Unconscious Communication - Interpersonal Unconscious Communication

Interpersonal Unconscious Communication

Interpersonal communication includes message sending and message reception between two or more individuals. This can include all aspects of communication such as listening, persuading, asserting, nonverbal communication, and more. Interpersonal unconscious communication includes unintentional facial expressions, body language, tone of voice, and speech patterns while interacting with another individual that the other individual interprets for their own knowledge. Studies suggest that when presented with an emotional facial expression, participants instinctively react with movement in facial muscles that are mimicking the original facial expression.

There are six different reasons for nonverbal communication :

1. Complementing: adding extra information to verbal communication
2. Contradicting: our nonverbal messages contradict our verbal messages
3. Repeating: emphasize or clarify the verbal message
4. Regulating: coordinate the verbal dialogue between people
5. Substituting: when a nonverbal message is used in place of a verbal message
6. Accenting: emphasizing a particular point in a verbal message