Communication Interaction Lab >
The Relation Station
Match Box Interaction Lab |
Dr. James Honeycutt has created an interaction lab that can be used to videotape couples, small groups of up to 5, and even individuals doing experiential activities such as mock job interviews, et cetera. The lab is conducive to communication because it is set up as a contemporary living room with comfortable seating (e.g., leather couch & wingback chair), coffee table, landscape paintings, plants, mirrors, and lamps. The lab contains nonverbal artifacts in the form of magazines and trinkets to distract someone if he/she wants to avoid communicating about a topic. Hence, participants have the opportunity to relieve anxiety by picking up selected artifacts (see picture 1 of our lab.) They are observed through a one-way mirror and the interaction is videotaped using an unobtrusive, digital, revolving dome camera. Physiological data can be measured including heart-rate variability, beats per minutes, blood pressure, and somatic activity by wearing a comfortable wrist monitor.
Indeed, Communication Studies is intriguing! |
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