Question

Read each of the following statements and describe the nonverbal messages that you would use while making the statements. Also label which of the six nonverbal relationships you are using.

1. Statement: "That is perfect!"
Nonverbal gesture:
Type of gesture:

2. Statement: "I don't agree with you."
Nonverbal gesture:
Type of gesture:

3. Statement: "How was lunch?"
Nonverbal gesture:
Type of gesture:

4. Statement: "My watch stopped. What time is it?"
Nonverbal gesture:
Type of gesture


5. Statement: "Whoa! What did you just say?"
Nonverbal gesture:
Type of gesture:

Answer 1

1. Statement: "That is perfect!"

Nonverbal gesture: I wil make a round with my thumb and my index finger.

Type of gesture: hand gesture

2. Statement: "I don't agree with you."

Nonverbal gesture: I wll move my head from side to side.

Type of gesture: face gesture

3. Statement: "How was lunch?"

Nonverbal gesture: I will close my hand and take to the mouth.

Type of gesture: hand and face gesture

4. Statement: "My watch stopped. What time is it?"

Nonverbal gesture: I will point to my watch.

Type of gesture Hand gesture

5. Statement: "Whoa! What did you just say?"

Nonverbal gesture: I will poin to my ear.

Type of gesture: hand gesture

Answer 2

1. Statement: "That is perfect!"

Nonverbal gesture: looking sad. (Conflicting)

Type of gesture: non conventional

2. Statement: "I don't agree with you."

Nonverbal gesture: at the same time, turning your head from side to side. (Complementing)

Type of gesture: conventional

3. Statement: "How was lunch?"

Nonverbal gesture: speaking aloud and showing your enthusiasm. (Accenting)

Type of gesture: Deictic

4. Statement: "My watch stopped. What time is it?"

Nonverbal gesture: looking at your watch. (Complementing)

Type of gesture: Ionic

5. Statement: "Whoa! What did you just say?"

Nonverbal gesture: asking the same twice. (Repeating)

Type of gesture: Deictic