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Vlog: Nonverbal Behaviour Experiments (90 marks)
Choose any TWO of the following four nonverbal behaviour experiments (listed below) to try out over the course of one week in your daily interactions with your family, friends, colleagues, and/or strangers. Apply the knowledge gained from this course and analyse how the display of different nonverbal behaviours can influence communication with the people around you.
1) Show a stranger an act of kindness (prosocial behaviour). Keep the kind acts simple.
2) Maintain eye-contact when communicating and interacting with others.
3) Experiment with your voice in your communication with others (e.g., change your
tone/style such as pitch, loudness, speech rate, pauses).
4) Display open posture and active listening skills. Listen to understand, not listen to respond.
• Resist the urge to give advice or talk about yourself during the conversation with
someone. This video (Tell me more) demonstrates what you should not do.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zdd9LRwNJ4Y
Appraise how the chosen two displays of nonverbal behaviours over a period of one week influenced your communication with family, friends, and colleagues/strangers. Share your
experience of this in a 3-minute vlog. As an applied course on nonverbal behaviours, you must be clearly featured in the video and you should recognise the importance of effective displays
of nonverbal behaviours by displaying effective verbal and nonverbal presentation skills throughout your vlog.
Please ensure your vlog follows the format of:

Introduction (10 marks):
• Introduce yourself and state which two nonverbal behaviours (from the list above) you
tried out, why you chose these behaviours, and the contexts of these behaviours.
Content (30 marks):
• Clearly explain which behaviours you found to be easier and which behaviour you
found to be more challenging.
• Reflect on why the different nonverbal behaviours may have positively or negatively
influenced your communication and relationships.
• You must use empirical evidence to support your claims here, and this can be done
either by referring to the reference as you speak or video editing the references into
your video. You should also include your reference list with your cover page, in APA
format.
Conclusion (10 marks):
• Summarise your overall experience completing the nonverbal behaviours experiments,
together with a short reflection of the experience.
Presentation Skills (40 marks):
• Effectively display good verbal and nonverbal presentation skills.
Additional instructions:
• Include evidence of what you did during the two experiments (e.g., photos, time-lapse,
videos). Feel free to be creative and have fun with the process.
• No slides should be included in your vlog. Remember to feature the best asset that is
yourself! Feel free to use any other creative ways to express your reflections.
• Please make sure you are positioned in the frame of your video, with your upper torso
clearly visible.
• Cite appropriate empirical literature to support your claims. The references need to be
in APA format and attached and submitted with the cover page.
• The video must not be shorter than 2:45 minutes and no longer than 3:00 minutes.

Presentation Skills (40 marks):
• Effectively display good verbal and nonverbal presentation skills.
Additional instructions:
• Include evidence of what you did during the two experiments (e.g., photos, time-lapse,
videos). Feel free to be creative and have fun with the process.
• No slides should be included in your vlog. Remember to feature the best asset that is
yourself! Feel free to use any other creative ways to express your reflections.
• Please make sure you are positioned in the frame of your video, with your upper torso
clearly visible.
• Cite appropriate empirical literature to support your claims. The references need to be
in APA format and attached and submitted with the cover page.
• The video must not be shorter than 2:45 minutes and no longer than 3:00 minutes.
Presentation Skills (40 marks):
• Effectively display good verbal and nonverbal presentation skills.
Additional instructions:
• Include evidence of what you did during the two experiments (e.g., photos, time-lapse,
videos). Feel free to be creative and have fun with the process.
• No slides should be included in your vlog. Remember to feature the best asset that is
yourself! Feel free to use any other creative ways to express your reflections.
• Please make sure you are positioned in the frame of your video, with your upper torso
clearly visible.
• Cite appropriate empirical literature to support your claims. The references need to be
in APA format and attached and submitted with the cover page.
• The video must not be shorter than 2:45 minutes and no longer than 3:00 minutes.
• Your video must be saved as an MP4 file.
• It is highly recommended that you use your smartphone for this assignment. There are
guidelines uploaded on Canvas on how to shoot videos from your mobile device.
• Audio for the video should be recorded in actual speed and without any sound effects
to adjust the tone/pitch/speech rate.
• Zoom recordings are not recommended, as your video screen will be too small, and you
cannot be properly assessed for your presentation skills.