Explain and give an example of at least five nonverbal codes

What will be an ideal response?

The codes of nonverbal information include appearance, body movement, gestures, and
posture (kinesics), eye contact, facial expressions, touch, vocalics, and use of the
physical environment. Appearance deals with body size and shape, skin color,
hairstyle, and clothing. An example of appearance would be wearing certain types of
clothing (artifacts) such as a cowboy hat and boots to indicate that you worked on a
ranch. Kinesics is the study of movement, gestures, and posture. An example of this
would be using gestures (illustrators) to accent what you are saying or the general way
a person carries himself or herself that could indicate confidence. Eye contact deals
with how often we look at our conversational partner, and it conveys trustworthiness
and sincerity. For example, if you are truly interested in what someone is saying you
are likely to increase eye contact. Facial expressions are another nonverbal code that
deal with the emotions and reactions on people?s face. A person?s jaw might drop in
surprise. Touch or haptics is the most powerful form of nonverbal communication.
You might give someone a hug to convey closeness or affection. Vocalics deals with the
nonverbal aspects of voice such as rate, pitch, volume and use of silence. For example, a
person might speed up their rate of delivery to convey excitement. Territoriality deals
with how humans use space. For example, a person might put his/her books on a desk
to indicate that she/he intends to sit there. Also, people use space or proxemics to
communicate with others. For example, you might only let your intimate partner and
close family members enter your intimate space of zero to one and a half feet.
Environment also communicates a lot about who we are as individuals. For example,
someone?s office may be extremely messy indicating that he/she is extremely busy
and/or disorganized.