Category: FAQ-Communication

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Myths and Misconceptions About Listening

  Common Misconceptions About Listening Listening ability is related to the intelligence of the listener Research indicates that while there may be a slight link between the intelligence of the listener and listening ability, the relationship is very slight. Daily…

What Is A Person’s Baseline With Respect To Non-Verbal Communication?

Knowing a Person’s Baseline Is Critical To Understanding The Meaning of Their Non-Verbal Behavior Because the use of non-verbals is far from universal, you can’t interpret the meaning of non-verbal communication without knowing what a specific person typically does. How…

What Is Sign Language? (Non-Verbal Communication)

Sign language is a part of ALL of our communication The use of sign language is not, as you might think, restricted to people who have hearing disabilities. Even for hearing enabled people, sign language is a natural extension, or…

Is It Really Possible To Read People Like A Book?

Common Myth About Reading and Interpreting Non-Verbal Communication Is it really possible to “read” non-verbal communication behavior to get a jump or advantage in understanding an individual? The answer is mostly no. That’s a myth developed by marketers and sales…

What Are the Six Different Categories of Types of Non-Verbal Communication?

There’s more to non-verbal communication than most people think Most of us know just enough about non-verbal communication to be dangerous, and end up over-simplifying it. There’s a lot more to it than most lay people understand. There are actually…

What Is Tactile Communication? (The non-verbal primer)

We communicate a great deal through our physical contact, or lack of it, with others Tactile communication refers to what we communicate through the sense of touch — through touching, or not touching each other in various ways. Touch may…