Gender and Touching | Assignment
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TAQ 1 Part 2Nonverbal communication plays a vital role in conveying messages to inform and interactwith others. Haptics are most crucial here[ CITATION Ken173 \l 1033 ]. Touching is a nonverbalcommunication which helps to express various feelings during conversation. Nearly everypeople touch others while communicating physically. But every touch is different and variesfrom person to person, depending on gender as well. To establish impersonal relations likegreeting, congratulating, mourning, expressing different feelings, touching others have a vitalrole which can build a character of that person. During any interaction, touching can be shortor long depending on behaviour, expressions. Short touching is like arm tapped or holdingarm[ CITATION AHa14 \l 1033 ]. Various studies have shown that touching behaviour maychange depending on gender. In 1973, Henley first carried out a research that a man likes totouch to express him more than a woman likes to touch. Man touch while a conversation ismost likely to display his control and dominance. But this is not a generalised theory ratherthis theory changes in cross cultural society. There are three dyads in touching: male-maletouch, female-female touch and male-female touch. In a study named Hall & Veccia, 1990,female-female touch is more frequent than male-female touch. Same result is also found bySitar and Hall in 1984. In US, age is a factor for touching during conversation was shown inanother study. Type of touching is also a factor. Male preferred to touch by hand whilefemale used non-hand touching (Hall & Veccia, 1990). Previous researchers have found thatmale used to use hands for social interaction like hand shake whereas female used to likeinteract with another female by not using hands. A female preferred hugs and kisses muchmore over a hand shake[ CITATION Lor16 \l 1033 ]. Different level of social interaction throughphysical touching is an inherent trend of human which varies as per gender.TAQ 1 wore count 3142
TAQ 2What is your rationale for proposing to carry out research on the given topic?Touching is a mode of nonverbal communication. Touching depends on age, gender,sociological condition, places etc. How gender is a determinant factor while touching is asubject of research as touching varies from gender to gender and on dyads. It is generallyshowed that when a female is included in a dyad, pattern of touching is being changed.What are your main objectives?Basic objective of this research is to ensure determination of a behavioural pattern whichpromotes the non verbal communication by touching while communicating on gender baseddyads. If female is a factor of changing the behavioural pattern during communication, thereis need of further research on different aspects[ CITATION MHe06 \l 1033 ].TAQ 2 word count-129TAQ 3:RESEARCH PROJECT PROPOSAL"PROPOSED TITLE, TOPIC AND AIMS""Assessment criteria""[Table for you to complete]"1.1"What is your title?"Gender and Touching1.1"What is the theme you are investigating?"Comparison between gender regarding touching as communication tool3
1.2"What is your aim?"Basic objective of this research is to ensure determination of a behavioural pattern which promotes the non verbal communication by touching while communicating on gender based dyads. "DESIGN""Assessment criteria""[Table for you to complete]"2.1, 2.2, 2.3"What will be your experimental / non-experimental research method, and why? (Experiment/ Observation/Survey etc.).Justify your answer."The research method is qualitative which is based on survey through questionnaire to be distributed among the sample and answered by them"What is your Alternate / Experimental hypothesis?"The experimental hypothesis is to justify touching as non-verbal mode of communication with clear differentiation of behavioural impact amongst the genders."What is your Null hypothesis?"The null hypothesis is that irrespective of the size of sample, the result of the research will not change so far touching is considered as non verbal mode of communication for genders."Is your hypothesis directional / non-directional? Justify your answer."This hypothesis is directional as it clearly indicates human behaviour regarding touching as mode of non verbal communication."Are there any EV’s to take into consideration?"There are no such extraneous variables to be considered for this project."Confounding variables and limitations: do you think there may be any limitations within your research project which you cannot control for?"There is no such confounding variables and limitations which are uncontrollable as the sample selected and the questionnaire placed to them for answers will be directed towards the objective of research project.4
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