BVCITS

English Communication Skills Lab

A MINI PROJECT ON BODY LANGUAGE

I Dont Believe thats true

Hello Mr/Mrs skeptic
So you arrived at this page because you have some doubts, because you
dont easily believe in something new, you just feel you are in an insecure world, everyone around is trying to feel you, but just wait, listen to this story, its for you. Its is a story of three men whom used to be poor, and they all used to live in an old harbour. Sleeping over the cargo boxes that are randomly scattered around them, and one day came a weird looking man and told them that thare is a treasure in one of these boxes and that it used to belong to an old pirate who died, so whomever finds the treasure, its for him, and then the man left.

The three men started to wonder if that was true the first one though that this
could never be true, and so he left, that was the skeptic one, the second one said oh I am pretty sure this is true and he started to search, while the third said, I will just try to search for the treasure and see if it truly exists, if it does then I will be rich, if not, at least a knew that this man was a liar so that next time I know how to deal with him.

Meanwhile the second man was getting very disappointed because

his expectations were not met, he didnt find the treasure yet and so he did quit trying, the third man just went to the remaining boxes and searched them, and finally found the treasure and took it for himself.

What is meant by this story is, believing I anything may result in

disappointment, believing in nothing may result in losing lots of opportunities, while trying to see whether something true or not, is a win situation, either you will get the experience, or the reward. So if you got skeptic at any time just try and see, maybe its true, and maybe you lost much by not even trying.

Why do I, Something, get false

results
There is a big possibility that you may have tried using body language to
figure out what other people feel but found the accuracy not so 100%. This sometimes happens because there are common pitfalls that people who are new to the body language reading process dont take into consideration. Learning those pitfalls will make your body language reading accuracy move to above 90%.

Cultural Differences:

There are some slight differences between cultures. For example, Italians
may keep small private distance while English people may keep a big distance. Interpreting the private distance in both cases, without taking the cultural differences into consideration, may result in getting inaccurate readings.

The pitfalls are as follows:

Body language is perspective dependent:

If someone takes the negative evaluation posture as soon as he

sees you, then this doesnt mean that he doesnt like seeing you; he may have been thinking of something bad right before seeing you for example:

Body Language Detects States of Feelings and Not Personality:

If you see someone taking the confidence posture then this does
not mean that he is a confident person; it would mean that he is confident at the moment. However, you can still know his personality by watching for the repetition of the same postures over and over. I that person always takes the confidence posture then he is confident by nature.

In State Of Courage
Fear and Walking Slowly
Its something thats probably happened to all of us; when youre going to
a place were afraid of, we tend to walk in a slower pace, the closer we get to that destination. This reaction has a simple explanation: your subconscious mind is trying to protect you from that fearful situation by preventing you from reaching it or at least by slowing you down; hence the small steps.

Fear, Courage and Body Language:

mind tries to find a way to protect you. So if you are walking towards the source of your fear, your subconscious mind will try to slow you down, hoping you wont reach it.

When you feel afraid, your subconscious

If you think that the reaction of your subconscious mind isnt very logical,
youre right! The subconscious mind doesnt care much about logic and thats just the way it operates.

I am not afraid to deal with new situations!

The opposite happens when you feel confident or courageous. Youll be
taking wide and sure steps towards your destination, simply because you are not afraid to deal with any new situation. You are confident enough in your abilities to face anything you find in your way and so your subconscious mind has no need to protect you or slow you down. This is the body language of courage.

Question: Gesture :: Locked ankles

Question: Gesture :: Locked ankles

Options: Anger, Frustration, Apprehension Rejection, Doubt, Lying

Apprehension
Sincerity, Openness, Innocence

Evaluation, Thinking

Question: Gesture :: Locked ankles

Options:

Anger, Frustration, Apprehension

Rejection, Doubt, Lying

Apprehension
Sincerity, Openness, Innocence Evaluation, Thinking Answer :: Option C

Question: Gesture ::Pinching bridge of nose, Eyes closed

Question: Gesture ::Pinching bridge of nose, Eyes closed

Options:
Authoritative Lack of self-confidence, Insecurity

Interest
Impatience

Negative Evaluation

Question: Gesture ::Pinching bridge of nose, Eyes closed

Options: Authoritative Lack of self-confidence, Insecurity

Interest
Impatience

Negative Evaluation
Answer :: Option E

Question: Gesture ::Walking with hands in pockets, Shoulders Hunched

Question: Gesture ::Walking with hands in pockets, Shoulders Hunched

Options:
Defensiveness Open, Relaxed

Evaluation, Thinking
Confidence

Dejection

Question: Gesture ::Walking with hands in pockets, Shoulders Hunched

Options:
Defensiveness Open, Relaxed

Evaluation, Thinking
Confidence

Dejection
Answer :: Option E

Submitted By:
- P.

Bala Naga Kumar

(08H41A1246)

- P . P N G Phani Kumar (08H41A1247)