Show:
Love Thy Neighbor
S06E118
19 min segment.
This episode starts with two women appearing to be lurking at the front door of someones home. They are smiling and talking and laughing. They appear to be friends based on their interaction how close they get to each other etc. The ring the doorbell rush in the house and the situation seems tense. One woman has a bat the other has a brick they are talking to a man who is holding his hands up. The women are no longer smiling, they are pointing and looking angry. The man is looking confused.
The non-verbal expressions are that of a tense situation. Two women confronting a man about a serious issue.
I was close:
The two older women are confronting the man who has gotten a woman that they know and love pregnant. They are under the impression that he knows that she is pregnant and is not willing to accept the responsibility. When it turns out that he had no idea she was pregnant.
Had I been watching the show with the sound the only thing that would have been different would have been that I would have known exactly what was going on.
Body language and facial expressions are things that I try to pick up on easily and quickly because they tell us a lot. They tell us more than the words we say. Just like women often say I am fine, with their arms folded and looking discontent.
What I learned, rather what was confirmed, was that body language is essential to understanding how someone feels, what they are thinking, and what they are feeling.
Hello Haleema,
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your blog post, it appears that the characters in the show were using non verbal behavior which is also communication without using words but, gestures, body language and facial expressions(2015). Non verbal communication is more believable than verbal communication (O'Hair,2015).
Haleema,
ReplyDeleteFrom your description of what you watched, the nonverbal behavior you observed reinforced the verbal communication between the two women and the man. As we learned in Chapter 4 of our text, nonverbal behaviors reinforce or clarify verbal messages by repeating (mirroring), complementing (enhancing), or accenting (clarifying or emphasizing) the verbal messages (O'Hair et al, 2015, p. 97). The tension and hostility you interpreted by observing the nonverbal behavior seems to have reinforced the verbal messages between the actors.
It seems that having the nonverbal behavior reinforce the verbal messages ensures that the receiver clearly understands the messenger's intention and communication.
Wishing you well,
Donna
Haleema,
ReplyDeleteThe definition of nonverbal communication is the process of signaling to mean through behavior other than words (O'Hair et al., 2015, p. 119). You did a great job reading the nonverbal communication. The women you described when you watched the show
without listening, it makes it clear that they had issues, even that you were not clear the problem. Our nonverbal expression needs to be careful when we are communicating with others. It can send the wrong communication to the other person.
Hello Haleema,
ReplyDeleteWhen I ever I first met someone I always pick up on their body language and facial expressions it determines the level of comfort I have regarding communicating with individuals. If an individual expresses angry I have a tendency to keep the conversation short and simple. Whereas if someone is smiling I feel more welcomed to talk to them. Therefore, I agree that body language is key in understanding others feelings.