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Practical People Knowledge
Peggy Boetzkes

 

Gestures, body language and microsignals
Micro signals and physique are each other's best friend! Within facial science there are several possibilities to explain the body language and micro signals that a person makes.

It is very interesting to see where someone is scratching or touching on the head or face. With knowledge of facial science and phrenology (skull leather), it is quite possible to find out what is literally going on in someone's head! Your hands instinctively know the way and always tell the truth. Of course it is possible to suppress gestures, eg police officers and nurses are apparently good at that. However...when the emotion hits and our feeling comes under pressure, there is no stopping it and the hands of every human being will start "talking".
With the above form of body language, we assume that you never just scratch your head or touch your face. It is a completely different way of looking at people than, for example, the micro signals within the theory of Paul Ekman. However, these different shapes fit together beautifully. This completes the look at body language and micro-signals and makes it very popular in the professions dealing with communication with people.

Body language in babies and children
People often have all kinds of questions about children. This can happen within the education at home, but also outside the home, for example at a daycare center or at school. Every child has their own "user manual" and the great thing is that anyone can learn to read!

Gesticulation assumes that every child is born with a predisposition (character) and the corresponding talents. Only one third of this is determined by the genes you inherit from your ancestors. Another part is the result of environmental influences (parents/caregivers/school) mainly in childhood. The environment therefore has a major impact and influence on the development of an individual and his or her character!
(young) children also communicate a lot through body language. Crying and restlessness is a means of communicating something to parents to the caregivers. Parents and child are inextricably linked in this, that is to say: if you as parents are not feeling well, the baby will also be able to respond to this.

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