- This experiment was easier than I thought it was going to be.
- My partner did not seem to notice at first, until it was my turn to speak and I started to use my hands and facial expressions without speakin. My partner was confused at first, but then understood how I was trying to communicate to her. They spoke a bit slower and tried their hardest to understand my gestures.
- The culture that speaks would have a better advantage on communicating a complex idea. They obviously can use their words and hand gestures/facial expressions to express their ideas. The non-symbolic using culture would be able to communicate, but I believe they would not effectively be able to express themselves. Their are individuals whom are born mute or deaf and are not able to use symbolic language. They have to find different ways to communicate effectively and the people around them (if they want to) need to find different ways to communicate as well.
Part 2:
- I was not able to last the whole fifteen minutes with only using speech to communicate. After what seemed to be only five minutes, I found myself boring. I also think my partner was a bit bored because of my monotone voice and lack of enthusiasm. It was hard for both of us to carry on the conversation.
- My partner was affected greatly. At first, they were able to keep the conversation with me but after awhile they lost interest in the conversation. They found it hard to concentrate and pay attention to what I was saying.
- Our use of "signs" in language is very important. Our gestures help us communicate effectively and help us express ourselves effectively. Without it, I don't think that people would talk much.
- I believe that people who grew up isolated may have trouble reading body language. Being able to read body language is very beneficial. We can pick up on hints without having to be told them. For example, sometimes we can tell if someone is lying or if they just don't want to talk to us. In some environmental conditions where their are life threatening situations it may be beneficial to not be able to read body language. You may keep yourself safe if someone who is trying to hurt you cannot pick up on clues of you trying to escape or get help.
good way to describe how you communicated with your partner. I agree with you that being able to pick up on body language can be good for someone even though not everyone is too good at it. I also had trouble trying to go the whole 15 minutes with the second part, it is way too difficult to have no sense of motion to communicate. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteYou are right. We communicate differently to others, also this will depend on our culture diversity and practices. Communication has many factors to consider, it is not just by talking alone, we also need facial expressions, gestures and body language to complete the recipe of communication. Sometimes barriers of communication exists between the sender of the message and the receiver of the message. Sometimes it the feedback of the message couldalso be a barrier in communication process. In part 2, my husabnd and I lasted for 15 minutes but just like you my partner find it boring and not interested of the conversation because of lack of gestures or expressions.
ReplyDeleteGood description of your partner's response in Part A. I would have liked some elaboration on your own response. Good discussion on the advantage of speech to different cultures. What would be the general attitude of the speaking culture to the non-speaking culture?
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think your partner tuned out in Part B? Was it just a boredom issue? You were able to speak, so why was it so difficult to keep the conversation going without body language? What does that say about how we communicate with each other?
I can see what you mean about isolated individuals having difficulty reading body language, but there are larger, more common groups of people who have this problem, such as those with autism. Good catch on possibly wanting to ignore body language in life-threatening situations where you would not want to be distracted.
Overall, good post.