Chapter 5 is about barriers and bridges. In terms of language and communication, barriers refer to the things that can interfere or block ideas or feelings that one person is trying to convey to another, while bridges refer to things that can actually help convey a message or idea. One thing that the book mentions is about how gender defines how we interpret what a person is trying to say to us.
A man might try to tell someone that he is hungry in a different way than a woman might try to get the same point across. Similarly, a message that sounds identical when a man and a woman say it, could mean two entirely different things! Its interesting how it works, but it is in fact true! One of the specific examples that the book mentions is how females sometimes add a higher pitch ending to sentences when they talk. This sometimes sounds like a question to a man, which can cause him to think that she is wondering if she can even talk in that situation. It adds an almost reserved sense to the sentence. This is one barrier that is described by the book.
Chapter 6 is about nonverbal Communication: Messages beyond Words. More than half of the ideas that are communicated by humans are communicated without the help of verbal assistance. Body movement, facial expression etc can greatly affect how messages are received, intentionally and unintentionally. One of the examples the book gives is from the TV show called Lie to Me, the main character uncovers clues about mysteries and eye-witness accounts by noticing nonverbal cues.
A person's eyes play a large role in what is being transmitted from one person to another, and again this can be intentional or unintentional. There are whole sciences behind the idea that most of what is communicated is done non-verbally! I thought this was an interesting chapter because I'm somewhat interested in this kind of material.
A man might try to tell someone that he is hungry in a different way than a woman might try to get the same point across. Similarly, a message that sounds identical when a man and a woman say it, could mean two entirely different things! Its interesting how it works, but it is in fact true! One of the specific examples that the book mentions is how females sometimes add a higher pitch ending to sentences when they talk. This sometimes sounds like a question to a man, which can cause him to think that she is wondering if she can even talk in that situation. It adds an almost reserved sense to the sentence. This is one barrier that is described by the book.
Chapter 6 is about nonverbal Communication: Messages beyond Words. More than half of the ideas that are communicated by humans are communicated without the help of verbal assistance. Body movement, facial expression etc can greatly affect how messages are received, intentionally and unintentionally. One of the examples the book gives is from the TV show called Lie to Me, the main character uncovers clues about mysteries and eye-witness accounts by noticing nonverbal cues.
A person's eyes play a large role in what is being transmitted from one person to another, and again this can be intentional or unintentional. There are whole sciences behind the idea that most of what is communicated is done non-verbally! I thought this was an interesting chapter because I'm somewhat interested in this kind of material.
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