Question

Students are to observe two or more adults unknown to the observer. The student must not be able to hear the subjects being observed and those being observed must not be wearing a uniform of any kind as this would provide information about their occupation to the observer. Students must describe the environment and the people being observed, i.e., age, gender, dress, etc. Discuss the nonverbal communication, i.e. eye contact, body position and any other nonverbal behavior. Provide your interpretation of the relationship between those being observed. Be very discrete and do not have a conversation with those being observed.

Answer 1

Answer:

People observed:

Three adults standing out of a rental bycicle store.

Description of the environment:

Adults standing in the front door of a rental bycicle store. The observer is standing in the street watching. They seem very relax as in they were on vacation.

They are wearing comfortable clothes, sports clothes.  There are three adults, two men and a women. They are in their 50s.

Non verbal communication:

They look very relax, talking to each other. The women is not looking eye to eye to the other men, she is talkng but facing the streets. She looks intrested both in the conversation but also in what is happening out side.

It look like they are wainting for someone inside the store. The other man see each other time to tome, but they also see outside. His nonverbal communication can make us think they want to come out of the store.

They look as they are close, or at least they feel comfortable with each other. Two of them can be a caple an the other a friend. They seem to be having a nice relaxing time. They share intrests in knowing the city.

Explanation:

Non verbal communication is a very importan part of communication and can give a lot of information to the observer.

For example the way the looked, showed intrest in what was going on outside. Not a word was heard but their body gestures showed how comfortable they were talking to each other. They also seemed very relaxed and also expectinig someone from the inside and also expecting to go outside.