 Do you ever play the game high spy? Well, let's try that in this picture. How many forms of nonverbal communication do you spy? I'll bet you there's more than you might think We express ourselves nonverbally in a variety of different ways even just in this picture There are there are probably a dozen different Forms and channels of nonverbal communication happening So it's important for us to understand all those different channels In this video, we're going to take a look at the different types of nonverbal channels that we use to communicate So let's start with our body movement or kinesics what we call kinesics There are a variety of different body movements that we use to send messages now remember when we communicate nonverbally These messages are primarily relational so they have to do with how we feel about That message or the person or things like that. They're not necessarily communicating facts. They're communicating Relational cues, but we do so in a variety of ways using our body movement So starting with our facial displays facial displays are one of the primary forms of nonverbal communication We express ourselves in a variety different ways with our facial expressions, right? And we as receivers look to other people's facial displays for cues about their Feelings about that message and and how they're what they're expressing behind the content, right? We're very expressive with our facial displays and that need to be aware of that as a nonverbal channel Or I behaviors are another one Bear in mind that this could vary from culture to culture What is appropriate or what does that I behavior mean is going to vary from culture to culture? But we pay attention to where people are looking when we're speaking to them whether they're making direct eye contact with us And then interpreting what does that mean we read into a lot of different things? Are they being truthful or not truthful and things like all based on their eye behaviors or what we call oculesics? So another body movement that we use to communicate nonverbally is posture Are we standing up straight? Are we slouching or we turned away from somebody? But you know just our general posture sends a message about How we feel about that message how we feel about that person how we feel about being in that conversation all these different relational cues And then finally your gestures how we're using our hands and and and gesturing and things like that and again This is something that's very not just cultural But also independent to that person subject to that person some people talk with their hands a lot more and some people don't But you can also tell something about when a person who uses their hands a lot to speak or gestures a lot normally when they speak But they're not in this instance that can be a cue for something or vice versa If somebody normally doesn't gesture a lot and now they're just waving wildly That can be a cue as to something different about that message as well We also also look at touch we call haptics as a nonverbal channel So different the body movement we use touch to express different things and and there are different types of touch and again This is very much culturally bound to you know, what's appropriate. What's not appropriate. What's usual or what's not usual So but touch can be an expression of comfort touch can be an expression of Affection touch can also just be like a care provider when you go to the doctor and they touch you That's not a sign of affection or things like that It's a sign of you know, it's a it's a practical touch that they're they're touching you because they need to in order to diagnose things and Check things out. So we use touch in a variety of different ways to communicate different things You know, there's also aggressive touch and harsh touch and inappropriate touch. And so We communicate in a lot of ways using touch and I'll get and remember this is very much culturally bound Some cultures are more touchy than others, right? In other cultures actually have been compared to the United States other cultures have Touches a lot more part of their culture. They touch a lot more in the United States. We don't touch a lot except with people with our They're in kind of our inner circle That we're very very close to so but it can mean different things in different cultures. Keep that in mind as well We use our voice and sometimes people think, you know, our voice That's verbal communication. No arm the language that we use the words that we choose. That's verbal communication But the way we express that using our voice is called para language and that is non-verbal Our tone our volume the rate of speech. That's all Nonverbal in nature and so our voice communicates a lot along with the verbal aspects of our message The way we use space or what we call proxemics is a nonverbal channel and again very much culturally bound in the United States We tend to have a wider Space expectation that idea of the personal bumble or personal space is is wider than it is in other cultures other cultures have a much Narrower Personal space much smaller personal space But you know, so we have this you know that inner circle that's kind of reserved for those who are really your significant other your children people like that that Allowed to be very close to you and then that bubble expands With our expectations here in the United States But the way we use space can communicate something There was somebody who feels comfortable getting closer to us that communicate something about how they feel about that relationship Or when somebody speaking to you and they lean in and then they whisper in there in your ear, right? So that's using a couple that's using space to indicate Hey, this is kind of a private thing and then the tone of their voice and the way they're using para language Also communicates. This is a secret. This is something. I only want you to know So we're using those nonverbal channels to express they probably don't even have to say hey Don't tell this to anybody or don't say this to anybody else We know that from the way they're using those nonverbal channels that this is private. This is a secret So the way we use space and different things like that Communicates something very significant to us We've additional numberable channels that we use such as territoriality The way that we use space and view space around us when you're in your in your workspace, for example You're when you're in the workplace Maybe you have a desk or a cubicle or even just a work area that that's yours, right? And when other people encroach upon that you get a little territorial about that, right? What are you doing in my workspace? Don't touch my work things? This is my responsibility and so we communicate that nonverbally by indicating by being Protective of those things we can also communicate kind of a lack of Acknowledgement of that by encroaching on other people's workspaces and that can send us a message of power and Things without even saying a word right so again. We're using these channels nonverbally to express things or to express ideas We use time or chronemics as a nonverbal channel. So in the United States we're very we call Monochronic, so we're very much time as a resource time is money and And so we view time in a very strict way if a meeting is supposed to start at 3 and end at 3 30 Then by golly and better or people are going to be upset Right, or if your class is supposed to start at a particular particular time and end a particular time Then the expectation is that we will respect those time frames In other cultures, it's a little more fluid and and we use this nonverbally as well to express again things like power Or we interpret things like power and respect out of time So if somebody's late for a meeting late for an interview late even just to you and your friends late to pick you up To go out somewhere that can be seen as a sign of disrespect or it can be seen as a sign of power You know, it's okay for the boss to be late for things But not so much for an employee to be late with a for meeting with a boss, right? So it can send a sense of power in that regard as well So we use chronemics to express things nonverbally and also not just to express them but to we interpret things from those You know if somebody's running late It sends a signal that they don't respect our time or don't have great regard for our time And so forth it can be interpreted that way Physical attractiveness is a nonverbal channel, you know, and this will vary from person to person And so what people find attractive is subjective meaning it's individual to that person beauty is in the eye of the beholder But the idea of physical attractiveness is a nonverbal channel The you know what we find physically attractive will be a nonverbal communicator for us and and and culturally What we find attractive In a broader sense will be used nonverbally as well, right? Which is why when companies were trying to sell products they select models and spoke persons and actors and actresses and people that that they think will be Physically seen as physically attractive in a broader sense to sell those things Because they want people to be drawn to that product. So physical attractiveness is a nonverbal communicator Clothing is a very important nonverbal communicator the way that you are dressed And so let's just take a number order sense when you go into the workplace There's probably a specific way that you're expected to dress, right? If you work in a professional office, then you're probably expected to wear your business type clothes, right? Maybe a suit and tie maybe at the very least business casual so that you look like a professional But if you if you work in a heating and air Business and you're a heat you're an HVAC tech then you're expected to wear the uniform of that company, right? Maybe a particular shirt Perhaps even pants or if you work it even if you work at McDonald's or Walmart of those places They have a uniform right so that you can identify Employees your clothing is sending a message of I work here And so you're dressing appropriately for the workplace In a personal sense, you know, we wear things that we feel like express who we are as a person So it may be that we wear The shirt or hand or something of the particular sports team that we support or a particular ban that we really enjoy That sends a message to others. That's a nonverbal communicator. Hey, this is what I'm into This is what I enjoy. This is what I like doing and allows other people who are interested in that to to kind of be drawn to us and allows people who are maybe not interested in that to kind of not Gravitate towards us So or just a particular style of clothes that you're wearing sends that same type of message of clothing is a very important nonverbal indicator in terms of Communicating who we are and drawing others to us or maybe saying it sending a message to others that they may not be as interested to it in And then a physical environment can be an important aspect now This is a little bit different than territoriality. Territoriality has to do with protecting kind of your area or identifying What's your area and and making that known to people the physical environment has more to do with? How you keep that area? So what does your home look like? You know, how do you decorate your home? What kind of home do you have or your room if you if you just have a room in that house? Well, how do you keep it? How do you decorate it? What's that say about you? How what's your desk look like at work? Is it neat and tidy ears? Is it totally disheveled? What's your car look like if I was to take a ride in your car? Would you have to scoop all the trash off the passenger seat so I could sit down and then put my feet over all that trash? Or is it neat and tidy and what does that say about you? What does that communicate about you? As well as we look at physical environment. We can think about where are you choosing to share this information with me You can afford a really crowded Noisy bar or concert or something like that and you're shouting something at me I can probably take from the context of the physical environment that this is not necessarily a secret This is not you know, really private personal information right as opposed to for if we're just in a By ourselves in a quiet room somewhere and you could express something to me then then Where you chose to share that information sends a message as well the physical environment which we're at Where we're at when you choose to express that information. So we need to consider that it's a numberable channel as well And then finally smell smells an important numberable channel We have tons of of olfactory sensors, right? And that's why we call us olfactic since the the use of smell is a numberable channel but That we you know send off We know that subconsciously we have pheromones and things like that But we also just choose to smell a particular way right in our modern time We choose to to shower and use particular soaps with with these smells we put on cologne Do these things we do our laundry with a certain scent of detergent We choose to have air fresheners things in our house So it will smell a particular way because we've send a certain message You know or when when a realtor is showing a house they may make some cookies or get some of that fake cookie smell So it smells like home, right? We smell as a numberable channel quite a bit to again kind of attract people or appell people or Any of those types of things right so we need to be aware of smell as a numberable channel So as you can see we've got a lot of different non-verbal channels at work here in every situation Including the one you're seeing now There are lots of different numberable channels at work here between what they're wearing their facial expressions So are they making eye contact? You know, what's the physical environment in which they're they're interacting and all those different types of things So you got to put them all in the blender and and take them all into account But we need to be aware of that as communicators both in terms of when we're sending messages What are the numberable signals that we're sending through all these channels? And then as we're trying to interpret those messages from others We need to consider what are all the different numberable channels and be more aware of the different numberable channels at work If you have questions about the numberable channels or anything related to communication numberable communication or other types of communication Please feel free to email me and be happy to communicate with you that way and look forward to that in the meantime I hope that you will be aware of the different numberable channels both as a sender and or as a receiver in communication so that we can more fully Look at that communication experience and have a much better Opportunity to correctly interpret things based on the various numberable factors