NON VERBAL
COMMUNICATION HAPTICS
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AJEETESH
NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION
Nonverbal communication is the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless (mostly visual) cues between people. It is sometimes mistakenly referred to as body language (kinesics), but
nonverbal communication encompasses much more, such as use of
voice (paralanguage), touch (haptics), distance (proxemics), and physical environments/appearance.
Haptics
Haptic communication is a form of
nonverbal communication and the way by which people and animals communicate via touching. Touch is the most effective means to communicate feelings and emotions.
The withholding of touch may communicate a variety of negative feelings.
Touch in Animals
Gentling – stroking and touching of newborn animals.
Licking – to clean the offspring. Also plays in important role in stimulating the
physiological functions of newborn animals and therefore contributes to their survival.
Examples…
Touch in Humans
Tactile communication in the early stages of life may establish the foundation of all other forms of communication that humans later develop.
As one grows older, the frequency of touch decreases.
Touch sometimes help better than verbal communication.
Categories of Touch
Friendship-Warmth Touch – lets another person
know we care for, value, and have an interest in her or him. Probably the most difficult to interpret,
both for the receiver of the touch and the outsider.
Boys distance themselves from their parents at an earlier age than girls. There is more touching with the same sex parent than with cross-sex parents.
Examples…
Categories of Touch
Professional-Functional Touch – Managers should know the effectiveness of
using touch while communicating to
subordinates, but need to be cautious and understand how touch can be
misunderstood. A hand on the shoulder for one person may mean a supportive gesture, while it could mean a sexual advance to
another person
A handshake or a pat on the back.
Examples…
Categories of Touch
Social-Polite Touch – serves to communicate a limited form of interpersonal involvement.
We touch another person as more than a mere object.
Blessing some one or meeting in a party or just a casual meeting.
Examples…
Categories of Touch
Love-Intimacy Touch – may include caressing the cheek, holding another person around the waist, hugging, embracing, kissing, and many other
gestures that signal a particularly close and involved association between individuals.
Public touch can serve as a ‘tie sign’ that shows others that your partner is “taken”.
Touching between married couples may help maintain good health.
Examples…
Categories of Touch
Sexual-Arousal Touch – often equated with intimate touch. Is the most intense form of touch. It also may be the most
communicative.
Hugging- The embrace is the most basic way of telling someone that you love them and possibly need them too.
Kissing- Moving in concert by turning heads to allow for the lips to touch is the final part of the fourth stage of courtship, the kiss.
