Good Will Hunting Reflection
The basic process of interpersonal relationships and communicative interactions with
others is based primarily on emotions. In the film "Good Will Hunting", the characters
experience many emotions that impact their interpersonal relationships and communicative
interactions. Taking into consideration that each character grew up with a different lifestyle,
their interpersonal relationships and communicative interactions are affected in their
continuing years. The film allows us to see different personalities in each character and how
their emotions affect how they communicate.
Characters in the movie Good Will Hunting express a great deal of nonverbal
communication. It is one of the key aspects of communication. The characters demonstrate
nonverbal communication by proxemics, physical attractiveness, territoriality and
paralanguage among many others. Will and Skylar share a lot of these by a communicative
value that is intentional. When Will and Skylar first meet, they communicate using all of these
attributes including physical attractiveness. In addition, as they get to know one another they
continue to share all of these communicative values and include haptics as a way they
communicate as well as increase their level of proximity as they become more intimate in their
relationship. Will and his therapist Sean Maguire, during counseling, share communicative
value including proxemics, territoriality, paralanguage, regulators and kinesics. Will and Sean
keep a social distance while communicating. After a few weeks of getting to know one another,
they also experience communication through haptics. After Will reaches such a dramatic
emotional decline, Sean reassures Will that his emotional instability is not his fault. Will and
Sean then hug each other and experience a calming sense of communication.
The concept of mindless vs. mindful listening is also used within the movie. Will
identifies a repeated
others is based primarily on emotions. In the film "Good Will Hunting", the characters
experience many emotions that impact their interpersonal relationships and communicative
interactions. Taking into consideration that each character grew up with a different lifestyle,
their interpersonal relationships and communicative interactions are affected in their
continuing years. The film allows us to see different personalities in each character and how
their emotions affect how they communicate.
Characters in the movie Good Will Hunting express a great deal of nonverbal
communication. It is one of the key aspects of communication. The characters demonstrate
nonverbal communication by proxemics, physical attractiveness, territoriality and
paralanguage among many others. Will and Skylar share a lot of these by a communicative
value that is intentional. When Will and Skylar first meet, they communicate using all of these
attributes including physical attractiveness. In addition, as they get to know one another they
continue to share all of these communicative values and include haptics as a way they
communicate as well as increase their level of proximity as they become more intimate in their
relationship. Will and his therapist Sean Maguire, during counseling, share communicative
value including proxemics, territoriality, paralanguage, regulators and kinesics. Will and Sean
keep a social distance while communicating. After a few weeks of getting to know one another,
they also experience communication through haptics. After Will reaches such a dramatic
emotional decline, Sean reassures Will that his emotional instability is not his fault. Will and
Sean then hug each other and experience a calming sense of communication.
The concept of mindless vs. mindful listening is also used within the movie. Will
identifies a repeated