Conversation1:
Erin motions Jessica over to her desk. They discuss how Jessica’s date with Tom went last night. Erin is excited when Jessica tells her that Tom’s cousin is interested in Erin. They end their conversation when their teacher walks into the classroom by agreeing to call each other after school.

Conversation 2:
Paul walks up to the counter and yells at Pat to get over here. Paul demands that Pat apologize for insulting him yesterday. Pat tries to calm Paul down explaining that he was just joking around. Paul tells Pat to shut up and just apologize. Pat tells Paul to calm down. Paul storms out of the coffee shop.

Which conversation is an example of interpersonal communication?
a.
Neither
b.
Both 1 and 2
c.
1
d.
2

Conversation 1 uses a nonverbal opening because Erin is communicating with Jessica through a gesture that says come over to my desk, she is not using any words to deliver the mesege.

There are a lot of types of nonverbal communications, the most common are gestures such as the movement of your head, or pointing, then we have postures and body language, which are how we sit or move in certain situations like being with your arms crossed means that you are in a defensive posture, another type of nonverbal communication is the distance between two people, which varies according to the relationship and environment.