Kinesics

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body language

 Is one of the most powerful ways


that humans can communicate
nonverbally.
CORPORAL POSTURE
 One of the most basic
and powerful body-
language signals is when
a person crosses his or
her arms across the
chest.
 Disapprove to the person
that is looking at.
 She’s looking at
somebody out of the
corner of her eye and the
head is a little bowed
down. (disapproval)
 The palms are to the
sight.
 The fingers are
separates to give
firmness to the gesture.
 The head is in neutral
position and the arms
and legs are separates.
 Attitude of self-
confidence.
 This is the classic
group of lies.
 While you scrub your
eye you look at the
floor and the two
eyebrows are up on a
position of incredulity
 The head is bowed
down showing a
negative attitude.
 The smile with the lips
tight is not honest.
Hands
 This man is
smiling
overconfident but
he has crossed
his arm in front of
his chest to play
with his watch.
 So he is making a
barrier which
show insecurity of
him-self or the
circumstance.
 With the body
position it is
easy to
distinguish the
person’s
arrangement
 Open and close
position
 All of them have their
arms crossed.
 Two of them have
crossed their legs
 All have his bodies on
direction to go away.
 They’ve just known
them each other.
 Looking her out of the
corner of his eye with
the eyebrow up
(interest) with a smile
 This group of gestures can
be resumed in one word:
negative.
 The folder: barrier
 Arms and legs crossed
 Nervousness and to the
defensive
 Dark sunglasses hiding the
sight
 formal people’s opinion in
the 90% on the first 90
seconds to know him, say
that is hard that this man
gives affection
 The two hands behind the head shows superior
attitude of the know-it-all. The feet over the table
affirms possession of the territory .
 The man is in a position of competitive- defensive
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES CAN INTERPRET
BODY LANGUAGE IN DIFFERENT WAYS

This ring we know that


means OK. In English
countries is common.
In Europe, Asia and
other countries has other
origin and means.

In France: Zero or null.


In Japan: money
 This gesture of thumb up
has different meanings

 To hitch
 Other means Ok.
 When it is up with suddenness
means an insult.
 Italians begin to count with this
finger. Americans, English and
Australians begin with the index
finger

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