final version:  last updt 11/17/15

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nonverbal "experiments" - F'15 14/13ed

 

> In preparation for this upcoming mini unit, you will be conducting your own "field research" and then reporting to the class about your findings in a super-mini talk. 

 >Read the chapter on Nonverbal Communication Messages. (Chapter 5 [13e = Chap 4] ). I

>In MindTap: Recommended external link = "Nonverbal Communication Helps Us Live" [ within Chapter 5 / PRACTICE 5-1/CHAPTER WEBLINKS]

 >See below for the subject area assigned to you. 

 >The experimentation areas are listed by "groups",  but you do NOT have to work together {However, you may want to confer in advance (in person or virtually) in order to avoid too much overlap}. 

> Start experimenting now. Try to conduct your experiments OFF campus, while you are interacting with your family/friends/co-workers.  
 
 > Bring in your notes on your results/findings & be prepared to CONCRETELY & CONCISELY summarize your findings in class on : 
           Mon 11/30/15 [ (ONLY   2  MINUTES PER PERSON--so PLAN out  your talk.  ( ala the  "elevator speech" concept ) ( a timer will be used)

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The format for these 2 minute-per-person mini-talks is...  

  

<1> Tell us which specific nonverbal channel &/or patterns you chose to investigate

 

<2> Tell us  (in ONE(1) sentence!)  how you went about "testing" the pattern

 
 

<3> Tell us JUST ENOUGH about your findings & results to demonstrate whether or not your experiment corresponded to /or/ differed from the textbook's assertions.

  
  <4> Remember, summaries, generalizations, or overviews about past experiences are not appropriate material for these debriefings]  
  <5> Also, remember, you will never  have enough time to tell us everything you think we need to know-- so be selective. Don't overstuff.  

 
 

 
 

to:

        LS:   Michael CARRONE , Kira WILLIAMS , Matt GILBERT , Neeraja THAKUR

 

   BB:  

 

       

        ►First read the entire chapter on NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION. (Chap 5/4)

 

        ►Choose ANY one nonverbal pattern and/or characteristic discussed in your text within these pages: pp. 97 --about: eye behavior  [13e = pp.69-70]. You can supplement this with relevant outside readings.  


        ►Devise some way to go out & determine whether the patterns for this particular cue/channel --as mentioned in the text--can also be seen in your "real life" contexts. 

 

        ►On the due date, before class starts, take the opportunity to "huddle" with the other people assigned to this area. Once class starts,  you'll have one-two minutes to tell us: <1>  which specific nonverbal channel & patterns you chose to investigate, <2> How you went about "testing" the pattern <3> your results & findings & whether they correspond to the text's assertions.

 

If time, you also will be asked to state which of the end-of chapter guidelines (for interpreting NV & for using NV) most applies to your area/channel.

 

    to:

           LS:   Michael BIZZOCO , Vince DeBARTOLOMEIS , Isabel GOODMAN ,  Christine KAROLEWSKI , Aaron VARGHESE

    

      B


        ►First read the entire chapter on NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION. (Chap 5/4)

 

        ►Choose ANY one of the several nonverbal patterns and/or characteristics discussed in

             your text within these pages: pp. 96-98 -- about: body movement and/or touch-

             NOT eyes]. 13e =  69-71. You can supplement this with relevant outside readings.  


        ►Devise some way to go out & determine whether the patterns for this particular cue/channel --as mentioned in the text--can also be seen in your "real life" contexts. 

 

        ►On the due date, before class starts, take the opportunity to "huddle" with the other people assigned to this area. Once class starts,  you'll have one-two minutes to tell us: <1>  which specific nonverbal channel & patterns you chose to investigate, <2> How you went about "testing" the pattern <3> your results & findings & whether they correspond to the text's assertions.

 

 

 

If time, you will also be asked to state which of the end-of chapter guidelines (for interpreting NV & for using NV) most applies to your area/channel.

 

    to: 

            LS: Alyssa BAROTILLA , Michael CAPPELLUTI , Mario DAMASCENO , Joey PADULA , Sam SEITZ

      

        ►First read the entire chapter on NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION.  (Chap 5/4)

 

        ►Choose ANY one of the several nonverbal patterns and/or characteristics discussed in

            your text within these pages: pp. 99-101 -- about: voice [13e = 71-73]. You can

            supplement this with relevant outside readings.  


        ►Devise some way to go out & determine whether the patterns for this particular

             cue/channel --as mentioned in the text--can also be seen in your "real life" contexts.

 

        ►On the due date, before class starts, take the opportunity to "huddle" with the other people assigned to this area. Once class starts,  you'll have one-two minutes to tell us: <1>  which specific nonverbal channel & patterns you chose to investigate, <2> How you went about "testing" the pattern <3> your results & findings & whether they correspond to the text's assertions.

 

  

If time, you will also be asked to state which of the end-of chapter guidelines (for interpreting NV & for using NV) most applies to your area/channel.

 

    to: 

 LS:  Stephanie NWAIWU ,  Connor SANBOWER , Olivia FINAN , Bill HEMMER , Alex POZESKY ,

 

        ►First read the entire chapter on NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION.  (Chap 5/4)

 

        ►Choose ANY one of the several nonverbal patterns and/or characteristics discussed in

              your text within these pages: pp. 104-106--incl. "Pop Comm" --about: self-

              presentation, time, touch, artifacts. [13e = 75-79 & 71 & 74-5]. You can supplement this with

               relevant outside readings.  


        ►Devise some way to go out & determine whether the patterns for this particular cue/channel --as mentioned in the text--can also be seen in your "real life" contexts. 

 

        ►On the due date, before class starts, take the opportunity to "huddle" with the other people assigned to this area. Once class starts,  you'll have one-two minutes to tell us: <1>  which specific nonverbal channel & patterns you chose to investigate, <2> How you went about "testing" the pattern <3> your results & findings & whether they correspond to the text's assertions.

 

 

If time, you will also be asked to state which of the end-of chapter guidelines (for interpreting NV & for using NV) most applies to your area/channel.

 

    to:

         LS:   Joe BELLI ,  Vicki ELTER , Bnrak ERASLAN , Austin LOPES ,

 

        ►First read the entire chapter on NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION.  (Chap 5/4)

 

        ►Choose ANY one of the several nonverbal patterns and/or characteristics discussed in your text within these pages: pp. 101-102  -- about: space, environment/NOT artifacts [13e = pp101-102.] You can supplement this with relevant outside readings.  


        ►Devise some way to go out & determine whether the patterns for this particular cue/channel --as mentioned in the text--can also be seen in your "real life" contexts. 

 

        ►On the due date, before class starts, take the opportunity to "huddle" with the other people assigned to this area. Once class starts,  you'll have one-two minutes to tell us: <1>  which specific nonverbal channel & patterns you chose to investigate, <2> How you went about "testing" the pattern <3> your results & findings & whether they correspond to the text's assertions.

 


 

If time, you will also be asked to state which of the end-of chapter guidelines (for interpreting NV & for using NV) most applies to your area/channel.

 

 

TO BE ASSIGNED ON REQUEST (extra credit opportunity) : pp. 102-104----incl. "Diverse Voices"   [about: Time ] - due 12/2

 

 

And, as all effective communicators need to know...

"Manners Matter" (i.e. the way you say something has an impact on the way the listener understands & interprets it)

                                   Kathleen Hall Jamieson, [ Prof. of   Comm. /     

                                                                               Dir.  of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania.]   WNYC:  on-air interview,  9/21/09


 

 

  page revised 11/17/15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Alternate version. Ask if applicable for this semester: On  11/1, there will be approx.  3  minutes allotted for each team's CONSENSUS STATEMENT.  All of the  members of  the designated category should confer [ either in person, by  email or by phone] in order to develop a 3 minute statement that reflects their consensus about how that particular nonverbal item operates in human  communication. The team  should also decide who is going to deliver the statement in class on 11/1.

As for each  individual's specific 1-2-3  findings, this has been converted to an extra credit submission.  If you wish,  you should submit what would have been your two minute 1-2-3  statement via email. Deadline = 11/3/04, 4:00pm.