6 Student Life April 19, 2012 People often wonder what a person is feeling or means by the way that their body is positioned. Understanding someone’s body language can be extremely tricky. Everyone expresses themselves differently and in their own way. It can be difficult to guess a person’s feelings, or tell if someone is being sarcastic or not. Below are some quick ways to learn how to read people’s body language. Body Language looking right and down: accessing feeling looking left and down: indicates self-talk or decision making looking right and up: can be a warning sign of lying, pretending to recall facts cracking knuckles: nervous habit, attention seeking crossed arms: possibly defensive gripping one’s own upper arms: insecurity holding things in front of body: used for protection, nervousness touching nose while speaking: indicates exaggeration neck scratching: indecision or doubt Juniors Parker Tow, Seth Fahnle, and Greg Foxhoven sophomore Carly Kenney, senior Kaycee Holley, freshman Madison Recker, junior Valerie Eller freshman Drake Wawro, sophomore Jon Peters Photos: Sammi Shepard Page Design: Alyssa Zipperer and Robbie Thinnes Page information: Kelli Alexander
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6 Student Life April 19, 2012
People often wonder what a person is feeling or means by the way that their body is positioned. Understanding someone’s body language can be extremely tricky. Everyone expresses
themselves differently and in their own way. It can be difficult to guess a person’s feelings, or tell if someone is being sarcastic or not. Below are some quick ways to learn how to read
people’s body language.
Body Language
looking right and down:
accessing feeling
looking left and down: indicates
self-talk or decision making
looking right and up: can be a warning sign of lying, pretending to
recall facts
cracking knuckles: nervous habit, attention seeking
crossed arms:
possibly defensive
gripping one’s own
upper arms: insecurity
holding things in front of
body: used for
protection, nervousness
touching nose while speaking: indicates exaggeration
neck scratching: indecision or
doubt
Juni
ors
Park
er T
ow, S
eth
Fahn
le, a
nd G
reg
Foxh
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sophomore Carly Kenney, senior Kaycee Holley, freshman Madison Recker, junior Valerie Eller
fresh
man
Dra
ke W
awro
, sop
hom
ore
Jon
Pete
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Photos: Sammi Shepard Page Design: Alyssa Zipperer and Robbie ThinnesPage information: Kelli Alexander
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