Body Language

                                                             Seminar Paper

         Topic:  Non-verbal communication

                                                              BODY LANGUAGE

                           Subject: Personality Training I

Contents

Introduction        

Non-verbal communication        

History of the non-verbal communication        

Benefits of non-verbal communication        

Non-verbal messages used with verbal messages        

Non-verbal communication functions        

Forming and managing impressions        

Forming and defining relationship        

Structuring conversation and social interaction        

Influence and deception        

Emotional expression        

Gestures        

Universal gesture        

Common cross-cultural gestures        

Rules for recognizing real feeling and attitudes        

Can you fake body language?        

Women’s intuition        

Kids are easier to read        

Haptic communication        

Touch avoidance        

Body movements        

Emblems        

Illustrators        

Affect displays        

Regulators        

Adaptors        

Body appearance        

Facial messages        

Facial management        

The power is in your hands        

Thumb gesture        

Eye messages        

Eye contact        

Eye avoidance        

How the legs reveal what the mind wants to do        

Smiles and laughter        

Proxemics distances        

Territories        

Deceit signals        

Eight most common lying gestures are:        

Cultural differences        

Greeting in Japan        

Here are a few cultural differences in the signals you may commonly use: