Observe 10 minutes of a counseling interview, television interview or any two people talking. Videotape (if possible) so that repeated viewing is possible. Make notes of the following:

Eye Contact: Do people maintain eye contact more while talking or listening? Does the "client" break eye contact more often while discussing certain subjects?

Attentive body language: Note gestures, shifts of posture, leaning, patterns of breathing, and use of space. Give special attention to facial expressions, appropriate/inappropriate smiling, wrinkling of the brow etc.

What other skills from this week's reading did you observe? (i.e. open ended questions, restatements, paraphrasing probing, etc.) Refer to this weeks reading and quote from the reading and or related outside sources.

1. Present the context of the observation, briefly summarize what is happening verbally at the time of the observation. What interpretations do you make?
2. What skill do you suggest could have been utilized or you notice was not used? Provide an example of how you would have incorporated this skill within the interaction you observed.

Please add the link/reference of your source (if applicable). Please make your initial post at least two full paragraphs. (don't forget to respond to at least two other student's posting).