COM101e: Identify and Explain Any Six Cues that We Tend to Select When Forming Perceptions: Principles and Practice of Communication Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Assignment 1:

Question 1

Refer to this video clip to answer question 1:

youtube.com/watch?v=TTx_9VHL2Ks

Thoroughly discuss each of these following channels of nonverbal communication (cues) displayed by the characters in the scene and the possible corresponding messages:

Haptics

• Control touch
• Affectionate touch

Facial Display

• Identity

Eye Behaviors

Movement and Gestures

• Emblems
• Affect displays
• Other-adaptors

Proxemics

• Intimate zone
• Social zone

Physical appearance

Explain with relevant examples from the scene.

Question 2

Refer to this video clip to answer question 2:

youtube.com/watch?v=3_I-NK3RzF0

Thoroughly discuss each of these following elements of the communication process:

1. Any two characteristics of interpersonal communication
2. Connotative and denotative meanings of ‘couple rings’
3. Characteristics of the communication channel used
4. Physical and psychological contexts in which the communication occurs
5. Psychological Noise

Explain with relevant examples from the scene.

Assignment 2:

Question 1

Identify and explain any six cues that we tend to select when forming perceptions. Illustrate your points with specific examples from the above image.

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Question 2

Refer to this video clip from the movie, The Blind Side:

youtube.com/watch?v=Jj-416sThPQ

Identify and explain the six stages of listening, as demonstrated by the characters in the dining table scene.

Question 3

Refer to this video clip from the movie, The Devil Wears Prada:

youtube.com/watch?v=b2f2Kqt_KcE

Identify and explain the five barriers to effective listening demonstrated in the scene between Miranda (interviewer) and Andy (interviewee), and illustrate the barriers using relevant examples from the clip.