Nonverbal means of communication

Our body can tell a lot about things, because it also gives signals, as well as with the help of verbal communication (verbal). According to research, the language of our body carries about 70% of all information transmitted to our interlocutor. Non-verbal means of communication can help, or even vice versa, alienate us from the interlocutor, despite observance of speech etiquette. After all, a nonverbal can show the interlocutor our inner state, the attitude towards it

Nonverbal modes of communication find their expression in facial expressions, man's posture, his appearance. If you are able both to recognize and understand the subconscious behavior of your interlocutor, you can say that you are able to achieve the highest degree of mutual understanding in dealing with people. After all, this additional information tells about expectations, intentions, moral and personal qualities, the mood of people in communion.

Consider the existing classification of bodyguide.

Types of non-verbal communication

  1. Tactile behavior. During communication, each person uses different, individual types of touching certain interlocutors. Each touch has a different character and has, different from the others, significance and effectiveness. This type of communication is conditionally divided into: ritual, professional, loving and friendly. Each type of tactile touch is used by a person to enhance communication or weaken it. It is necessary to take into account, analyzing the gestures of this species, that in each culture the non-verbal elements have different semantic significance. This type of communication includes: kissing, patting on the shoulder or back, handshake.
  2. Kinesika. The features of non-verbal communication are that the community of gestures, body movements and facial expressions are expressive means of communication. The main elements of this kind: views, facial expressions, gestures, having a socio-cultural, physiological origin. It is worth noting that it is important to monitor your kinesic, for example, for businessmen. So non-verbal communication, in which facial expressions should be under special control, can have a huge impact on whether your client will approve your proposal or not. Kinesics include: the duration of the look, its direction, frequency of contact.
  3. Sensorics. The relation of each person to the interlocutor is based on sensations, published by the senses: sensation of taste, body of the partner, his heat, smells, color, sound combinations. This is the basis for the non-verbal language of communication with this interlocutor.
  4. Paraverbal communication. The rhythm, timbre of voice and intonation used by the interlocutor or you to convey the utterance, has an impact in the construction of non-verbal communication.

The psychology of non-verbal communication plays an important role in constructing the communicative connection of modern man. Body language is very difficult to control. The well-known psychologist Allan Pease is considered the master of the body language. He devoted many years to the study of this type of communication. It is known that a person is able to deftly hide most of his non-verbal gestures closer to reaching adulthood. The most incapable of concealing the discrepancy between the signals of the verbal and non-verbal language is mostly children.

Non-verbal communication gives a huge benefit in the development of man as an interesting interlocutor, for this it is necessary only to investigate their poses, their interlocutor.

For example, protecting your mouth with your hand shows that a person is lying. With age, people unconsciously learn this gesture to replace the cover of the mouth instead of all right, with a few fingers. A scratching of the neck can indicate a person's insecurity.

It should be noted that the importance of nonverbal communication needs to be assessed without separating each gesture, it is worth analyzing the behavior of a person, relying, among other things, on the atmosphere in which he is.