After a hockey match, Leila's coach puts a hand on her shoulder and says, "Well played." Later, on a crowded bus, a stranger puts a hand on Leila's shoulder and she moves away.
Explain why the same touch communicated different things to Leila.
67 exam-style questions on Oxford AQA IGCSE Psychology 2.1 Communication, covering 2.1.1 Language and thought, 2.1.2 Variation in recall and colour recognition, 2.1.3 Human versus animal communication, 2.1.4 Von Frisch's bee study, 2.1.5 Properties unique to human communication, 2.1.6 Verbal and non-verbal communication, 2.1.7 Functions of eye contact, 2.1.8 Body language, 2.1.9 Personal space, 2.1.10 Darwin's evolutionary theory of NVC, and 2.1.11 Evidence NVC is innate or learned. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.