Modifies verbal communication

Expresses feelings

Regulates interaction

Emblems◦Substitute for verbal comm.

Illustrators◦Gestures

Affect displays◦Display emotion

Adaptors◦Reduce stress

Shape

Size

Clothing

Jewelry

Functional-professional

Social Friendship Love/intimacy Sexual

Pitch◦ High/low tone

Disfluencies(fillers)“um/uh/okay”

Physical space◦Color◦Temperature◦Lighting◦Noise◦Shapes/sizes

Personal◦Hall Theory

Territory

Appearance◦ Clothing

Adornments◦ Tatoos◦ Piercings

Psychological◦ Past◦ Present◦ future

Formal◦ Schedule◦ Spontaneity

WOMEN MEN

Need less space More constraining

clothes Be touched,not initiate

touch Use more eye contact

Demand more space More confortable

clothes Initiate touch

Use less eye contact

High context◦ interaction◦ More intimacy◦ Closer space

Low context◦ More distance◦ Less intimacy◦ More formal

Check how you present yourself◦ Types of nonvebal◦ Open to change◦ Commitment

Be aware of your “message”

Practice nonverbal immediately