1). Return to the eight principles of nonverbal communication. Pick two principles, and provide new examples of how they operate in a group or team.

For this post I decided to pick principles 2 and 5. First up is principle 2 “Our nonverbal communication is likely to be believed more than our verbal communication.” The reason why I chose this is because the importance of intimacy in our mutual or romantic relationships. I'll say that the best example for this would be a person who assumes what another person is going to do. You can notice how well you know a person when you already assume their actions 1-2 steps ahead of them. Lets say your best friend is going to buy an expensive car, if your friend is well informed you would assume he or she is buying the car because of its overall performance but if your friend lacks information you could assume that he or she is buying the car for its color or cup-holders. This principle also applies in professional fights and poker as well, though the participants do not know each other a pattern of nonverbal communication can occur through small twitches, breathing, and habitual movements. When I enter my fights for martial arts I normally say “Everyone is scared of something in a fight, it does not matter how tough you are you're going to flinch to things you don't like such as nut shots or hits you barely notice.”

My second choice out of the eight principles was principle 5 “Cultural norms and expectations guide our interpretation.” The reason why I want to talk about this principle is because I have noticed that I make friends with other Asian people much more quickly than other races. The reason why is because we have expected cultural norms of each other and we understand our decisions culturally. A non Asian man could come up to me and talk to me about my parents and how they want me to get straight As and become a doctor, because he is different culturally I would feel offended. But if another Asian man were to tell me the same then I would laugh it off with them. Its not racist of me or anything its just that the status of a person could deliver humor in a good or bad way. Is it funny for a man to talk about women being raped compared to men talking about men being raped? Its your opinion from there.