Chronemics and Silence: Non verbal Drama!!

There are many cultural differences in the way we treat and read meanings about time. What's it like in your family or your culture? Is being late considered rude? Or is it annoying to be early? What does "old" mean in terms of time to you? Is something or some one old 5 weeks/5 years/5 generations?  Is something or someone who is old considered neat and special or dusty and ready for the dump or the old folk's home? Age is related to chronemics because it results with time passing.....

Now what about silence people? The most mysterious form of nonverbal communication--what does it mean to choose silence, or to be speechless? Read Gaga's lyrics from the song Speechless and give us your thoughts on silence: Is is a healthy or unhealthy communication option? Does the song represent silence as powerful or weak? Go here to read the lyrics. http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/l/lady_gaga/speechless.html

Language--Look at Me..I'm bilingual! (Míreme: ¡Soy bilingüe!)

Hi Everyone! Language is a tricky thing, that symbol system we use--so arbitratry, abstract and amphibious, oh I mean ambiguous! Sometimes translating phrases and words into other languages can help shed light onto why or symblo system is so complex! This week, type up a short comment or statement about your feelings on getting up early and getting to school. Just maybe four sentences--next go to http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ and paste the paragraph you typed into the english to spanish translator on babelfish--It will translate your comment into Spanish--then post it here on the blog by cutting and pasting it. Finally, cut and paste a classmates' Spanish entry back into English by also using babelfish to see what we are all talking about! Wait til you see how exotic and festive we'll sound this week--we're all biligual! Language is craaaazzzyyyy!!!! Here's mine:

Soy siempre soñoliento por la mañana. Odio levantarme y acometer para clasificar. Deseo que podría permanecer el hogar y comer cosa del helado la primera por la mañana. Un buen rato de comenzar la clase sería el aroun 1045. Gracias los amigos.

Week 4: What are you missing?

http://culture-at-work.com/perception.html

Visit the above website.Watch both short videos and listen to the short analysis. Then tell us here how that went for you, but don't give away the "tricks!" WHOA! --perception is unreliable--if we don't expect to see something, we often miss it! Sound and smell too! Have you ever had a cold and lost your sense of smell? It effects EVERYTHING...by eliminating one sense we can experience the others or become more aware of them. Try closing your eyes and walking around the house--does it seem like a different place? OR try putting in earplugs and watching your favorite music video--weird huh? In short--our senses are not just objectively and naturally finding and reporting info to our brains....actually we, as individual "self's" are using selective attention to "choose" where to look, what to listen to and where to touch a door to open it. IT's a crazy world, right? (It's not just me!?!)

Blog #3: attachment styles

Hi Everyone! This week we focus on the self in communication. As you prepare to begin your "Who am I?" Research paper, consider the four attachment styles: secure, dismissive, fearful and anxious/resistant--Here is a website that labels and identifies the four slightly differently: http://psychology.about.com/od/loveandattraction/ss/attachmentstyle.htm

Think of a favorite character in a book, film, band or tv show. Name them and take a guess at analyzing them--Yes, that's right, be their therapist for 5 minutes and determine which attachment style they probably have. What do you know about them that makes your observation valid, Dr. ___________??? Use your book to fully understand and explain attachment styles in this 5-6 sentence posting--Thanks!