COMES FROM THE ROOT WORD KINESIS, WHICH MEANS “MOVEMENT”

-STUDY OF HAND, ARM, BODY, AND FACE MOVEMENTS.

KINESICSGroup 4

GESTURESHEAD

MOVEMENTS

POSTURES

EYE CONTACTS

FACIAL EXPRESSION

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GESTURES

Are the most common type of gesture and are used to illustrate the verbal message they accompany.

Touching behaviors and movements that indicate internal states typically related to arousal or anxiety.

Adaptors

• Self Adaptor• Objects Adaptor• Alter-Adaptors

EMBLEMS

Gestures that have a specific agreed-on meaning.

Circling the index finger around at the

side of your head says “He or she is

crazy,”

Index finger connected in a circle with the other three fingers sticking up

the “OK” sign with thumb

Illustrators

Are the most common type of gesture and are used to illustrate the verbal message they accompany.

HEAD MOVEMENTS AND POSTURES

both used to acknowledge others and communicate interest or attentiveness.

HEAD MOVEMENTSE.g.  the head nod essentially serves as an abbreviated bow. an innate and universal head movement is the head shake back and forth to

signal “no”. we also move our head to indicate interest.

HUMAN POSTURES(standing, sitting, squatting, and lying down)

- standing posture involves putting our hands on our hips and is a nonverbal cue that we use subconsciously to make us look bigger and show assertiveness.

-in terms of sitting, leaning back shows informality and indifference, straddling a chair is a sign of dominance

-leaning forward shows interest and attentiveness.

EYE CONTACT

Also known as oculesics, which comes from the Latin word oculus, meaning “eye”

FUNCTIONS

Regulating interaction

Monitoring interaction

Conveying information

Establishing interpersonal connections.

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

A person’s character is clearly written on the faceOur faces are the most expressive part of our body

and can communicate an array of different emotions.The Example of core groups:  happiness, sadness,

fear, anger, and disgust.Babies are  capable of expressing all these emotions.