Sunday, March 11, 2012
Body Language
One concept from the reading that I found very interesting is how body language can be just as important as verbal communication. When people feel uncomfortable they will move around in their place. If people are lying they will look down or break eye contact. I found it interesting that the book mentions that body language can interpret different things depending on cultural background. For example bowing in Asia shows respect when you greet people, but in America when people meet another person they shake hands. In pictures, body language is one of the more important things that is conveyed. It is said that pictures are worth a thousand words, and that is because of what people can see from the picture. Picture can bring out emotions because of the body language used. If everyone is smiling, then it was a happy moment when the picture was taken, but if everyone is frowning then it was a sad moment when the picture was taken.
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Body language is always something I've wanted to learn more about. I think it is so interesting and being able to read people is an invaluable skill. Did you also know that when someone is trying to recall something and they look to the upper left corner they are typically forming a lie, but when they look to the upper right corner, they are actually trying to recall a memory. When I heard this the first time I was skeptical, but if you try it out, you feel more imaginative when looking to the upper left corner, which supports the theory that looking left is common when lying.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way you do. Body communication I feel is just as impacting as verbal communication is. Only because you cannot hear what that certain person says or feels does not mean you cannot know what they are expressing. I, personally am very well at reading body language. Most of the time I figure out how someone really feels about a situation by observing how they act and talk about it.
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