Essay - General Personality Theories and Nonverbal Communication: Why People Do What...

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Personality Theories and Nonverbal Communication: Why People Do What They Do

From the opportunities I have had to work with many people from ***** different backgrounds, I have found that not all people can relate to how others live their *****s or even why certain cultures do things within their cultures that other cultures look at as being weird or ***** right. There are ***** major psychological theories that can help with understanding why ***** act and do these ***** things. The following are the major ********** that help people underst***** humanity as a whole: behavioral theories, cognitive theories, developmental *****, humanist theories, and personality *****. With all the different *****ories that have come and gone a few still stand. All have contributed in one way or another to ***** us *****and human thought and behavi*****. The more a person c*****n understand ***** theories the better a person can understand ***** ***** psyche. When psychological theories are better unders*****od, the way that a person ********** or response will also be better understood, and this ***** help in both b**********ess relationships ***** personal relationships that stretch across cultural boundaries in this increasingly global society.

Gestures like smiles and h*****shakes can mean a v*****riety of *****, depending on what culture or country you come *****. Not only can they mean different things, but there ***** different ********** ***** doing them, based on the country ***** are in. Some cultures expect firm handshakes, some expect very limp ones. Some want eye contact while shak*****g hands, while o*****rs do not. F***** example, a person who lives in Saudi Arabia has a different t*****ke on ***** people are supposed to shake hands. A person from that area will only shake a person's right hand with their right *****. ***** reason a person from Saudi Arabia would do this varies from ***** to person but ultimately they consider the left hand to be unclean and reserved for hygiene. They also do not use ***** left ***** for eat*****g. Also a person must also avoid using gestures with their right h*****. An example of ***** ***** ***** to avoid pointing at another *****.

Hand*****s are used ***** mean different things, depending on the people involved and the setting in which they take place. They can be ***** as an acknowledgment ***** the individual, ***** in two people shaking ***** when they meet each other. ***** can ***** be used as a collective statement. ********** example, when the President of the United States shakes hands ***** the ruler of ***** country he is saying that America ***** *****hind ***** handshake. While not all Ameri*****s might support the ***** or ***** the other country ***** the ruler, ***** is still the statement that a handshake between rulers of countries implies. Handshakes ***** rulers of countries that are at war *****ten indicates a sense of equality between them, at le*****t ***** the dur*****ion ***** their *****ing. *****ever they may think of each other, they are willing to put aside