Essay About Body Language

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Sultanate of Oman
The ministry of Higher Education
Nizwa college of applied science

Body language

Done by:
Shrooq Mohammed Al-mahrouqi
ID number:
2011691049
Submitted to:
Ms. Alicia Lee

Body language is a very important factor in the communication process, the psychologists started studying this language at the late centuries because it forms a big part of understanding the verbal words; by this way we can explore another people’s real feelings ,meanings and thoughts, It’s also help us to understand ourselves. It is known as “kinesics” pronounced like ”kineesicks”. This kind of language dose not consist a words or alphabets, it is consists of hand movement, facial expression and eye movement.

Body language is the movements that the individuals make it by their hands, facial expression, tone of voice, feet, heads and their shoulders to clarify their message to the listener or receiver. It’s considered as an old aspect which was been studied by many psychologists and scientists like notably Aristotle and Hippocrates who were interested in human behaviors and personality. A recent studies show that 55 % from communication process conceder as a body language, while just 7% for the spoken words and 35% for the tone of voice; so if the spoken word and body language were changed the human mind will tend to believe the body language instead of words.

Hand movement is one of the most important part of body language since you can move your hand freely, it’s like an ocean without end, but the meaning of some movement could be different from culture to other that’s why we have to be careful when we use our hand in front of foreign people, for instance spreading your hands meaning that you are ...

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...a psychological study so it’s not correct all the time because the human thoughts and personalities are not the same in all of people also some people are very good in acting and that’s well help them to hide their real reactions and feelings. Also it’s has negative side in my opinion and it is that if everybody can simply read this language you will never have privacy or hidden secrets, and it’s not a comfortable situation at all.

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Sandra McCarthy. Body language. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.businessballs.com/body-language.htm. [Last Accessed 20 Dec 2012].

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