Kinesics

Working in the science world, it is very easy to get lost in the monotony of report writing and doing tasks to an exact standard. It is unsurprising therefore that many science professionals forget the importance of non-verbal communication techniques and their significance in the workplace. Non-verbal communication accounts for every action we perform which does not require words. It can include facial expressions, gestures, how we dress, our general appearance etc. This aspect can be used as a…

Unlike Wood’s descriptions of typical gendered kinesics and proxemics behavior, I found that females used larger motions when interacting than males did. Females generally used a lot of hand gestures to accompany their verbal messages and tended to perform those gestures at the same level as their head. I found it interesting that the majority of these gestures were performed right at the upper body level because I found it to be rather intrusive to the other people in the conversation. It can…

refers to something is showed is not rather than the content. There are a high percentage of verbose expressions in the conversation. Silence also is used as a form of non-verbal communication that people put into practice and observe thoughtfully. Kinesics behavior through body movements such as Gestures, facial expressions, eye contact and so on. In Saudi Arabia culture, eye contact plays a big part in business communication. In business activities and or social occasion, A Saudi maintains eye…

The purpose of the interview is to identify the effectiveness of my communication skill in acquiring accurate information and facilitating a therapeutic relationship with a client. Johnson, C., Carta, T., and Throndson, K. (2015) discussed that inconsistent documentation on patients is one of the barriers that prevents nurses from creating a quality continuity care plan that is safe; a participant stated that nurses rely on the patient’s perspective to acquire information (“Results”, para. 2).…

To start off my topic, what is Non-verbal communication? Non-verbal communication is the “body language” that we see through each other in wordless cues. This manner of communication consist of the use of distance (proxemics), visual (Kinesics), vocal cues (paralanguage) and physical environments/appearance. In some cases, approaching (haptics) is used as well. Studies have characterized that non-verbal communication is used in everyday situations; a.k.a., the “wordless words.” Non-verbal…

Throughout my life I have had countless experiences which shape my view of myself and how others view me. The majority of those experiences I learned from home, where my environment was most constant and my parents were the authority figures. Like any family, my family faced conflict. Whether it was between both of my parents, me and my brothers, or the children in opposition of the parents, there would be some type of disagreement. This disagreement was communicated to me verbally and…

In this class, we got to do a group activity where we were divided into four groups. I am in group three and there are five members in my group. Our team was responsible for producing a paper tower that fit the professor’s requirements. We needed to build the highest and strongest tower. We have 50 sheets of papers, one big tape and 10 paper clips. The extra credit goes to the top three groups from four groups. The first one gets 7%, second group gets 5%, and the third one gets 3% extra credit.…

This quantitative study regarding eye gaze and eye contact explains a new and important aspect of nonverbal communication in doctor consultations: the incorporation of technology and electronic health records. According to the study, there are both positive and negative consequences to electronic health records (EHRs), but communication techniques have to adapt in order to make sure the patients are engaged and can build doctor-patient relationships. Each of the authors either works at a…

Speech Reflection – Informative Speech Strengths of Content My speech followed the Monroe Motivated Sequence throughout the presentation. I started out with an attention piece that aimed to touch on each of the artistic proofs: pathos, ethos, and logos. Through telling the sad story of Ophelia (pathos), stating statistics from the American Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals (logos), and by establishing my past in volunteering for a dog shelter for year many years (ethos)…

variety of meanings and emotions through verbal communication (consist of 6 main elements: voice tone, voice speed, voice volume, language, vocabulary and grammar) and nonverbal communication (involve different aspects: facial expression and gaze, kinesics, haptics, vocalics, proxemics, physical appearance, chronemics and the environment ). After researchers of the two aspects of communication (verbal and nonverbal communication),…