Nonverbal Cues Are The Most Critical Aspect Of Communication

â€Å"Don’t you roll your eyes at me young lady!† my mother always use to tell me. Nonverbal communication is one of the easiest ways to communicate how you are feeling and can be one of the hardest to read. It is believed that up to 93 percent of all communication is nonverbal. Dr. Albert Mehrabian, author of Silent Messages (1971), had conducted many studies to find that 7 percent of communication is through words, 38 percent through vocal elements, and 55 percent through nonverbal elements such as facial expressions, posture and gestures. Subtracting the 7 percent as vocal communication, and adding the other 55 percent and 38 percent which gives us the 93 percent statistic. Nonverbal cues are the most critical aspect of communication. To†¦show more content†¦The smallest features on your face can tell people exactly how you feel whether you want to or not. Haptics Haptics is the term used to refer to our touching behaviors. Touch can be considered the most emotional type of communication we have as humans. It can range from comforting someone with a big hug or showing disapproval with a smack in the face. As I watched the couple sitting across from each other, they held hands almost constantly. The man would caress her hand so gently that you could easily see just by that little touch that he loved her very much. Looking back at the sister who shoved her brother away from her, almost pushing him off his seat, shows how much she disliked him at the moment. I also noticed that when a group of teenagers were meeting one another at the food court, the girls would hug each other as a welcome but the guys would only fist bump or do a quick hand grab to shoulder bump. In our society, it seems that it is more appropriate for women to touch one another in social places, while men have a quick hand shake but never an embrace. As a human, we are born to touch and want to be touched. It is a very important part of our nature and our nonverbal communication with one another. Physical appearance How we dress and take care of ourselves is generally the first way we make perceptions of one another. Physical appearance shows how much you value