The chapter's topic of nonverbal communication brought up some interesting ideas. While I understood the fact that one is sending a signal based on how their body language or way of talking is, I didn't entirely realize the extent that it affects other people. When I have encountered people who have grown up in other cultures, I immediately judge their nonverbal behavior on American standards, which is the wrong thing to do, as I see now. I now realize that when I have had awkward encounters with people from another country, it may have been because of my manner of talking, clothing, or making eye contact that made them uncomfortable and in turn made me uncomfortable as got the feeling that I was doing something wrong. I also was not aware that different cultures perceive time differently. While I have noticed individual people who have different ideas of lateness, I haven't been within different cultures enough to see polychrometic attitudes toward time. Overall, the whole chapter made me see differently nonverbal communication.
- Jon Raouf
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