Explain why the four common misconceptions about nonverbal communication are false or misleading.

What will be an ideal response?

Contrary to common belief, 93% of meaning is not conveyed nonverbally, universal

understanding of nonverbal communication does not exist, deception cannot always be
detected nonverbally, and nonverbal communication is not something a person reads.
Some people believe that most of the meaning in a conversation is conveyed by
nonverbal messages because people misunderstood the results of a few experiments
from 1967. There is no particular percentage of meaning derived from nonverbal
communication. Some nonverbal behaviors are universally recognized (e.g., the smile),
but they do not necessarily have universal meaning in the same contexts. Meanings of
nonverbal symbols and behaviors can vary within a single culture, so nonverbal
communication is not universally understood. People tend to believe that certain
nonverbal communication will consistently reveal deception, but no particular nonverbal
behavior consistently reveals deception. And because nonverbal communication does
not involve language, it cannot be read.

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