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Submitted by shymissy on December 10, 2006
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Shona de Souza
Assignment One Dr. Lyle Hallowell
Social interaction is the process by which we act and react to those around us. It is a part of everyday life involving people of all statuses and roles, and can be positive or negative. Behavior, verbal and non-verbal communication are some forms of social interaction. Conversation (verbal communication) is one of the main ways in which our daily lives are maintained in a stable and coherent manner. Non-verbal communication is the exchange of information and meaning through facial expressions, gestures, and movements of the body.
Subjects involved in my observation were Veronica age 39, Ashley age 18, the stepfather and the grandmother. Veronica is a working middle class mother whose only free time is on Sundays. She is the mother of Ashley and she views Ashley as sneaky, corrupted, disobedient, unpleasant, naive and troubled. Yet at the same time Veronica sees her as intelligent and loyal as well. These viewpoints about Ashley are the same with both the stepfather and the grandmother as well. Ashley sees her mother, grandmother, and stepfather as ignorant, distrustful, and strict. Their views of each other are mostly negative, and they often get into verbal and sometimes physical confrontations. Their most recent verbal confrontation took place after Ashley decided that she wanted to leave the house for about two hours to go to a friend's house.
On Saturday November 11th at 5:30 p.m., Ashley received a phone call from a male friend and unbeknownst to them for the first few minutes during the call Ashley's stepfather was listening to the phone conversation. Ashley discovered this and quickly decided to call back her friend. They hung up. Ashley was clearly upset, but she was still determined to do what she and her friend had planned. Their conversation on the phone was about her meeting him at a park two blocks away from her home. After a few minutes of...
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