1. Imagine that you see two people hug. What does that hug mean? Now write what comes to your mind when additional information is added.
2. There are other people around dressed in black standing near an open casket at a funeral, or the two hugging people are at a high school reunion.
3. What if the setting is a nightclub and the man and woman are in the beginning of a romantic relationship as opposed to two men who are there to celebrate their football team's victory?
4. How might the inclusion and placement of other nonverbal cues, such as posture, affect your perception of the hug? What if the two people are leaning toward each other from a distance, touching shoulders only briefly as opposed to pressing their bodies together and resting their heads on each other's shoulders?