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Different Non-Verbal Cues in

Communication
Facial Expressions
1. happiness, sadness, anger,
fear, surprise, disgust,
shame, anguish and
interest
Gestures
2. waving
3. pointing
4. using fingers to indicate
numeric amounts
5. nodding
6. shoulder shrug
7. movements of the
eyebrows
Adapters
8. scratching
9. fidgeting
10. rubbing
11. tapping
12. touching
Symbolic gestures
13.
14.
15.

raised fist
bye-bye
thumbs up

Conversational
16. hand shakes
17. high five

Paralinguistics
18. tone of voice loudness
19. inflection
20. pitch

Proxemics
21. personal space
22. amount of distance
Body Language and Posture
23. defensive postures
24. arm-crossing
25. leg-crossing
26. slouching
27. towering
28. legs spread
29. jaw thrust
30. shoulders forward
31. arm crossing
Eye Gaze
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.

looking
staring
blinking
winking
rolling one's eyes

Appearance
37. choice of color
38. clothing
39. hairstyles

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