Communication Skills and Styles

This assignment was a little difficult for me because I watch a lot of television and a lot of different television shows. The television show that I chose to watch was Master Chef. I do not watch this show often and so I thought it would be a good choice. When the show first came on I had the television muted. The contestants on the show walked out with smiles on their faces and the judges were standing at the front with smiles on their faces, so I took from those facial expressions that everyone was happy. As the show went own the judges were talking to the contestants and the contestants were smiling and looking at each other. From the body language and facial expression I believe that the judges told them something good. There were 4 contestants (2 ladies and 2 men). The ladies started laughing and they were putting on the same red colored apron. The men did not look so happy and they were putting on the same blue colored apron. I am going to assume that the judges separated them into groups and that the women were happy to be paired on the same team and that the men were not happy about being paired with each other. Each group was given a crate and when they opened the crate the facial expression of the woman were of concern and the facial expression of the men was happy. I am assuming that the women were not happy and that they were concerned about the items they had to use for the challenge in the crate. The show went to commercial break after a contestant on the show looked like he cut himself, his nonverbal behavior expressed that he was in pain and he might need medical attention. After the commercial break I turned the sound back on. My assumptions were correct the contestant did cut his hand and the medical team came to check him out and patch him up. I was also right about the contestants feelings about the contents in the crate. The women were confused about what to cook and the men were happy about what was in their box. The men were not happy about being paired together, but they were going to make it work to make to the final 3 competition. This show is very interesting I think I am hooked now, LOL! It was easy to read the nonverbal behavior on this show because they were very expressive on this show. They did not hold back their feelings at all. The contestants goal is to make it to the finals and become the master chef.
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