1) The teenage boy Jereme is so distracted by his gaming devices that he cannot properly listen to his mother's requests to do chores. 2) Jereme uses non-verbal gestures like waving his hand and shaking his head to signal to his mother to stop distracting him from his games. 3) Jereme only pays selective attention to his devices and games, ignoring his mother, and only temporarily remembers what she says without fully processing the information.

1. Typical Teenage SonNon-Verbal Communication and ListeningBy: Jereme Vasquez

2. Explanation of ScenarioTeenage boy, Jereme, is so distracted by his gaming and many social devices that he cannot accurately hear or listen to his mother. His mother is having to constantly repeat herself in order to get his attention and make him do his chores, but, unfortunately, this teenager refuses to listen or obey.Non-Verbal Communication Because Jereme is so focused on his game, he demonstrates particular emblems and affect displays in order to get his mother to stop distracting him. Emblems and affect displays include:

3. Waving of the hand

4. Shaking head

5. Throwing towel Non-Verbal Communication Because Jereme is distracted with his social and network devices, he is constantly using illustrators to reinforce his message across to his mother that he will get get his chores done.

6. Jereme’s relaxed apparel and primary focuses signifies that he is lazy and doesn’t care.Barriers to Listening Jereme demonstrates selective attention because he chooses to only set his attention on what he deems is important to him.

7. Instead of his mom, Jereme selectively only pays attention to his: