Body LanguageMARTA BOTAN

MIRIAM VILLAZON VALBUENA

MARCELA MAFRA

DEBORA SILVA

What is Body Language?

A part of non verbal language Includes things such as stance, facial

expressions, head nodding and gestures

70% of what we communicate may be non verbal

Body language is specific to a culture

Proximity = Body Language?

Video from CBC

How is British body language?

Proximity: British people require lots of ‘private-space’ and they often stand much further away from each other than other nationalities, whilst talking to them

Handshakes: a quick firm ‘one-pump’ handshake is the normal

Touching: not frequent and unusual. Never touch a person’s head, it may be religiously offensive.

Why so reserved?

This has not always been the case.

16th Century whole time kissing each other.

18th Century “sentimental”

Stiff upper lip emerging out of the French

Revolution and Napoleonic wars.

1960’s stiff upper lip old-fashioned.

Death of Diana reserved, decorum and restrain

notions were to be abandoned.

But, is still present.

Think about it:

Is there a common body language?

• Maybe gestures?

• Perhaps facial expressions?

• What about posture?

Universal Facial Expressions Theory

Become a scientific hypothesis by Darwin – The Expression of emotions on Man and Annimals

Evolutionary heritage Innate expressions and universal Happiness, sadness, anger, fear,

surprise, and disgust

(Ekman P., 2006)

Facial Expressions Might not be Universal

Computational analyses Eastern: “culture-specific de-coding

strategy” – Can’t read ‘‘fear’’ and ‘‘disgust.’’

Eastern observers persistently stare the eye region.

(Jack, R. E. at al, 2009)

(Jack, R. E. at al, 2009)

Social versus Professional

Social: no expected behavior

be yourself

people surround you identify themselves

Professional : rules

expected behavior

known subjects

present/speak/learn

international differences

Videos

Social x Professional

Topics for discussion

Conclusions

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References

http://www.ediplomat.com/np/cultural_etiquette/ce_gb.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationadvice/10055769/International-body-language-a-language-with-no-words.html

http://www.samdiener.com/2009/10/body-language-in-different-cultures/

http://www.culturecrossing.net/basics_business_student_details.php?Id=9&CID=215

http://www.cyborlink.com/besite/united_kingdom.htm

http://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/book_of_body_language/chap5.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2346351/Brits-DO-stiff-upper-lip-Americans-optimistic-romantic-Britons.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19728214

http://article.wn.com/view/2013/08/29/How_close_is_too_close_Testing_personal_space_boundaries/#/video

http://travel.ninemsn.com.au/world/rudegestures/835248/innocent-gestures-that-mean-rude-things-abroad

http://people.howstuffworks.com/nonverbal-communication.htm

http://regulatorsforaccess.ca/docs/ManagingCulturalDifferencesEnglish.pdf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8199951.stm

http://westsidetoastmasters.com/resources/book_of_body_language/toc.html

Ekman P (2006). Darwin and Facial Expression: A Century of Research in Review. 2nd ed. California: Malor Books. p11-12.

Jack, R. E., C. Blais, C. Scheepers, P. G. Schyns, and R. Caldara (2009) Cultural confusions show that facial expressions are not universal. Current Biology 19: 1543–1548

  Matsumoto , D. , Olide , A. , Schug , J. , Willingham , B. Callan , M.. (2009). Cross-Cultural Judgments of Spontaneous Facial Expressions of Emotion. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. 33 (0), 213–238.

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