Write a 5 page paper in APA format, using 4 sources.
Topic: Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
First, complete these verbal and nonverbal communication experiments:
1. Break 5 nonverbal rules you normally follow. Do not become immoral or illegal here, but have fun. Why not wear toilet paper on your shoe to see what happens? Dress formally for class perhaps. Place some broccoli in your teeth. As you can imagine, you should get some reactions. What verbal reactions did you get? What nonverbal reactions did you get? Include this in your essay…
2. Call 5 people. While you talk, try not to use any varied facial expressions. Do not use your hands (sit on them!). Watch yourself in the mirror. What verbal reactions did you get? What nonverbal reactions did you get? Include this in your essay.
3. Briefly report what happened! What happens when we “break the rules” of “normal communication?”
Continue to process the importance of “rules” of verbal and nonverbal communication by addressing these questions:
1. What is the difference between verbal and nonverbal communication? How do verbal and nonverbal communication function together to create meaning? How can they compliment (reinforce), contradict and substitute each other? How did you see this to be true or not in your experiments?
2. How does the communication environment impact the meaning attached to the message? Based upon your experiments, explain how communication is rule-governed and context based.
3. When the nonverbal and verbal messages contradict each other, what are you more likely to believe — the verbal or nonverbal messages? Expand upon this answer and give an example (from the experiment or from past interactions) when:
- you believed the verbal communication but the nonverbal told you something else…and your hunch that the verbal was correct was correct!
- you believed the verbal communication but the nonverbal told you something else…and you should have believed the nonverbal communication!
4. How can “perception checking questions” help you to clarify the verbal and nonverbal messages?
Paper Requirements
Use 4 sources
·Introduction: General/breif intro to topic choice, Explanation of choice (why you chose it), and what you hope to get out of it
·12 pt Times New Roman font
·1-inch margins
·One space between paragraphs
·Running header-title (upper Left corner/header)
·APA Format
In-text citations
Work Cited page
·Title page
Title of Report