User:MandaG/Tutorial 2 Week 3

My gosh this was a fun tutorial! We started by talking about types and levels of communication then moved onto what I found a very amusing game.

Levels of Communication

Shallow: Deeper: THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS- Unique to the individual, shows a degree of comfort "I think Rudd is an idiot for the tax on alchopops!" Deepest: FREUDIAN SLIP- Expression from the unconcious, eg. "A Freudian slip is like saying one thing, but meaning your mother."
 * GREETING- Script/establish contact. It means more NOT to communicate a greeting than to do so.
 * SMALL TALK- "Hey about this weather. "did you see them Knicks last night" etc
 * SHARING OF INFORMATION- Possibly unique, heading to deeper territory- eg. "How are the kids?"
 * EMOTIONAL- Shows a connection to the comunicatee (usually) eg. "Why doesn't he love me!?!?!?!"

Channels Of communication Facial Expressions, smiles, frowns, eyebrow movement. Body Language, closed off or open Tone of voice, you can usually tell by the tone of someones voice the meaning behind what they are trying to convey. My mother (as I expect all mothers are) is an expert at that one. Sign Language, for the hearing impaired communication through signs with the fingers. Like spoken words the language can vary between cultures and follows its own rules with grammer.
 * 1) Non-verbal: We tend to track the eye's and the mouth when watching someone speak.
 * 1) Verbal: The spoken and written word

The Games The first game we played was invasion of personal space. The reason I enjoyed this game so much was somewhat at the expense of my poor partner. You see since I was little I've always played contact sports or had my space invaded by one of my brothers so I'm very comfortable with people being closer than expected. My poor partner was not, as soon as I got close to him (and he swears it wasn't personal), he began to fidget and step back all the while giggling nervously. When we added eye contact to the equation it was all just too much and the poor fellow actually had to distance himself from the situation (again promising it wasn't personal). I found it interesting how nearly every person during the exercise was uncomfortable and gigglin or at least smiling.

The next game was the minefield. One partner was blindfolded and the other had to guide them through the maze safely. As some people left our group turned into a trio and I was impressed by how easily my two partners were able to guide me. I was then partnered with James and had to guide him while moving the object in the minefield around to force the leaders to change instructions to their partners quickly. This was a lot of fun and I managed to get James through safely and box in my old partner for giggling so much in the previous game...cruel yes but fun.