Body Language - Essay
Imani Ramsey
Ms. Gould
June 2, 2008
11:00-12:50
Body language is said to account for over fifty percent of communication. If your mouth is saying one thing while your body is saying another, people are most likely to believe what your body is telling them. Even though you are not aware of it, many people send and receive non-verbal signals all the time, and it usually reflects a person’s true feelings. Body language has been used as a form of communication since there wasn’t a language made to be spoken, I took the weekend to observe people and the body language that they give off.
Whether your hangng out with friends or at school in class body language is easy to detect and we sometimes use it ourselves without knowing it. Throughout the weekend I observed my friends and others around me, and watched their body language and how they responded to certain situations.While in Monroe at the mall I watched how men that would try and get a female’s attention would slightly grab their hand or softly touch their hand without even grabbing it, and most of the time they received a positive response. The woman would smile or laugh or even jerk their head back in a playful kind of way. One girl I was observing was looking at a boy with her hand on her hips and her head tilted to the side. Showing that she was trying to flirt with him or get his attention without verbally saying anything. The fact that she continued to keep eye contact showed that she was very interested in the boy in front of her and what he had to say. I also noticed there that if someone would look at me and I would look back they would quickly turn their head or even their bodies to make it seem like they were never looking in the first place. If I continued to look at them they would become nervous and began to shake their leg or tap their foot. I used most of my time to observe people and their body language using their head and neck. Head movements are one of most often used body
Ms. Gould
June 2, 2008
11:00-12:50
Body language is said to account for over fifty percent of communication. If your mouth is saying one thing while your body is saying another, people are most likely to believe what your body is telling them. Even though you are not aware of it, many people send and receive non-verbal signals all the time, and it usually reflects a person’s true feelings. Body language has been used as a form of communication since there wasn’t a language made to be spoken, I took the weekend to observe people and the body language that they give off.
Whether your hangng out with friends or at school in class body language is easy to detect and we sometimes use it ourselves without knowing it. Throughout the weekend I observed my friends and others around me, and watched their body language and how they responded to certain situations.While in Monroe at the mall I watched how men that would try and get a female’s attention would slightly grab their hand or softly touch their hand without even grabbing it, and most of the time they received a positive response. The woman would smile or laugh or even jerk their head back in a playful kind of way. One girl I was observing was looking at a boy with her hand on her hips and her head tilted to the side. Showing that she was trying to flirt with him or get his attention without verbally saying anything. The fact that she continued to keep eye contact showed that she was very interested in the boy in front of her and what he had to say. I also noticed there that if someone would look at me and I would look back they would quickly turn their head or even their bodies to make it seem like they were never looking in the first place. If I continued to look at them they would become nervous and began to shake their leg or tap their foot. I used most of my time to observe people and their body language using their head and neck. Head movements are one of most often used body