Nonverbal Communication Is it possible to communicate without words?

Tapping fingers

Common Gesture Clusters Evaluation:

Evaluation gestures say that the other person is being thoughtful or is considering what you are saying. Sometimes in a friendly way sometimes in an unfriendly way.

Typical evaluation gestures include

• tilted head,hand to cheek, leaning forward and chin stroking

Sometimes evaluation gestures take on a critical aspect.

• The body is more drawn back
• The hand is to the face but the chin is in the palm of the hand with one finger going up the cheek and the other fingers positioned below the mouth.
• This is generally an unfavorable gesture.
• To gain time for evaluating the situation people use cigarette or pipe smoking habits, removing eyeglasses.
• A final negative evaluation gesture is dropping his eyeglasses to the lower bridge of noise and peering over them.
• This gesture usually causes a negative emotional overreaction in other people.

Suspicion, Secrecy, Rejection, and Doubt:

These negative emotions are communicated typically by:

• Sideways glances
• Minimal or no eye contact
• Shifting the body away from the speaker
• Touching or rubbing the nose.

When a person do not want to look at you it could mean he is being secretive, has private feelings in opposition to what you are saying or hiding something.

A sideway glances means suspicion and doubt.

Shifting your body from someone means you wish to end the conversation, meeting etc.

Touching nose may indicate doubt or concealment

Common Gesture Clusters Readiness

Readiness is related to the goal-oriented high achiever with a concern for getting things done.

It communicates dedication to a goal and is usually communicated by sitting forward at the edge of a chair.

This may negatively give the appearence of being overly anxious also.

Common Gesture ClustersBoredom or Impatience