, you will need to observe three separategroups (3-5 people) interacting. You can do this at arestaurant, a mall, on campus or wherever you can observe a groupof people interacting for at least 15 minuteseach.You are going to be watching their body language. Youare looking for things like differences in status, relationshipnegotiation, business exchanges or conflict (that one is alwaysfun). Try to establish what the nature of the relationship orexchange is about by watching the exchange. Is one person moredominant? Is one person attempting to get something from another?Is everyone comfortable? Are they strengthening bonds or forgingthem? How much touching is going on, if at all? Is the dominantperson doing the touching or leaning or is it the submissive one?What about facial expressions? What are they trying to convey? Isthe interaction accompanied by talking or is it mostly nonverbal?Type up your observations of each of the three groups. Then give mea synthesized summary of your conclusions. What did you learn aboutthem? What did you learn about nonverbal communication? Are you nowmore aware of your own nonverbal communication? Can you apply thisexercise to your daily life?
