Nonverbal Communication Vs Verbal Communication

Introduction Have you ever heard the saying “actions speak louder than words?” When we think of communication, we think of it as just a verbal communication. Although this may be true, we also tend to use nonverbal actions such as body movement, gestures, facial expressions, eye-contact, and our dressing appearance. These actions allow us to reinforce or substitute our verbal communication. When we communicate we often times believe our nonverbal communication more than our verbal communication. Communication plays an essential role in our lives and how we act and react. Some of the things I am going to explain is how I preformed the experiment to study proxemics and what the outcome of the experiment was. After conducting this experiment, I came to realize how much we actually rely on both senses of communication and the amount of use we use of nonverbal communication in our everyday life.

Experiment

I have decided to experiment the study of proxemics on the patients that come to the office, today. My job is to take the patients back and sit them in a room so the doctors can see them. We have rooms on both sides of the walls, left and right. I will preform my experiment on October 10, 2015 and continue it starting at 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Throughout the day, I will tell each patient where to go, in the right direction, verbally, but point in the wrong direction using nonverbal communication. I will watch their reactions to see which one they believe and listen to