Verbal and Nonverbal coding worksheet
University of Phoenix Material
Verbal and Nonverbal Coding Worksheet
Part A: Nonverbal
Instructions: Respond to each question below in complete sentences with at least 150 words. Include at least one example from the reading materials that supports your position in your response.
1. Is a smile a universal nonverbal form of communication? Why or why not? Provide specific examples in your answer.
Yes a smile is a universal nonverbal form of communication. A smile is a facial expression that shows happiness. People can smile for several reasons such as happiness, excitement, if something is funny, or even out of embarrassment. For the most part across the globe, smiling is a natural reaction to a happy feeling. However, in some cultures babies are taught to smile at strangers, while other babies are taught to smile only in certain circumstances (Lustig & Koester, 2010). Culture is taught at an early stage such as teaching babies of when to smile. Cultures should remember this when speaking to others from different cultures. Although, here in America we smile at everyone as a courtesy, it doesn’t mean a woman from another culture is being mean if she doesn’t smile back. It could be that in her culture woman do not smile to strangers. The answer to the question is yes it is universal and communicates a form of happiness, but we still need to be mindful of other cultures and their non-verbal communication.
2. What are some of the ways that you, as an American or an international student, have been taught, or unconsciously learned, to synchronize your nonverbal behaviors?
If I am understanding the question the right way I think I learned nonverbal behaviors such as shaking my head no when I say no or nodding it yes when I say yes. You learn these things at a very young age of 2 or 3. I also learned to point at someone (although my mom always said don’t point at people) it was a natural thing that you learned as a kid. Another thing
Verbal and Nonverbal Coding Worksheet
Part A: Nonverbal
Instructions: Respond to each question below in complete sentences with at least 150 words. Include at least one example from the reading materials that supports your position in your response.
1. Is a smile a universal nonverbal form of communication? Why or why not? Provide specific examples in your answer.
Yes a smile is a universal nonverbal form of communication. A smile is a facial expression that shows happiness. People can smile for several reasons such as happiness, excitement, if something is funny, or even out of embarrassment. For the most part across the globe, smiling is a natural reaction to a happy feeling. However, in some cultures babies are taught to smile at strangers, while other babies are taught to smile only in certain circumstances (Lustig & Koester, 2010). Culture is taught at an early stage such as teaching babies of when to smile. Cultures should remember this when speaking to others from different cultures. Although, here in America we smile at everyone as a courtesy, it doesn’t mean a woman from another culture is being mean if she doesn’t smile back. It could be that in her culture woman do not smile to strangers. The answer to the question is yes it is universal and communicates a form of happiness, but we still need to be mindful of other cultures and their non-verbal communication.
2. What are some of the ways that you, as an American or an international student, have been taught, or unconsciously learned, to synchronize your nonverbal behaviors?
If I am understanding the question the right way I think I learned nonverbal behaviors such as shaking my head no when I say no or nodding it yes when I say yes. You learn these things at a very young age of 2 or 3. I also learned to point at someone (although my mom always said don’t point at people) it was a natural thing that you learned as a kid. Another thing