Bringing to consciousness your automatic nonverbal behaviors will enable you to control yournonverbal messages when you want to. You use nonverbal messages to accomplish a variety ofgoals almost without thinking about what you’re doing. You smile or gesture or change thedistance between you without giving any real conscious thought to what you’re doing; it allseems so natural. To bring some of these nonverbal behaviors to the forefront of your mind, listand describe three or four or five nonverbal behaviors you would use in each scenario: 1. What would you do (not say) to communicate intimacy or connection or liking for anotherperson. 2. What would you do (not say) to communicate to a group that you are a confident and totally incontrol leader. 3. What would you do (not say) to show yourself to be approachable and friendly.
Bringing to consciousness your automatic nonverbal behaviors will enable you to control your
nonverbal messages when you want to. You use nonverbal messages to accomplish a variety of
goals almost without thinking about what you’re doing. You smile or gesture or change the
distance between you without giving any real conscious thought to what you’re doing; it all
seems so natural. To bring some of these nonverbal behaviors to the forefront of your mind, list
and describe three or four or five nonverbal behaviors you would use in each scenario:
1. What would you do (not say) to communicate intimacy or connection or liking for another
person.
2. What would you do (not say) to communicate to a group that you are a confident and totally in
control leader.
3. What would you do (not say) to show yourself to be approachable and friendly.
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