers)“um/uh/okay”
Physical space◦Color◦Temperature◦Lighting◦Noise◦Shapes/sizes
Personal◦Hall Theory
Territory
Appearance◦ Clothing
Adornments◦ Tatoos◦ Piercings
Psychological◦ Past◦ Present◦ future
Formal◦ Schedule◦ Spontaneity
WOMEN MEN
Need less space More constraining
clothes Be touched,not initiate
touch Use more eye contact
Demand more space More confortable
clothes Initiate touch
Use less eye contact
High context◦ interaction◦ More intimacy◦ Closer space
Low context◦ More distance◦ Less intimacy◦ More formal
Check how you present yourself◦ Types of nonvebal◦ Open to change◦ Commitment
Be aware of your “message”
Practice nonverbal immediately
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