Communication is an important element in video analysis. Ideally, a careful analysis of the different parts of the video and their role in enhancing interpersonal communication is much more important. In consideration of this concept the underlying principles of communication, there is a need to assess its applicability in the movie; Goodfellas. The three-minute scene is a clear reflection of how verbal and non-verbal communication work together in the context of dyadic communication.
In 'Goodfellas' the movie scene starts with a man welcoming other people in the joint and calls drinks for them. He communicates loudly and appears to communicate with all the people in the scene. Therefore, the individual can be perceived to have a high self-esteem
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(NotYourAverageJoe321, 2010). Individuals with high self-esteem tend to probably feel good regarding them and their communication behavior will be positive thus successful communication (Friedley et. al., 1999 ). This explains why the individual is able to communicate with various people successfully. However, despite communicating with the people verbally, the communication from those he is addressing varies as some communicate back verbally while others non-verbally. The man welcomes a man named Billy and points to his brain while talking to him. Sometimes non-verbal communication accompanies vocalizations (Adler et. al., 2010 ). The lady in red facially reacts by the speakers' choice of words when talking to Billy. This is nonverbal communication which involves communication with no vocalization of words (Friedley et. al., 2010 ). Therefore, the two communication styles can be used in answering the other. After the Billy leaves the joint, the 'main' speaker tells Jimmy, a man seated on the counter, 'what's right is right". However, Jimmy can be considered to have low self-esteem judging from his reaction. People with low self-esteem do not feel good about themselves as others do (Friedley et. al., 2010 ). The individual's communication with the speaker is thus affected as he is seen to avoid further communication with the individual. When Billy re-enters the club, the person closing the door on the other runs to Billy and tries talking to him about what he was about to do. This depicts, snap judgment which is the first impression people have of others when they first see them (Adler et. al., 2010 ). It probably carries more weight when compared to the others that follow. Billy goes on to beat the 'main' speaker. Billy appears to be an individual who knows himself and that is why he is seen asking the main' speaker to stop talking about him. Self-concept is described as relatively stable perceptions set that an individual holds for himself or herself (Friedley et. al., 2010 ). Billy knew that he would do something bad if the talk persisted. Emotion management is important has it can have a great impact on individuals in the course of communication.
To better manage emotion, it is important to carry out perception checking. Jimmy, for instance, dismisses the 'main' speaker and dissuades the conversation between them (NotYourAverageJoe321, 2010). However, the speaker does not determine the reason why Jimmy did that and later together with Billy they physically attack the speaker. Had the speaker carried out perception checking the two would not have attacked him, therefore,he lacked empathy. Empathy is defined as the need to completely understand other people (Adler et. al., 2010 ). Through empathy, an individual is able to identify with other peoples' emotions commonly referred to as emotional contagion. This way, it is easy to understand other's sadness, joy, and fear among …show more content…
others. Emotion management can lead to the saving of life or prevent some 'ugly' incidences from occurring. It is reported that another way of empathizing with other people is to experience physically a similar reality to them (Adler et. al., 2010 ). The individual who was watching as Billy and Jimmy attacked and killed the 'main' speaker would have prevented the two from killing the individual had he intervened. However, for him to intervene, he should have imagined he was experiencing the same reality as the said man which he did not and thus did not intervene. This works because various studies have shown that by spending time, even a short one, on the virtual body of another from a race that differs from them, their perception on that race changes (Friedley et. al., 2010 ). However, in this case, the 'watching' individual did not feel any empathy. Impression management refers to the strategies of communication that people use in influencing how others view them (Lewis, 2016).
Individuals use these strategies which in turn change the perception people had about them. For instance, the 'main' speaker at first welcomed Billy and appeared to be pleased to see him. However, he infuriates Billy by the communication strategy he adopts regarding Billy. This is closely related to the self-disclosure theory. Self-disclosure is defined as the information about an individual that is communicated purposefully to another individual (Lewis, 2016). The 'main' speaker starts disclosing to the other people around that Billy used to clean shoes before. Billy tries to dissuade him from this talk but he does not. This shows that the two theories are related. Self-disclosure is a theory that people can adopt during communication as a communication strategy to change the way other people perceive the speaker which is referred to as Impression
management. In short, communication can occur both verbally and non-verbally. However, during communication, it is important to carry out emotion management to understand and identify the emotions of other people during communication. This can also occur physically in what is referred to as physical experience. Through the various communication concepts and theory, one can be able to see the relationship that exists between them.
The article Empathy as a Personality Disposition written by John A. Johnson delves into the idea of what comprises one's personality in order to explore the idea of empathy as a behavioral talent. We are introduced to the concept of personality through the lens of experimental social-psychology. This perspective presents the idea that the perceived sincerity of a front as well as the clues to a person's inner personality is based on the verbal and involuntary nonverbal mannerisms that the audience automatically picks up from an individual's performance. It also indicates that these fronts are selected as a result of the combination of an individual's inherit talents and the larger influence of the world around them. The article also explores
Empathy is used to create change in the world by reaching out to the emotions of people and attending to them. It is used to help others learn and decide on matters that would not be reasonable without feelings attached to them. Empathy helps bring together communities that would have long ago drifted apart, but instead welcomed all who were different. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. This attribute of human-beings really allows us to not only attend to situations as if they were our own, but it allows us to feel most of what others feel because humans are very much alike in some ways. In many of the articles and novels that we have read this quarter, characters from different pieces of context have portrayed empathy whether it was toward
Key terms will be pointed out and highlighted, as well as described in relation to the examples extracted from the film. To begin with the film started out with a communication climate that was both tense and without verbal communication. This was mainly due to the variance in membership constructs of the characters involved. The character's included the brain Brian, Andrew the athlete, the criminal Bender, the princess Claire, and the basket case Allison. There was a great deal of interesting nonverbal communication taking place between these people. Their reactions and responses to each other demonstrated perceptual errors, which would be shown as the story progressed.
Burton defines empathy as the ability to not only recognize but also to share another person’s or a fictional character’s or a sentient beings’ emotions. It involves seeing a person’s situation from his or her own perspective and then sharing his or her emotions and distress (1). Chismar posits that to empathize is basically to respond to another person’ perceived state of emotion by experiencing similar feelings. Empathy, therefore, implies sharing another person’s feeling without necessary showing any affection or desire to help. For one to empathize, he or she must at least care for, be interested in or concerned about
Empathy is imperative to teach kids from a young age in order to help them recognize mental states, such as thoughts and emotions, in themselves and others. Vital lessons, such as walking in another’s shoes or looking at a situation in their perspective, apprehends the significance of the feelings of another. Our point of view must continuously be altered, recognizing the emotions and background of the individual. We must not focus all of our attention on our self-interest. In the excerpt, Empathy, written by Stephen Dunn, we analyze the process of determining the sentiment of someone.
A person you barely know, suddenly, bursts into uncontrollable tears, shocked, you turn to her and ask, “what’s wrong?” You may not know this person, or even like her, but empathy is a powerful thing. Empathy drives people to do things they don't necessarily have to do, these empathetic decisions define our character. The choice to say something and not just let another human cry, is driven by your character and how much empathy you have for others. John Steinbeck uses empathy all throughout his novel, Of Mice and Men mainly through characterization. Lennie and George, two buddies who travel together, are the main characters in Of Mice and Men. George is small, smart and fast, whereas, Lennie is large, slow and quite dumb. This combo may seem
Empathy, is a self-conscious characteristic human beings hold that allows them to understand another individual’s situation and feelings (Segal, Cimino, Gerdes &Wagaman, 2013). In regard to ho...
Ruch & Julkunen (2016) further define empathy is attempting to put ourselves in another person’s place to understand their sentiment. This gives us the ability to perceive the service users views and feelings. According to David Howe (2013) if there is no empathy this can this can make it difficult for the conversation to flow consequently the service users’ needs could be overlooked this would make it difficult to sense the service user’s emotions. However Tsang (2016) disputes that empathy can constrain the ability to understand a person or their sentiment due to language, or ethnic differences. These can be barriers making it difficult to understand the person and the empathy can be
Empathy is the term used for emotional understanding. Empathy is a special skill that many characters in To Kill a Mockingbird possess or develop throughout the course of the story. Harper Lee shows the importance of empathy throughout the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Atticus being empathetic, Atticus teaching the kids to empathize or them empathizing themselves in certain situations. Empathy is truly the great gift of humanity.
To be able to understand how empathy works between a certain group of people, it is necessary to know what empathy means. I found an interesting definition of empathy, as a crucial component of the helping relationship, a need to understand people ' distress, and to provide supportive interpersonal communication. Empathy is the ability to recognize the emotions of others. Empathy does not mean that we live other people’ emotions, but it means that we understand other people ' emotions from our experiences. Empathy does not mean to cancel your personality, but to understand how people perceive the reality. It is the ability to read information coming through nonverbal channels. In this
A genre is a type or category of film (or other work of art) that can be easily identified by specific elements of its plot, setting, mise en scène, character types, or style. (Goodykoontz, 2014) The gangster film is a sub-genre of the broader genre of crime film. A genre main objective is to classify the depiction of entertainment. The genre of my movie is a gangster film. My movie I chose was Scarface. Directed by Brian De Palma.An update of the 1932 film, Scarface (1983) follows gangster Tony Montana and his close friend Manny Ray from their trip on the Cuban Boat Lift for refugees to their arrival in Miami. (Scarface, 1983a)
Another noteworthy feature of this approach is the chance to empathize. In most forms of therapy, empathy is not used: why would you want to add more conflict to an already difficult situation? Well, as counterintuitive as it may seem, it does have standing. By definition empathy is the ability to understand the feelings of another person. In this context empathy serves as an indirect way for readers to relive and recall their own experiences.
Another reason that individuals engage in these helping behaviors is that they have Empathy for others. The term Empathy refers to a persons ability to understand the needs and feelings of other people because they share in those feelings. And for sometime Empathy has been considered a significant factor in promoting positive behavior towards others.
Empathy is the ability to imagine yourself in someone else’s position and to intuit what that person is feeling (Pink, 2006). Rather than simply sympathizing, empathy enables us to put ourselves into the shoes of another and actually feel what they are feeling. This vicarious sense allows us to better understand people and their experiences. Understanding others and their experiences is vital in education. Whether dealing with different races, religions, sexes, etc., empathy provides us with an avenue to widespread understanding of others that even language cannot.
The dictionary definition of Empathy is the psychological identification with or vicarious experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and attitudes of others. Simply put, empathy is the ability to step into someone else’s shoes, be aware of their feelings and understand their needs. In the workplace, empathy can show a deep respect for co-workers and show that you care, as opposed to just going by rules and regulations. An empathic leadership style can make everyone feel like a team and increase productivity, morale and loyalty. Empathy is a powerful tool in the leadership belt of a well-liked and respected executive (Pressley, 2012).