Verbal and Nonverbal Interpersonal Communications

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses interpersonal communication and explains that it consists of both verbal conversation and nonverbal cues. The paper continues with a discussion on the evolution of verbal and nonverbal interpersonal communication as well as a look at the different components comprising interpersonal communications. The paper specifically focuses on nonverbal communication and concludes with the reminder that our communicational repertoire includes many types of distinctly nonverbal elements involving everything from our eyes to where we position our feet in interpersonal interactions.


Outline:
Introduction
The Evolution of Verbal and Nonverbal Interpersonal Communication
Verbal and Nonverbal Components of Interpersonal Communications
Body Language in Interpersonal Communications
Relative Positioning in Nonverbal Interpersonal Communications
Hand and Body Movement in Interpersonal Communications:
Nonverbal Interpersonal Communication in Deception
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Interpersonal communications consist primarily of conscious verbal conversation, but nonverbal cues also play an equally important role. Nonverbal communication includes both conscious and unconscious elements of body language and patterns of eye contact, as well as completely involuntary physiological reactions. Under routine interpersonal situations, verbal and nonverbal communications components are synchronous. However, under stressful interpersonal situations, such as where the speaker is nervous, apprehensive, or engaging in deception, verbal and nonverbal elements of interpersonal communications often fall completely out of synchronicity. Law enforcement interrogators, in particular, study the relationship between body language and intentional deception."

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