Language is an extremely important tool for communication and can act as a means of asserting one’s identity. There are many different forms of language. It can be the actual language you speak, the words you choose while you speak, or even the way you carry yourself on a day-to-day basis. Body language can be a very difficult thing to control in certain social situations and can cause other people to assume things about you. This can be either a good or a bad thing. If your body language and natural facial expressions look welcoming, people will have positive thoughts about you. If you look like you’d rather be anywhere else but where you are, people will think you’re not the nicest person and will tend to keep their distance. Both of these …show more content…
Everyone knows that your body language can cause others to form a certain belief about you. This can be a huge issue for certain people. Many people look bored or angry without even knowing it. They could be having the best day ever, but their face looks like they want to kill someone. This is called “Resting Bitch Face” or “RBF.” RBF can be a serious problem for certain people because they are constantly getting pegged for being an unpleasant person even if they aren’t one at all. In my classes, I’m always asked if I’m okay or if I’m mad at someone because of my facial expressions. With those questions, I reply, “Yeah, it’s just my face.” Because of how many times this has occurred, I try to manipulate my facial expressions and try to make …show more content…
It is common for some people to form a certain opinion about someone simply based on what they’ve seen or what they’ve heard. The problem with this is that you can’t determine what kind of person someone is by just looking at their body language. Going back to RBF, strangers will look at me and come to the wrong conclusion. There are many instances where I became friends with someone and they told me that when they first met me they thought I was going to be mean just because of my facial expressions. More often than not, people will look at a person and will instantly form an opinion about them, without even speaking to them at all. This happened to Elizabeth Jones in “You Say ‘Hispanic,’ I saw Latino.” She has been described as “Hispanic” plenty of times because she comes from a Spanish-speaking country and is bilingual in English and Spanish. However, she feels this is an incorrect conclusion and takes issue to the term. Jones argues, “Hispanic says you’re a division of Spain, but I’m from Latin America, specifically Central America.” According to the article, she looks black is from a part of Costa Rica whose mix of ethnicities includes Jamaicans. Jones said, “‘Hispanic’ doesn’t encompass anything about the Jamaican and Indian parts of my background...For me, Latina tells you more about my heritage and culture.” No part of her is from Spain, so why describe her as
A study was conducted to see people’s reactions to angry and sad faces of men and women. When these two faces were blended together, as in, the angry woman and sad woman were blended...
In this video, Ann Washburn talks about how body language is a key to access our subconscious. Body language is something that demonstrates and determines who we are as a person because we send messages to others and to ourselves with our body language. For example, if a person stands with crossed arms while putting his weight on one leg, it sends out a message that the person is weak. On the other hand, if the same person stands with his hands on the side keeping the weight on both the legs, it sends a message of being confident to his subconscious and signals others that he is a strong person. Another example in the video is about our reaction to the compliments given by others to us. If a person says thank you after hearing the compliment
While communicating with another human being, one only has to examine the other’s face in order to comprehend what is being said on a much deeper level. It is said that up to 55 percent of a message’s meaning can be derived from facial expression (Subramani, 2010). These facial manipulations allow thoughts to be expressed in ways that are often difficult to articulate verbally, with the face demonstrating “the thoughts of the mind, and the feelings of the heart” (Singla). Many expressions are said to universal, particularly those showing happiness, sadness, fear, anger, disgust, and...
Over a 7 week duration this ethnic group is the largest population. What’s intriguing is how the same culture may have cultural different amongst the subgroups or between the two populations when an individual are classified or identified as Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish. Today this essay may highlight one platform through interchangeable Spanish may connect different cultures and sub-groups within the Latino/Hispanic descent to existing under the same nation with different values, beliefs and language dissimilarities from one another, but are identified as the Latino and Hispanic descent as Spanish people under the same racial/ethnic-group. It is important to understand that the term Spanish creates the difference since, individual may be of
Dr. Lisa Debryne decided to alter two pictures of the same person. One alteration was to make the face symmetrical, and the other alteration was to make the face uneven. From there, she convinced a group of people that the two photos were identical twins, and for them to choose which twin was more attractive. A large majority said the person with the symmetrical face was more attractive that the one whose face was uneven. This experiment shows even the slightest facial indifference can make you appear disheveled and unattractive.
In my case of RBF, I appear angry. People appear to be timid and nervous around me, I find myself having to smile and nod my head a lot whenever they are talking to me or else they stop talking because they feel like their annoying me. If you are one of these people, please do not feel timid around me, this is just my face!
A person’s face is tremendously expressive when it comes to emotions, a person’s face is able to display a numerous amount of emotions worth almost a thousand words. And unlike some forms of nonverbal communication, facial expressions are universal worldwide. Facial expressions for feelings anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, surprise and many more are the same all around the world.
Anzaldúa asks what other choice people have, when they can’t identify with any language totally, than to create a mixture between the two languages they use. “Chicano Spanish sprang out of the Chicanos’ need to identify [themselves] as a distinct people.” (Anzaldúa) She lists some of the variants of Spanish that are spoken, such as: “Standard English, working class and slang English, standard Spanish, standard Mexican Spanish, north Mexican Spanish
People are constantly misreading your facial expressions and assume, wrongly, that you are the most irritated, depressed, and/or psychotic person on the planet. It's frustrating and insulting to anyone whose neutral face comes off more like a nuclear face, but it can actually be harmful to people on the spectrum.
There are times that my facial expression reveals a disagreeable thought. The perception may allow others to feel hurt. While no harm is intended, it is an area that admittedly needs improvement. However, in reality, much deep thought is being applied to whatever topic was mentioned. Also, there is room for improvement when first impressions are concerned. It is imperative that I realize a beautiful physical appearance is not always a sign of intelligence and some things are not what they seem.
Richmond, V & McCroskey, J 2011. Nonverbal Behavior in Interpersonal Relations. 7th ed. Allyn & Bacon.
How does one react to seeing a new face? It is appearances that allows one to quickly judge another and react. Without such response, a person would have no idea which behaviors are appropriate for the situation. With such response, a person increases the likelihood of a successful encounter, whether that means being well liked afterwards or fortunately escaping a serial murderer. On the other hand, these perceptions based solely on appearances do not necessarily represent a person’s actual characteristics.
Any communication interaction involves two major components in terms of how people are perceived: verbal, or what words are spoken and nonverbal, the cues such as facial expressions, posture, verbal intonations, and other body gestures. Many people believe it is their words that convey the primary messages but it is really their nonverbal cues. The hypothesis for this research paper was: facial expressions directly impact how a person is perceived. A brief literature search confirmed this hypothesis.
“When we think of nonverbals we think of how we judge others, how they judge us, and what the outcomes are… we are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts, and our feelings, and our physiology” (paragraph 6). Amy Cuddy is a respected women, known for her compassion and care to inspire other to better their lives. In the beginning of her speech Your body language shapes who you are published in 2012 on Tedglobal, she offers her “life hack” to the audience, assuring them if they improve their non verbals and body language it will improve their life in many ways. Cuddy begins building her trustworthiness and credibility with the audience by quoting respectable sources, giving convincing facts and statistics, and successfully employing
Before the spoken word was commonly used to communicate, there was body language. Body language allowed people to effectively communicate with one another. Non-verbal gestures, facial expressions, and movements were used to express thoughts and feelings when the mouth was not. Later in history, a famous philosopher, politician, and scientist by the name of Francis Bacon stated that “as the tongue speaks to the ear so the gesture speaks to the eye.” Even though spoken l...