Making Friends

What are some effective ways to initiate conversations with strangers?

• Some effective ways to initiate conversations with strangers include: making eye contact and smiling, asking open-ended questions, finding common interests or topics, giving genuine compliments, and actively listening to the other person.

• Ignoring the person and not making any eye contact

• Asking closed-ended questions that can be answered with a simple yes or no

• Talking only about yourself and not showing interest in the other person

How can you build trust and rapport with someone you just met?

• By interrupting them and talking about yourself

• By pretending to be someone you're not

• By avoiding eye contact and not engaging in conversation

• By actively listening, showing genuine interest, being honest and transparent, and finding common ground.

What are some active listening skills that can help in making friends?

• Multitasking while listening, judging and criticizing the speaker, not providing any feedback

• Maintaining eye contact, showing genuine interest, asking open-ended questions, paraphrasing and summarizing, providing supportive and non-judgmental responses

• Talking more than listening, not showing interest in the speaker's perspective

• Interrupting the speaker, avoiding eye contact, asking closed-ended questions

Why is non-verbal communication important in making friends?

• Non-verbal communication helps convey emotions, build trust, and establish rapport without the need for words.

• Non-verbal communication can be misleading and cause misunderstandings in friendships.

• Verbal communication is more important than non-verbal communication in making friends.

• Non-verbal communication is not important in making friends.

What are some common non-verbal communication cues that indicate interest and engagement?

• Maintaining eye contact, nodding, leaning forward, smiling, and mirroring body language.

• Looking away, crossing arms, slouching, yawning, and showing disinterest in the conversation.

• Talking over the speaker, checking phone, looking bored, and not responding to the speaker.

• Avoiding eye contact, shaking head, leaning back, frowning, and displaying closed body language.

How can you show genuine interest in what someone is saying?

• Interrupt them frequently

• Look away and check your phone

• Nod your head but don't say anything

• Actively listen, maintain eye contact, ask relevant questions, and provide feedback.

What are some strategies to remember people's names when meeting them for the first time?

• Actively listening, repeating the name, making mental associations, using visual imagery or wordplay, and practicing name recall.

• Using a generic nickname for everyone

• Writing the name down immediately after hearing it

• Ignoring the person's name and focusing on other details

Why is it important to be a good listener when trying to make friends?

• To avoid making friends

• To ignore others and their feelings

• To create distance and misunderstandings

• To build trust, understand others, and foster connections.

What are some ways to make others feel comfortable and at ease during a conversation?

• Not listening to the speaker, not showing interest, being distracted, not maintaining eye contact, and using closed body language.

• Talking about oneself only, not paying attention to the speaker, being dismissive, not maintaining eye contact, and using negative body language.

• Interrupting the speaker, avoiding eye contact, being judgmental, not showing empathy, and using closed body language.

• Active listening, showing empathy, maintaining eye contact, using open body language, and being non-judgmental.

How can you use body language to convey friendliness and openness?

• Maintain a serious expression, avoid eye contact, stand with crossed arms, avoid mirroring body language, keep hands in pockets

• Smile, maintain eye contact, use open posture, nod and lean in, mirror body language, and use hand gestures.

• Avoid eye contact, cross arms, frown, stand with closed posture, avoid hand gestures

• Look away, slouch, avoid smiling, use closed body language, avoid nodding