24. Types of transmission of non-verbal information

• Facial expressions, "signals" of the face
• Gestures, replacing elements of the language

Scientists say that the non-verbal behavior of the speaker conveys up to 50 percent or more of the information. The functions of social contact that perform facial expressions, glances, gestures, postures, are implemented in communication in any sphere of communication.

Facial expression is a coordinated movement of the muscles of the face, reflecting the state, feelings, emotions.

There are three types of face signals:

• stable signals (skin color, shape, face design),
• relatively stable signals (the appearance of the skin, the location of wrinkles, the tone of the muscles of the face, etc.),
• unstable (short-term changes in the movements of the muscles of the face - wink, wrinkling of the nose, etc.).

Gestures - the movement of hands or hands. Often the term gesture is used to refer to all body movements, including facial expressions, pantomimics (opening the cabinet, smoking, actions with an object, etc.).

The main parameters of gestures and their psychological significance are described in detail in the works of Alan Pisa, A. Shtangl, H. Ryucle. Each of them highlights a specific set of gestures as the most demonstrative.

The ratio of verbal and non-verbal information in the process of communication is presented in the classification of N.I. Smirnova:

• communicative gestures that replace elements of language in speech (greetings, farewells, threats, etc.),
• descriptive gestures accompanying the speech and corresponding to the context,
• modal gestures expressing the assessment of objects, phenomena, people (approval, displeasure, size, shape, etc.).

• Is it possible to do only mimicry in a conversation?
• How do we understand certain gestures during a conversation?