Body Language: Adaptors

Body Language is a dialogue, or sometimes monologue, initiated by a person to communicate a message to another person. This communication is not necessarily started consciously. For instance, sometimes an individual subconsciously has some bad feelings toward another person. He may, then, transmit his ill will toward that person not knowing he is saying anything by crossing his arms and taking on a defensive stance every time he encounters his unsuspecting enemy. The other person will likely pick up on such an obvious show of distaste even if the original hater never even figures out just how much he dislikes this guy!

One common way in which individuals speak to each other without the use of words is through the body language category of adaptors. The use of adaptors helps individuals illustrate a point or may even simply be used as an extension of their body for a less particular reason. You have an itch on your nose and you enlist the help of your pencil then you are guilty of incorporating an adaptor. Sometimes people chew on the end of a pencil out of nervous habit. Adaptor use is not usually done to send an intentional message, but it often does anyway.
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