2.1 Mimicry 2.1.1 Overview of mimicry Numbers of studies have shown that people mimic others

This learning occurs from observation, imitation or modeling of another person or role model. Modeling is the process of imitating. We can also learn new behavior from individuals we meet or from the media. This is also known as observational learning developed by Albert Bandura. Individuals, groups and culture have an effect on the behavior of people in the society. A feature of a person/model that may influence us to imitate is; gender, similarity to ourselves, social status, fame, competence and prestige.

Behaviour/mannerisms can convey symbolic meaning within a structure or field and thus create a pattern of recognised behaviours or actions. These become embodied and dictate the way a person conducts themseleves within a certain field. (p69-70)

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the use distinctive characteristic of interpersonal communication. In the movie You’ve Got Mail, it tells a story of two bookstore owners who were enemies. But when they anonymously met online, they fell in love with each other. The movie You’ve Got Mail portrays interpersonal relationship. Interpersonal relationships are between two or more people. Through out the paper, there are five different interpersonal relationships, for example, identity, emotions, nonverbal communication, listening and communication.

Nonverbal cues are a major part of expectancy violations theory (West & Turner, 2014). EVT suggests that people hold expectations of how people should act or respond to certain situations (Burgoon et al., 2016; Chiles & Roloff, 2014; Dickter & Gyurovski, 2012; Frisby & Sidelinger, 2013; Houser, 2005; Johnson, 2012; Lannutti & Camero, 2007; McAuliff, Lapin, & Michel, 2015; Meltzer & McNulty, 2011; Miller-Ott & Kelly, 2015; Sidelinger & Bolen, 2015; Walther-Martin, 2015). Also, scholars believe that these preconceived notions are learned (Burgoon et al., 2016; West & Turner, 2014; Walther-Martin,

This study was developed in order to discover what university students saw as binge drinking.

Because humans are perceptive animals, people would mirror their reactions with people around them. These responses allow people to feel as if they are following a social norm by not doing anything different from others. In this experiment, the norm of reciprocity is explored by female and male researchers to not only investigate the truth of this theory, but also observe the between gender differences to various facial expressions.

Learning by observation is a type of learning in which an individual observes the behavior of others, sees the consequences of the behaviors, and then attempts to carry out the same behavior. Social learning is based on the standards of classical and operant conditioning and observational learning. It is a commonly shared belief that people have an instinctive ability to imitate the behavior of others. However, this ability is not unique to humans. Animals have also showed evidence of being able to mimic humans and other animals (Mazur, 2013). Chimpanzees, or Pan Troglodytes, have demonstrated social learning through many different experiments in different settings. Chimpanzees have shown the ability to observe the behavior of a model and reproduce the behavior. However, chimpanzees have also demonstrated the mental capacity of understanding when behaviors do not elicit a desired reaction and not repeating these behaviors under these circumstances. This paper will focus on chimpanzees and their ability to learn new behaviors through social learning.

A nonverbal behavior I display is a gentle and warm smile, I believe even if you do not know the people you encounter or interact with on a daily basis, it is important to greet them with a smile. A smile goes a long way and makes the encounter or interaction with people more comfortable.

My brother is not the closest to my age in my family, but he is closest to my experience and attitude so it is easier to match those aspects. He has very few distinctive characteristics, the ones that I decided to match were the way he quickly blinks in sets and how he stretches his hands. My goal was to get him to take me to lunch. As we talked I noticed a couple of nonverbals: he would lean on one arm for a couple of minutes before shifting to the other, whenever he mentioned his girlfriend or his skills his eyes would be opened wider, when he would blink he would blink multiple times, and he would constantly notice his stance and adjust to sit or stand straighter like he is working on better posture. I found that it was easy to mirror his breathing and facial expressions without him being suspicious. I was distracted sometimes with trying to copy his mannerisms I would lose track of the conversation. I ended up achieving my goal, we went to Chipotle and watched a

They say that a picture is worth a hundred words; this is because everywhere we look we will discover something new. When we look at someone what do we first try to analyze? Their facial expression, eye contact, speech, tone of voice, posture, leg, arm and hand position? The line between what someone says and our understanding of his or her words comes from non-verbal communication, also known as ‘body language’. If we hone and develop our awareness of ones body language then we can, more effectively, communicate with one another or even attempt to emulate our own body language and send false signals to the other

A. Basic Concepts 1. Observational LearningThe Social Learning Theory says that people canlearn by watching other people perform the behavior. Observational learningexplains the nature of children to learn behaviors by watching the behaviorof the people around them, and eventually, imitating them. With the ―Bobo Doll‖ experiment(s) , Bandura included an adult who is tasked to actaggressively toward a Bobo Doll while the children observe him. Later,Bandura let the children play inside a room with the Bobo Doll.

Capable of building rapport this can be done with being a good observer of body language and non

Any communication interaction involves two major components in terms of how people are perceived: verbal, or what words are spoken and nonverbal, the cues such as facial expressions, posture, verbal intonations, and other body gestures. Many people believe it is their words that convey the primary messages but it is really their nonverbal cues. The hypothesis for this research paper was: facial expressions directly impact how a person is perceived. A brief literature search confirmed this hypothesis.

Remy Melina from LiveScience states, “Mirroring happens all the time and has been shown to include mirroring neurons.” Has shown that a part of the brain is part of the reason for imitation. She shows that the brain can mimic without having any knowledge. Another study from LiveScience shows in an article there is a disorder for multiple personas. Indicating that since they copy one person of several they could develop this disorder to be seen as something they are not. Now people are faced with an alternative universe or having another option or acting or mimicking a television show character or movie character. Looking oddly eccentric mimicking a television character or movie character. Often caught up in a virtual land of fantasy they have an uncanny goal that cannot be done in real life. This could be considered a phase, yet victim could become a person or fictional character. Since cases of mimicry of heroes, heroines or character is children they are often seen a stage. Rarely is there an adult place since they are considered to be mature and should know better. In few cases is there an adult dressed up as Superman or Batman on the streets around crowded areas. Attempting to find a crime to stop. Often this kind of mimicking of a character is referred to as role-playing. Roleplaying is

the Bandera’s Theory illustrates the Three Effects of Imitation for instance the modeling affect ,this can be explained when someone starts acquiring a new behavior. If a child continues to watch a martial arts tcv shows they are more prone to trying some off the moves that they see,it is human nature to imitate something or someone that attracts your intertset.This can open the door for Territoriality ,our text human puzzles defines this as Another explanation, attributed to ethologists, is based on the assumption that we are by nature aggressive. This explanation relies heavily on observations of aggression among nonhuman animals. It assumes that since aggression appears to be common among other animals, it must have a biological basis. This theory explains how certain stimuli in the environment can create a reason for aggression ,can sometimes be a survival characteristic .However, there is not clear evidence that humans have this ,but it is fair to say that we may have had instinctual tendencies .How can children be influenced by violence? ,when some children don’t ?.Research suggest children younger than eight may not be able to detruncate between reality or fantasy ,since children observe and imitating, and are able to adopt behaviors to different situations and environments ,it is concluded that media can influence children’s thoughts