Question

•How does culture and gender affect nonverbal behavior? •

Answer 1

How does culture and gender affect nonverbal behavior?

There are many cases where miscommunication might occur as s result of a misunderstood body language. Non verbal communication is built upon the physical appearance of a person, their appeal, the ways in which a person carries himself.

Cultural differences and non verbal communication:

• Cultural Differences arise across regions, or countries that result in differences in non verbal communications. In some cultures, such as Japanese, when a person meets for the first time, he should be greeted properly. These are prevalent throughout east though, in the west such formal greetings are not a necessity.
• In western cultures or in eastern cultures, men to men handshake is preferred, women are not expected to shake hands with men and it is not even considered decent in the eastern cultures.
• Eye contacts play a major role, as they signify that the person is interested in their and their talks. Also, that the person is confident in them and wants to communicate further.