Mixed Messaging

If a person's verbal message $($words spoken$)$ is out of alignment with their nonverbal message $($tone of voice and body language$),$ others believe their nonverbal message. How much importance do we give to someone's nonverbal signals?

Nonverbal messages are about as equally powerful as words

Nonverbal messages are less powerful than words

Spoken words are more powerful than nonverbal messages

Nonverbal messages are more powerful than words