I watched an episode of Sex and the City and the relationships I noticed were up close and personal relationships with couples in the show. I assume that these characters were either married or dating. Holding hands, kissing, hugging, smiling, frowning, crying and looks of confusion are body gestures that I observed throughout the show. I assumed that maybe the couples were having deep conversation about their relationship. I observed facial expressions and body gestures that appeared to be results from an argument or altercation, or even receiving bad news of some sort. When I watched the show with the sound on, I hear conversations of married couples involving fantasies to make the men happy. As a result, some of the women agreed and a couple of the women were upset about it. After listening, I clearly understood why I observed smiling and hugging from some and crying and frowning from others. I would not have ever guessed that “fantasies” was the topic of discussion of the show based on nonverbal communication. What I learned from this experience is that nonverbal communication can be deceiving. As I witnessed in the show, you can receive a hug and a smile from someone, but speak words such as “I will kill you and that’s a promise”, which is very contradictive.
You make a great point about nonverbal communication being deceiving. This is something that we all have to watch for. Thinking back, I even remember my preschool students putting a smile on their face as they would say something mean. They made it seem to people afar that they were being nice, but what they never knew was that I could hear them! I think that as long as we are mindful of this, we can pick up on some other nonverbal cues that show how someone is really feeling. Great post!
ReplyDeleteYes, non verbal communication can be misunderstood or misleading when verbal communication is not present. I have learned this week that non verbal communication plays a vital part in our daily communication. Good Post
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