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    interested in getting involved. During my talk‚ I strived to have good eye contact‚ good volume‚ and good diction. What stuck out to everyone was how I used hand gestures while talking to improve the flow of my presentation. One of my classroom peers stated that I had “good eye contact and talking with your hands” which proves that my hand gestures helped the flow of my speech. I also improved on concluding my speech and one classroom peer said “your conclusion really tied up the end of your speech”. All

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    without speaking‚ and instead involves the use of gestures‚ facial expressions and body language and is an important part of how people communicate‚ sometimes more powerful than verbal interaction‚ and makes up a large portion of daily interpersonal communication. Most acts of nonverbal communication are learned behaviour and are done unconsciously. What is considered acceptable nonverbal communication differs from culture to culture – hand and arm gestures‚ touch and eye contact‚ or lack of‚ are the aspects

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    create and utilize. This includes art‚ buildings‚ weapons‚ jewelry‚ and all other manmade objects. Nonmaterial culture includes a group’s ways of thinking (beliefs‚ values‚ and other assumptions about the world) and patterns of behavior (language‚ gestures‚ and other forms of social interaction). Culture’s effects are profound and pervasive‚ touching almost every aspect of people’s lives. However‚ most people are generally unaware of their own culture; it is so engrained into their beings that it

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    The depictions of Buddha/Siddhartha Gautama have various depictions‚ postures and gestures in the regions of India and Southeastern Asia due to the different cultural and architectural influences of other civilizations over time. With every posture depicted of Buddah each contains a different hand gestures which are known as the Mudras. The seated Buddha from second century Gandhara or modern day Pakistan carved from gray schist and influenced by classic Greek culture. Together these mixture of culture

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    is how we perceive the information give to us‚ from communicating with others. In this essay I will look at non-verbal communication in the aspect of gestures and then flow into perception of stereotyping. When we reference non-verbal communication we are confronted by different types of communication like: body language‚ personal space‚ gesture and posture and timing. These non-verbals are communicated in mannerism and behaviour of the body which tend to communicate messages whether negative

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    words. Right now‚ even the smallest lift of a finger can send out a message. In fact‚ social scientist and author Davis (1971) said that nonverbal communication is a shortcut to the exhaustive process of conversing through language. She claimed that gestures are more powerful than boldfaced texts or punctuation marks. Due to the mystery of the communicative role of nonverbal behaviors‚ numerous researches have now been made to focus on this enigma. This enigma is now formally labeled as “kinesics.” “Kinesics

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    nonverbal communication consist of facial expressions‚ body posture‚ eye contact‚ and or hand gestures. “Non verbal communication entails communicating by sending and receiving wordless messages. These messages usually reinforce verbal communication‚ can stand alone‚ and convey messages on its own” (Nayab‚ 2011). The reinforcement for non-verbal communication is obtained by body movements‚ hand gestures‚ facial expressions‚ tone of a voice and a touch. Amongst all of the reinforcement facial expressions

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    activity takes place because the individual has been born with a criminal gene‚ meaning that they are more likely than others to partake in such activities. The debate also emphasises that many non-human gestures are instinctive and refer to this as a system of closed call gestures. These gestures are actions which are automatic and have no meaning attached to them. This source of communication only means one thing to that specific species. For instance‚ when a beaver senses danger it will instinctively

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    demonstrative communication is displayed it is through the form of facial expressions‚ eye contact‚ body gestures and the tone of a message received. However‚ demonstrative communication reinforces verbal communication between the sender and receiver. For example‚ if the tone of a message is negative the nonverbal communication would often times result in the sender frowning or acting in a negative gesture. Facial expressions are essential when communicating in person. This is mainly due to the fact

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    a computer. Think about that for a moment. You may ruin the economy construction‚ which is assumptions on based on reality‚ knowledge‚ and learning. Social construction has several factors that happen daily such as language‚ symbols‚ color‚ food‚ gestures‚ and people. Social construct may apply with language because certain sounds in languages have certain meanings when communicating.  This would suggest that language is a social construction created as a patterned system of communication.

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