Nonverbal Communication

Every day a person takes part in the social life of people around him. Any attempt at communication can lead to the achievement of a certain goal, to establish contact with the interlocutor, to find common ground, to satisfy the need for communication, etc. It is well known that communication is a process during which information is exchanged that contributes to increasing communication effectiveness.

There is verbal and non-verbal communication. Let us consider in more detail the latter form.

So, non-verbal communication is a personal behavior, signaling the nature of interaction and emotional state of both interlocutors. Non-verbal means of communication find their expression in the hairstyle, gait, objects that surround the person, etc. All this contributes to a better understanding of the inner state of your interlocutor, his mood, feelings and intentions.

Types of non-verbal communication

This type of communication includes five systems:

  1. Sight.
  2. Interpersonal space.
  3. Optical-kinesthetic (facial expressions, appearance of the interlocutor, pantomime).
  4. Near-speech (voice range, vocal qualities, timbre).
  5. Out-of-speech (laughter, speech pace, pause).

It should be noted that the non-verbal types of communication include:

  1. Tactile behavior of the interlocutor. Scientists have established that every person during communication uses different types of touches to their interlocutors. So, each kind of touch has a certain character, significance. Conditionally, this behavior is divided into: ritual, love, professional and friendly touch. A person uses a certain type of touch to enhance or weaken the communicative communication process.
  2. Kinesika is a series of postures, gestures, gestures that are used as a more expressive means of body language. Its main element is a set of views, facial expressions, postures, gestures that have a sociocultural and physiological origin.
  3. Sensorics. It is based on the sensual perception of reality by every person. His attitude towards the interlocutor is based on sensations of the senses (perception of sound combinations, sensation of taste, heat emanating from the interlocutor, etc.).
  4. Chronemics is the use of time during non-verbal communication.
  5. Nonverbal modes of communication also include proxyemics. This kind is based on the use of relations of spatiality. That is, the effect of distance, territory on the process of interpersonal relations. There are social, intimate, personal, public zones of non-verbal communication.
  6. Paraverbal communication depends on the voice timbre, its rhythm, intonation, with which the interlocutor communicates this information, etc.

Features of non-verbal communication

Particularly in bodyguard is that nonverbal behavior is characterized by its spontaneity, the predominance of unconscious movements, involuntary over conscious, arbitrary. Situation, involuntary, synthetic (expressiveness in the interlocutor's behavior is difficult to decompose into separate elements) - all this makes up the features in non-verbal communication.

Examples of non-verbal communication

It so happened that if a Frenchman or an Italian thinks that a certain idea is meaningless, it is stupid, then he will hit himself with the palm of his forehead. By this he says that his interlocutor went insane, offering this. And the Spaniard or Briton, in turn, symbolizes this satisfaction with himself as a person.

Exercises for non-verbal communication

  1. The first exercise is performed in a group or pair. One participant is a "sculptor". He establishes a submissive, silent "material" (the human body must take such a position that its position is typical for the person who depicts it). Your partner orders you to take a specific position. During this "creativity" position changes until the "sculptor" is satisfied with the result.
  2. Your task is to determine how you felt in both roles, that you learned about yourself, your interlocutor. For what purpose can you use the information received?
  3. You need the help of one person. Take a thick sheet of paper, two felt-tip pens. Do not speak. Each participant on paper draws a color point, with which the conversation begins. Alternately, you and your interlocutor draw points.
  4. This exercise gives you the opportunity to understand the emotions, feelings, moods, mutual understanding with a partner without using words.
  5. Attend a minimum of two people. Tasks are recorded on sheets (for example, "laugh at something ..", "give up something ...", etc.). Participants draw in turn assignments. Do not think about the solution written. Participants use everything except verbal communication. Thus, this exercise makes it possible to express your emotions clearly.

So, non-verbal means of communication carry a special meaning in comparison with verbal communication. By learning this language, you will be able to learn more detailed information about your interlocutor.