Sending Nonverbal Messages

NVC via Gesture & Movement

Primary Functions of NVC

Key Elements of NVC

Communicating About Our Relationships

The Expressive Power of the Face

NVC Impairments

Comprehension Check

Summary and Feedback

Attributions and Contributions

Sending Nonverbal Messages

Unintentional Nonverbal Communication

As already noted, Nonverbal Communication can be used to imply things that might be inappropriate verbalize or make explicit. On the flip side of such intentional use, Nonverbal Communication can occur even when a person does not plan to send a message. Whether we intend it or not, people may attach meaning to our nonverbal behavior.

View this video clip from the Seinfeld TV program for a comedic example of how a nonverbal message can be implied.

Seinfeld - "The Wink"

http://snipurl.com/seinfeldthewink

Does this sort of event seem plausible to you? Can you remember a time when you may have sent an inadvertent nonverbal message?

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