The Definitive Book of Body Language

The Definitive Book of Body Language

confident or smug and he is sitting in the Figure 4 leg position,

showing that his attitude is competitive or argumentative. We

can assume that his overall attitude is negative as he is sitting

back, his head down.

l6.aWhat Are the Nine Main Signals?

The following three scenes demonstrate typical defence,

aggression and courtship clusters.

Answers

The beginning of the conversation

In the first scene, all three people have their arms folded, two
have their legs crossed (defensive) and all have their bodies ori-
ented away from each other, all indicating that they may have
just met for the first time. The man on the right appears inter-
ested in the woman as he has his right foot twisted around to
point at her and he is giving her a sideways glance, combined
with raised eyebrows (interest) and a smile; he is leaning
towards her with the upper part of his body. She is closed off
to both men at this point.