Appearance also takes into account personal grooming such as cleanliness, doing one s hair, nail trimming or wearing make-up. Overall appearance is the nonverbal that people are most aware of and manipulate the most. Appearance communicates how we feel and how we want to be viewed. Eye Contact Many sayings hold that the eye is the window to the mind. This is very true to illustrating the power of eye contact in nonverbal communication.
Eye contact can maintain, yield, deny and request communication between people.
People who use eye contact are viewed as confident, credible and having nothing to hide. Body As mentioned earlier, there are many parts of your body that add to the nonverbal message. This type of nonverbal communication is called kinesic code. It is made up of emblems, illustrators, regulators, affect displays and adapters. These behaviors are each communicated in different behaviors and movements of your body.