Nonverbal Communication

Instructions
Objective:
The purpose of this assignment is to analyze your daily use of nonverbal communication. We communicate nonverbally every day, and sometimes we ONLY communicate nonverbally. You will be tracking this over the course of four days.
Assignment:
For this journal, you will keep track of your nonverbal communication behaviors across 4 days. You should track your nonverbals as well as explain what type of nonverbal communication code you were using. For example, a smile when your friend told you a joke is an example of an affect display, or you gave your friend a hug which is an example of haptics. You should also take note of when your nonverbal messages accomplished their goal or when there was miscommunication and what caused the miscommunication. For example, you were rubbing your arms together and someone mistook this as nervousness when you were actually just cold.
Finally, you should provide an explanation of how you think you can improve your nonverbal communication and an overall reflection of this experience.
You can find a sample Nonverbal Communication Journal in Week 6.
Grading Specifics:
• Content: Do you explain your nonverbal communication codes over the course of at least 4 days? Do you use terms from our textbook and/or lecture?
• Organization/Clarity: Journal is clearly organized, and each point follows a logical order.
• Completeness: Journal has entries for at least 4 days (each entry is at least a half-page) and a final reflection and ways to improve
• Grammar & Mechanics: Emphasis on correct sentence structure, capitalization, verb tense, and quotation marks.