Nonverbal Communication Observation Essay Example

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Intro The setting for my observation is at a town hall community theater rehearsal in rural Maine, less than a week before the musical Annie opens. The cast and crew is multigenerational and community focused, and the company is like a big family that has been rehearsing together for months. It will be interesting to see how the kids react to this rehearsal, especially since the show is nowhere near ready for the public eye. It is tech week, the week when everything in the show has to be rehearsed until perfected, and cast and crew must all on the same page, working perfectly in sync. In the theater world, tech week is often referred to as “hell week”, because it can be stressful and demanding. I observed an adolescent during this hell …show more content…

I would define interaction in this case as participating in a conversation or activity with one or more other people. Nonverbal communication is communicating without using spoken language. I listed the modes of nonverbal communication that the subject displayed, and what I thought was being communicated. I determined whether the subject seemed more social or asocial based on my observations of the her behavior. If the subject interacted a lot, seeking out or initiating conversation, I regarded this as more social behavior, or if the subject participated in activities such as reading, or using portable electronic devices and not interacting with others while doing so, I regarded this as asocial behavior. I recorded any social conflicts I noticed and observed the how the subject reacted to the conflict. If there was no social conflict, no conflict was recorded. I recorded the typical age groups that the subject interacted with most during the observation. In addition, I observed and estimated the range of the number of people the subject typically interacted with at

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