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Symbol table for non-verbal communication with patients. According to some authors, nonverbal communication represents two-thirds of all communications [clarify]. [6] [7] Nonverbal communication can portray a message both vocally and with the correct body signals or gestures.
High-context cultures often exhibit less-direct verbal and nonverbal communication, utilizing small communication gestures and reading more meaning into these less-direct messages. [4] Low-context cultures do the opposite; direct verbal communication is needed to properly understand a message being communicated and relies heavily on explicit ...
The head bobble, head wobble, or Indian head shake refers to a common gesture found in South Asian cultures, most notably in India. The motion usually consists of a side-to-side tilting of the head in arcs along the coronal plane. [ 1] A form of nonverbal communication, it may mean yes, good, maybe, okay, or I understand, depending on the ...
People often use gestures during heated or tense arguments, such as at this political demonstration (2007). Gestures are a form of nonverbal communication in which visible bodily actions are used to communicate important messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words. [1]
Cultural communication is the practice and study of how different cultures communicate within their community by verbal and nonverbal means. [ 1] Cultural communication can also be referred to as intercultural communication and cross-cultural communication. Cultures are grouped together by a set of similar beliefs, values, traditions, and ...
Kinesics. Kinesics is the interpretation of body communication such as facial expressions and gestures, nonverbal behavior related to movement of any part of the body or the body as a whole. The equivalent popular culture term is body language, a term Ray Birdwhistell, considered the founder of this area of study, [ 1] neither used nor liked ...
Proxemics. Proxemics is the study of human use of space and the effects that population density has on behavior, communication, and social interaction. [ 1] Proxemics is one among several subcategories in the study of nonverbal communication, including haptics (touch), kinesics (body movement), vocalics (paralanguage), and chronemics (structure ...
Albert Mehrabian. Albert Mehrabian (born 1939) is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles. [1] [2] He is best known for his publications on the relative importance of verbal and nonverbal messages .