What is the importance of body language?

Answer 1

Body language is an essential means of generating attraction between a girl and a boy.

Body language that works for attracting is described below.

First is eye contact. Here a lot is communicated. It signals "I am interested in you".

Example: winking is one form of eve teasing.

Next is proximity. Being more closer in work, college, home environment is another method of communicating intimacy.

The subtle body language that most people do not know are as follows.

The male walks with chest forward, leisurely pace, hands hanging loose, self confident, care free gait is attractive to women. He should not look at the woman.

The female who wants to attract man has been recently to the beauty parlor for facial, waxing and other treatment. She wears well chosen make up, has well styled hair, gorgeous short dress (sleeveless, short skirt), expensive accessories like purse and mobile. The neck of the dress often shows cleavage.

She has chosen a particular perfume.

Male's body language is arrogant, confident personality and attitude display.

Female's body language is on attractive looks

Body language frowning, poorly dressed, no eye contact, bent posture, anxious face are put offs.

OTHER SEX

Body language is invariably used by homosexuals, gay as well as lesbians. The innuendos convey message that I desire you (person of the same sex)

The castrated male (hijra) looks like a man and dresses like a woman. Works as commercial sex worker. They have characteristic body language.

ILLNESS

Illnesses, physical and mental can be diagnosed by body language. Alcoholic has typical easily identifiable body language. Handicaps, like blind, have a staring in the space type of body language.

AGING

The aging process causes changes in posture (osteoporosis), skin (wrinkles).

STAGES OF LIFE

Infancy, toddler, teenager, youth, adult, aged adult, old people have significant different body languages, whereby they get different treatment from the society.

AFFLUENT ~ POOR

The wealthy and the person in rags have different body language.

OCCUPATION

Armed forces people have there own body language. A person using such a body language can impersonate as police officer or army man.

COUNTRIES

Body language varies in people of different countries.

This may be significant for study by anthropologists.

Answer 2

I think one of the reasons is because there is little meaning applied to what you actually say, it's instead the way you communicate it. For example, if someone were to say "I hate you" in a flat tone with no facial expressions, one could assume they didn't mean it. But if that same person screams it, in an obviously angry tone, and flips you off, then you can assume they meant it. It's all in how you apply meaning to the words and tone, facial expressions, and body language can be applied more adequately than the words themselves. If that makes sense.

Answer 3

Body Language is the subconcious way we move our bodies , especially eyes, mouth and hands, when we are addressing other people. With skill and practice it is possible to learn as much from a person from the way they position themselves, the gestures they make, the faces they pull, the tone of their voice and so on as one can from the words they actually say. I agree, a person's gestures, eye contact, and posture say a lot, not just about what the speaker is like but also how the speaker is feeling. In fact, kinemics (body language) can contradict a person's words: imagine someone saying, "I love your cooking" at the same time s/he is rolling her eyes. Does it really mean what the words say?
Body language is very important in communication because it sends out a message to the person that you are communicating to.

Answer 4

Many animal species use body language. It is a key element in their communication and survival.

BIRDS

Courtship rituals for many species of birds appear to be an essential initial step in the mating process, thus playing a vital role in the perpetuation of the species.

FISH AND MARINE LIFE

It is believed that sea creatures which are able to change their skin colors or can display different sequences of flashing lights are somehow communicating, although the exact meanings of the messages have yet to be fully understood (by humans, that is!)

ANIMALS IN GENERAL

Animals invariably use body language to signal aggression, caution, fear, warnings and contentment. Many a conflict or fight has been averted by one animal backing off from another which is showing signs of dominance and/or aggression.

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HUMANS

Introduction

Social studies indicate that most human communication is non-verbal. In other words, most of what is communicated is not by words but by body language.

Definition

Body language means the way we communicate by using our body. This often involves the use of the face, and sometime hand gestures, but also involves posture.

Examples of Body Language

Smiling

A sincere smile uses many muscles around the mouth, eyes and cheeks, and conveys a positive and pleasant message.

An insincere smile, perhaps where only the mouth is smiling, conveys something quite different. It can mean that the person is trying to humor you, or that they are actually unhappy but do not want to reveal this emotion to you.

Eyebrows

Moving the eyebrows in different ways communicates different messages, e.g. surprise, interest, deep concern, concentration, doubt.

Hands

Often used to emphasise a point. Hands/arms are also used to say 'stop' or to indicate a dismissive attitude, or shock, etc.

Head

Nodding, shaking, jutting the jaw, pulling back the head and jaw, tilting the head to one side etc., all these movements send powerful messages.

Eyes

e.g. Rolling the eyes, narrowing the eyes, opening the eyes wide, winking, staring, etc. Each 'eye gesture' has its own meaning.

Posture

Pride or humility, confidence or fear. ... all conveyed by putting the body in different positions.

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Social Uses of Body Language

1. To communicate culture, social status and personal state:

Body language conveys much about a person's social and cultural background. It also conveys the attitude, and the physical, mental and emotional state of the person.

In a society that has class distinctions, a person's 'class' is often signalled by posture, bearing and manner of speaking.

An anxious person reveals their concerns by tell-tale body language, in contrast with the body language of someone who has inner calm, and is who is perhaps comfortably confident and competent ... or maybe they just don't worry about anything!

2. To attract the opposite sex:

In subtle ways (and often in less subtle ways!) boys and girls, men and women, signal to each other that they are attracted to the other person. At the same time, the cultural heritage and social status is also being signalled, thus making it clear to the other person where they are 'coming from', as it were!

Of course, much of the signalling is done subconsciously because it is already part of our heritage, whether we know it or not.

3. To reflect occupation, and/or role in life or in a particular situation

A security guard conveys different body language to that of an uninvited 'party crasher'. A company director often displays different body language to that of a manager or an ordinary member of staff.

The individuals in a team often fulfill different roles. Different body language is used by entreprenurial leaders, evaluators, planners, facilitators, organisers and those whose key role may be that of giving encouragement and support.

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Interpreting body language

There is far more to body language than has been outlined above. More often than not we subconsciously already 'know' what a person is 'saying' to us, simply by noticing their body language, even though, at times, their words may be telling us something different! However, even 'conflicting' body language is

still sending us a message.

How important is body language?

Body language 'completes' the message. Therefore it is vital that we are aware of and understand other people's body language because they are communicating to us with that special language, body language. Our lives are enhanced by an appreciation for it. We ignore it at our peril!

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Answer 5

Body language is important to effective communication because is sets the tone of the conversation. For example if one is speaking and their arms are flying all over the place, one would feel excitement or urgency. Eye contact lets the listener know that the speaker is speaking to them in particularly. Posture is also important. Good posture tends to show confidence, therefore making whatever the speaker says believable, even if it is completely false.

Answer 6

what effect does body language have on effective listening

Answer 7

to help you explain when your talking to someone

Answer 8

there,s no such thing as a business relationship it ether your having sex or you will be having sex it,s all natural and so is an erection so keep these two thing in mind.