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Understanding Body Language Dynamics

This document discusses body language and nonverbal communication. It covers topics like personal space and territorial distances in social versus public settings. It also addresses how people may react when their personal space is invaded, such as feeling troubled or defensive. The document mentions masks people wear in public like smiles or clothing and discusses extended territories like work. It explores how long eye contact is appropriate and differences between looking while talking or listening. Finally, it discusses how body language may reveal truths that spoken language obscures and how misinterpreting body language could cause trouble, like losing business deals.

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10 views8 pages

Understanding Body Language Dynamics

This document discusses body language and nonverbal communication. It covers topics like personal space and territorial distances in social versus public settings. It also addresses how people may react when their personal space is invaded, such as feeling troubled or defensive. The document mentions masks people wear in public like smiles or clothing and discusses extended territories like work. It explores how long eye contact is appropriate and differences between looking while talking or listening. Finally, it discusses how body language may reveal truths that spoken language obscures and how misinterpreting body language could cause trouble, like losing business deals.

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Body Language

Presented By:

Naveen Yadav(191150)
Territory
 Social
Intimate
 Touching
Close 4-7 feet
 Far
6-18”
- 7-12 feet
 Public
Personal
 Close --1½
12-25
to 2½
feetfeet
 Far - 25
2½feet
to 4or
½greater
feet
When you invade my space
 Reactions to an
invasion of your
space
 Feel troubled
 Get defensive
 Become
aggressive
 Retaliate
Masks We Wear
 Public Masks
 Public smile
 Clothing
 Putting on my face
 Extended territory
 On the road
 At work
 Can we drop masks?
Looking
 How long do you look?
 Staring- dehumanizes or challenges
 Glances - socially acceptable timing
 Appraisal- may indicate interest
 Do you look when you talk?
 Do you look when you listen?
Actions Speak Louder than Words?

‘What often happens in any relationship is that


language itself becomes a mask and a means of
clouding and confusing the relationship. If the
spoken language is stripped away and the only
communication left is body language, the truth
will find some way of poling through. Spoken
language itself is a great obscurer”

Body Language, Julius Fast, MJF books, 1970.


Misinterpretation = Trouble??
 Lost business
 Lack of animation = lack
of interest?
 US tendency to get right to
business
THANK YOU

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