Essays on Gestures

1. Support or criticize the statement that rude gestures (e.g., showing the middle finder to a police officer, etc.) would constitute fighting words or a threat towards a police officer. Justify your position Gestures are part of communicating in our everyday life, and they can be interpreted positively or negatively. The variations in the interpretation of gestures occur due to cultural, religious, ethnic and environmental differences. Some gestures are generally rude and inappropriate no matter the context in which they are used. Rude gestures are annoying and offending. They are intended to offend the other person to whom it ...

Through this paper, I have decided to share my Holiday Memories. Last Christmas, I had a 2 weeks’ holiday in India, with my family. There are many reasons why we choose to holiday in India. My dad’s close friend Sivakumar has been inviting since long, and we were more than happy to accept the invitation. I like Bollywood songs and I have some close friends who are from India. Though my dad is used to traveling abroad, for the rest of the family, it is the first time outside North America. I had prior ideas and perspective about ...

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Types of Nonverbal Communication There are different ways through which individuals can communicate nonverbally. Gestures, physical distance/personal space, facial expressions, and posture are examples of non-verbal communication techniques (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Gestures can be touching behaviors, agreed-on signs, or signs that accompany verbal communication (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Also known as proxemics, maintaining personal space and physical distance when communicating plays a critical role in passing a message. Proxemics also determines the settings and environment under which people communicate, for example, public, social, personal, or intimate spaces (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Facial expressions can be used to communicate happiness, sadness, disappointment, ...

Africa has many and different realities. The nations within the continent are diverse with different values, cultural practices, beliefs, amongst others. Hence, when considering to do business in the region, it is essential to develop a comprehensive analysis of the cultural beliefs and practices particularly the taboos and dos. This essay examines the acceptable and unacceptable values and actions in several areas such as dressing, conversation, greetings, names, gift giving, gestures, etiquette, rules, cultural nuances, amongst others. Particular focus will be provided to African countries such as South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria. South Africa is probably one of the ...

Communication between people takes place every time and everywhere. Language is extremely powerful tool which helps people to understand each other's needs, wishes, expectations, convey meaningful messages and just reach a desired consensus. However, it often occurs that the way people speak, how they behave during a conversation, is much more important than what they actually say. The function of our facial expressions is “to convey delicate shades of emotion and intention” (Burling, 2015), as it is much easier than to do with a language. Likewise, observing people speaking or reacting to the co-speaker, not even hearing the words, ...

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The concept of "social brain" is one of the challenging and advanced concepts of the modern neuropsychology. In addition, the "social brain", as a concept, forms a completely new approach to the study of social psychology and brain pathologies. Research and development of this concept contributes to the discovery of the social and psychological development of a person. The thematic justification of this study is important because it allows tracing the relationship between the social cognition and social behavior of a person, which is basic in the context of psychology, sociology, and neuropsychology. The development and use of the " ...

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In 2013, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-5) grouped all subcategories of autism-related disorders in one umbrella, and it is called autism spectrum disorder or ASD. Characterized by repetitive behaviors and communication and social skills deficits, many children from all around the world are afflicted with this disorder. Throughout the years since its discovery, researchers and mental health experts have been interested in completely understanding the nature, etiology, and possible treatments for ASD. Through continuous research efforts and studies, several perspectives have been established to explain the causes of ...

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Embodied cognition incorporates that the human cognition is comprised and shaped by various aspects of the body, which eventually indicates that it exceeds from the dependency on brain. In this manner, cognition is observed to be dependent on the experiences that an individual receives from numerous sensorimotor capabilities of the body. These capabilities are considered to be highly integrated in accordance with the psychological, biological and cultural setting of an individual (Wilson & Foglia 2011). Embodied cognition also accounts for the feedback mechanism that takes place between an individual and the world and hence, the prevalence of action ...

The interaction between people requires multiple forms of non-verbal communication that is the exchange of information through facial expressions, gestures and body movements. Non-verbal communication is sometimes also called "body language", but the term is not entirely correct since people tend to use such non-verbal signs only to refute or to confirm what was said. All cultures have different attitudes towards personal space. Their facial gestures and body positions show that they don’t like it. Rules about personal space are unwritten and never taught but they are obligatory for all members of a certain culture. For example, most ...

Stage 1: Analysis

Ms. Biglow indicates film as the interchange where different ideas intersect (Dargis, 2009). Each film is a creative work of a big team and, while analyzing a movie, we must realize that it is all a huge team work. The aim of the paper is to give the analysis of the science fiction film Back to the Future. It gives contextual information, describes the difference between the story and the plot in the movie, and explains aesthetic choices, social and personal impact of the film. Film theory explores the backbone of the cinema and provides methods for understanding not ...

International Business

International expansion outside United States implies an insightful consideration of the business etiquette of the targeted location. For this report, the focus will be on United Arab Emirates, a Middle East country, China, an Asian society, and Mexico, a Latin America nation. From a business standpoint, there must be understood specific cultural aspects, such as the meet and greet protocol, the dress codes, gender relations, communication patterns, the negotiation style, socializing and business behavior. An important specificity for country analysis is also the economic profile, which will be investigated. Based on these aspects and the specificities for each country, ...

Narcissistic personality is a controversial topic to discuss due to the debatable matter of pros and cons attached to its nature. Mostly, society viewed narcissism as a serious cultural and social threat particularly if it concerns a leader of a nation. Experts, on the other hand, pressed in the significance of the personality type as an attribute to a great leadership. In fact, presidents of the United States of America were detected to have been diagnosed with narcissism with varying levels, manifestations, and characteristics of the personality type. At the top of the list of the narcissistic presidents was ...

Introduction

The English legal system is based on elements of the Christian Bible and its tradition. This comes with some moral concepts like lying about other persons and spreading false information. Defamation is made up of libel and slander. Whereas libel is a false and damaging comment written down, slander refers to such a statement spoken orally. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a critical analysis of the concept of defamation and how it relates to media law.

Basically, every human being has a right to a reputation. Reputation is a kind of personal right that embodies a ...

Increasing Trend of Facebook in Organizations

Introduction The paper provides a brief discussion of the increasing trend of Facebook in organizations. The problem relates to the behavior of young adults towards the use of social websites. The paper considers the problem at first instance and presents relevant studies as evidence for the study. The discussion section contains relevant details with a description of theories presented in a theoretical framework. Also, the summary or conclusion is provided at the end of the paper to clarify the entire study to the reader.

Background

The workforce in an organization is using social media as a new platform for the ...

The United States has the diverse culture where people from different ethnic, social and racial backgrounds have developed the interactive pattern on their daily routines. Since I have moved to the United States to persuade my studies and career, I have been an interacting number of group members every day. However, everyone makes use of English as his or her main course language to interact on a daily basis. I look back my childhood memories where I was taught English in the classrooms, and I read some books and stories that told about the American culture (Sedaris). Moreover, I ...

Responses to Section 1

Intercultural communication is crucial for global business. Ideally, the proliferation og globalization had led to the emergence of diverse ethnic and cultural workforces. Verbal and nonverbal communication plays an integral role because language influences perception and communication styles. Cultural differences influence international communication, especially the way countries perceive culture as of high or low context; therefore, the recognition of these differences spurs business competitiveness. Verbal and nonverbal communication has profound effects on cultural identity. Conversational styles and nonverbal cues such as gestures, space, time and gazes are very significant in people’s lives and they help in keeping the ...

Communication

Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal communication is the process by which people exchange information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and non-verbal messages: it is face-to-face communication (Interpersonal Communication Skills).The following sequence shows flow of information in interpersonal communication.

In other words it can be said that this is the most direct type of communication. Examples of interpersonal communication are communication with peers, friends, and family members face to face. In such type of communication both the sender and receivers perceive the gestures of each other and the exchange medium (communication channel) for the information is the same. An added advantage ...

Globally, people make assumptions, judgments, and decisions about one another or things around them based on responses they receive from others. These assumptions are according to nonverbal communications that people use within their own cultures and how they deal with others. Often, these nonverbal reactions affect the way people communicate with and among each other, which makes understanding these nonverbal cues crucial when developing and maintaining relationships with other people. Do people expect other cultures to adapt to their own culture or are they willing to adopt another person’s culture? Are people expected to compromise or are they ...

Body Language

The term ‘body language’ speaks for itself. It conveys the following meaning: your body can speak without words. In fact, it is a kind of non-verbal communication, which sometimes tells more than words. That is why it is important to learn body language, in order to understand it and to know how to apply this knowledge in practice.

Psychologists unanimously agree that emotions can be understood with the help of face expressions. The Facial Expression Program is aimed at making emotions easier to understand (Russell and Fernández Dols 3-4). It is composed of assumptions, methods and theories. The ...

Introduction

Definition of Culture: What is culture? Why is culture important? How does literature define culture? Symbols and Language What are symbols and language? What is the importance of symbols and language in culture? Norms and Values What are customs and values? How do people define norms and values? Which values are important in the modern world? Which values are important in the West? Which values are important in Doha, Qatar? Conclusion What is culture? What are the most important aspects of culture? Summary Culture Introduction Culture involves the shared set of values, beliefs, customs, traditions, morals, knowledge, art, language, ...

A language which does not change during a long period of time is considered to be a dead language. A language that is broadly used by people “is always changing, evolving, and adapting to the needs of its users” (Birner n.d.). The fact that the English language develops and changes significantly during the history proves that this language is alive and active. There are a variety of reasons for the language changes: social, political and economic factors. However, nowadays we frequently witness the changes in language because of the innovations in technology, industry and products. The connection between the ...

Introduction

In most communities, family apartments were private spaces that offered a place of refuge and intimacy. Public spaces such as city squares were ideal for business dealings in addition to offices (Knowles, 2011, p. 130). This arrangement has since changed in the advent of information communication technology. Raymond Guess argues that the conception of privacy in modern times is where the identity of self-first has crumbled down (So-il.org, 2016). He goes further to observe that the community presently has the duty to promote and defend the security of individuals. Classic liberals are of the opinion that the basic right ...

Cross-cultural communication means the way people from different cultures communicate in both similar and different ways. In the modern businesses, the workplaces are becoming vast by numerous geographical expansions that also span numerous cultures (Dima, 1990). The expansion may require communication understanding between the people from different cultural backgrounds so that they can achieve a common goal. Therefore, in the new world, cross-cultural communications is the new norm as it follows certain principles and also faces various challenges and barriers.

Principles of cross-cultural communication

Some main principles of intercultural communication are dependent on having the knowledge. The first principle of the communication is ...

Reading Response to Robert Smithson’s, A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic New Jersey.

The paper basically tells all that Robert Smithson’s journey to the Passaic, New Jersey was about. However, the primary objective of the trip was to take photographs of some of the monuments that were appealing to his eye. In my own opinion, I have reasonable evidence to believe that the essay was primarily intended to be a narrative; the very ways in which the paper describes the trip is more inclined towards a narration. Besides, Robert Smithson on his side chose to display only six of his works, in my own opinion, I think the six chosen works ...

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'Gothic' term represents medieval art that carries a strange history. The style of art developed in Northern France and spread to the rest of Western Europe. Late Gothic art expanded well into the 16th century before getting consumed by the Renaissance art. Gothic period carries splendid examples of sculptures, stained glass, fresco, panel painting, ivories and illuminated manuscripts. The essay offers a perspective on the popularity of Gothic ivories and how they encouraged the devotional practice. The ivory diptychs were used as sophisticated tools and were seen as physical vestiges of the divine. Gothic ivories were the visual cues ...

It is a mandate for every parent to help their children develop language and communication during the early years of their lives. It is a fascinating process for every parent to see their children respond to them by producing sounds or by the show of signs to acknowledge that they understand when they are being engaged in a conversation. However, parents should keep track of these developments to detect when there are delays in the process of language development. There are common signs that every child should demonstrate at every stage for their language developments to be considered normal ( ...

If one delves deep into the course of human history, it would be understandable that the forms of human communication have been developed and transformed over the ages. While verbal communication has come to become the widely accepted and used form of communication among people of the society, kinesics or body language holds a place of paramount importance when it comes to communicating as well. Often it has been seen that the nonverbal form of communication are used for subversive actions by people so as to register strong protest. Now, it needs to be noted that such body language ...

We all express ourselves with the help of the language. No matter what language we choose, the main goals are for people to understand and be understood by the others. We are being born and brought up in certain environments, created by our families. This formulates our behavior, the way e think and the language we use for it. In case when we are using the language that is not our native one, there is always a risk of misunderstanding or a conflict. All in all, it is because the mother tong will always be a factor that influences ...

Dance is a tool that helps you to express all your feelings in an elegant and beautiful form. And if there is a language barrier in the world, the language of dance is universal and understandable for all. When we are over the moon because of happiness it is nothing more like dancing, because if a person does not have enough money to express their emotions, he enlists the aid of gestures and abstract movements. We can assume that in ancient times people expressed themselves in two ways: through the movements of the hands and body, and with the ...

ESSAY PLAN & ESSAY

Part A. ESSAY PLAN Thesis Statement: No two people can see the world in exactly the same way because of differences in their status, gender, culture, traditions and environment where they were raised as shown through non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication can create barriers between people and may elicit different interpretations and responses based on the people’s personal beliefs, status and expectations.

People have different outlooks in life where some have positive views in life, where some of them have pessimistic outlooks. Supporting point 2 Some people tend to stereotype based on race, color, religion and social standing. Non-verbal ...

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The client has issues with one of his housemates. Currently, he shares a house with four other people. However, one of them isn’t doing his share in terms of making sure that the place is clean. For the purpose of this paper, the housemate that causes the issue will be called Housemate 1. In particular, Housemate 1 always leaves the sink and the kitchen dirty despite knowing and seeing that the others are extending effort to clean it. This makes the client really upset. He shares this sentiment with his other housemates who also observe the ...

Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder on the autism spectrum but unlike autism, the affected individuals tend to have average or above average intelligence. The affected individuals while they may not exhibit visible signs and symptoms of the syndrome, they do display social challenges which are divided into three spheres often called the "triad of impairments." They include social communication, social interaction, and social imagination. (The National Autistic Society). These children may also have other disorders associated with autism such as dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder making it difficult for them to learn and pay attention in a ...

In apublic setting, men and women adopt various ways for ensuringnonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication comprises of all communication elements such as body language, hand gestures, etc except words. The patterns are different because of difference in way of communication. In a public setting, nonverbal communication is associated with culture and gender, and culture exerts its influence on non verbal communication of males and females (Wood, 2015). People communicate in non verbal manner according to their cultural beliefs and norms. With the help of nonverbal communication men and women can communicate in social gatherings with friends, family, and other people. ...

In a public setting, men and women adopt various ways for ensuring nonverbal communication. Nonverbal communication comprises of all communication elements such as body language, hand gestures, etc except words. The patterns are different because of difference in way of communication. In a public setting, nonverbal communication is associated with culture and gender, and culture exerts its influence on non verbal communication of males and females (Wood, 2015). In the same manner, verbal communication is influenced by culture, which can be analyzed from the fact that masculine speaking style is preferred in public speaking. People communicate in non verbal ...

Symbolic interaction emphasizes the constructed and negotiated aspect of self and social life. As a result it draws attention away from analyses of the structural and institutional features of society. How can some of the key concept (there are at least 10, work with 5) in this framework be used to explore stratification systems and relations of domination and the subordination they sustain. Stratification is based upon the arrangement of groups in social hierarchy which can remain over generations due to the presence of inequality. It includes division of groups according to the caste system, on the basis of ...

Each person participates in social life. A particular way of communication makes it possible to achieve a special aim by establishing the contact with the person: obtaining some information, meeting the mental necessity for communication, etc. Communication represents exchange of information for effective interconnection. Non-verbal communication occupies a greater percentage of the connection between people. So, non-verbal communication can be interpreted as such a behavior of a person that signals about emotional status and the nature of the interaction between communicating individuals. Non-verbal communication means can be expressed in different ways. For example, it may be clothes, hairstyle, facial ...

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Question 1 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) defines sexual harassment as an activity that is performed by an individual to harass another person because of the victim’s sex. Harassment mainly includes unwelcome sexual advances or sexual harassment, physical or verbal harassment related to sex and request for sexual favors. According to the EEOC, workplace harassment is conduct that includes physical, verbal or visual harassment related to a person’s sex ("Sexual Harassment", 2016). Workplace harassment may also be related to the religion, creed, national origin, marital status, color or age of the victim. Workplace harassment includes ...

I would like to talk about the Soviet movie “Ballad of a Soldier”, filmed in 1959 ("Ballad Of A Soldier (1959)"). This film is not so much about the war – the movie is about human relations during the war and love. The film is simple and naive, the character named Alyosha is a simple Russian soldier, who aims to help everyone and everything, sacrificing himself, his desires and his time. He was released on a vacation to his native village for a few days to his mother, but he could see her only a few minutes. Because he helped ...

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Years of cultural activity and difference in perception have developed a world where different countries exist having different cultures. Every country can be separated on the basis of their cultural dimensions of power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, long term orientation, career/life and universality. India is a country that has a significantly diverse culture and due to its diversity the most suitable leadership style for the country is often questioned. There are different motivational techniques that can be followed in the Indian market to motivate employees and ensure their performance is improved. Americans have certain stereotypes concerning Indians and most ...

Introduction

The concept of globalization, in a real sense, is the product of modern age though the existence of its weaker forms can be traced in the sixteenth century, which refers to the process through which different organizations and corporations build influence of international scope (Beck, 2010). Globalization has extensively influenced today’ business scenario, and it has certainly changed the role of Human Resource Management (HRM) and how important the role of human resource management has become in managing the organization (Perkins, 2003). A better idea of this situation can be gathered from the fact that the success of large ...

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This paper presents a literature review on the effects of autism in early childhood development. Autism is a brain development disorder that has extremely debilitating effects on communicative and social development. Children suffering from autism exhibit different development patterns from their peers and develop at a much lower pace. They face considerable difficulties in understanding the feelings of others, as well as in interacting. These challenges can have adverse impacts on how they learn and develop. The symptoms of autism are varied and heterogeneous but involve repetitive behaviors, deficits in social relatedness and the presence of limited interests. The ...

Human communication in the society can take the strongest form if a person involves kinesics along with the spoken language. The physical domain of existence provides the scope to the individual to use verbal and non-verbal communication in unison to communicate some idea or matter. Now, the physical attributes that are used in such communication can very well be subversive in nature. One needs to delve into the matter in context to explore how the physical gestures work as symbols of subversion in various situations so as to accentuate the vehemence of opinion and expression by the individual engaging ...

The Paris Peace Talk Negotiations

The Paris negotiations were long and involved many parties. There were the United States, the Soviet Union, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam. The aim of the negotiations was to end a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, which had been in existence for a very long time. My main role was negotiating for the North Vietnam side. The negotiation process was intense with each side putting its demands on the table. Our negotiation team laid out the following demands as was expected of us as representatives of North Vietnam. First, we agreed that it was important to keep ...

Introduction

I am writing as the head of the survey department. Our department involves working in the field to collect geodetic information. In many cases, different crews are situated in different location. But like any other technical job, there is a need to maintain constant communication among the crews. Sometimes an individual requires information from another person who is situated away from them; it takes us a lot of time to convey that information. Survey requires constant coordination among the crew. For instance, when doing leveling, the person who reads the stuff may be far away from the one who ...