how ethnicity, culture and wealth can affect verbal and non verbal communication

Ethnicity- 

verbal- 

• may have different words for things
• different slang 
• different language 

non-verbal- 

• different greetings 
• different acceptable haptics e.g when its appropriate to touch someone. 

Culture

verbal- 

• different language 
• words meaning different things 
• different ways of expressing emotion through speech 

non-verbal 

• have different rules about proper  behaviour e.g if you are allowed to look someone in the eyes. 
• different ways of showing emotion 

Culture can have different ways of perceiving the world/ seeing, hearing and interpreting the world. 

Wealth

Verbal-

• words can mean different things 
• way of speaking is more formal 
• different register 

Non-verbal- 

• normally look down on people not in their social class (act superior) 
• different greetings 
• different attitudes to things