Comunicarea non-verbală – modalitate de înțelegere a comportamentului uman

Abstract

Animals also communicate, but only humans communicate through language. The distinctive feature of language is that words carry meanings, which we learn initially through socialization and education. Communication through language depends upon these meanings being shared. We also communicate in many non-verbal ways, through, for example, bodylanguage while the same processes of attaching and learning meaning may also be applied. Thus, we learn that the “thumb up” sign means that “things are OK”. We communicate through images, too. A holiday snap can communicate our well-being on holiday and inform people that we have visited a fashionable resort. The term “image” has been extended to mean not just a representation of something, but also the impression of ourselves that we communicate to other people. We create an image through the style we adopt, and the clothes we wear communicate a great deal about us.These non-verbal ways of communication carry learned and shared meanings and may also be considered languages of the kind.Languages are much more than a means of communication, for they also express and shape the way we see the world and the way we see ourselves.