User talk:Siffern

Although non verbal communication does not involve the use of words it is still an incredibly effective way of sending and receiving messages from person to person. It is unavoidable to not communicate. When you visit a foreign country and do not understand the native language or the language spoken in that area there are still several ways to communicate messages. For example you can communicate hunger through making a gesture pointing to your stomach which is a form of body language which is non verbal. Another common way of communicating is by eye contact. Instinctually humans much like other primates are able to find prey and hunt it down. To do so you must use your vision and make eye contact towards your target. Even if a student stands up and leaves a lecture hall in the middle of a speech by the professor, he or she is still sending a message. Although there was no use of words there is a clear message being sent to the receiver that is non verbal. One of the most common non verbal communication is facial expressions. In Sweden when giving a speech at a table it is expected that when toasting you must look straight into the eye of the person you toast, opposite to Japan where eye contact is not a social norm in society, especially in public areas. During the Reformation period of 1496- 1558 men would wear ( a "bombaster" which is a cotton patted pouch) which would make their stomachs appear to look bigger to make them look more wealthy. This is another example of nonverbal communication because it is a form of sending out a message with out words. If someone were to be seen with a larger stomach it would be assumed that that person was wealthy because only the wealthy were able to eat as much as they wanted. Another example of non verbal communication would be women with small waists during the Reformation period because they used corsets and "bum rolls" on their hips to make their hips look bigger to appear more feminine. The idea of a perfect woman was small waist and larger hips so this image became the fashion of that era which is a form of non verbal communication. What a person wears, how a person walks and the faces a person makes can be more expressive than words.

sources: Theatre Arts 216 Gregory Pulver, lecture Big Costume Design & Technology the History