Course Project Rough Draft  Submit a well-developed, full-length rough draft of your Course Project Research Paper  Download Course Project Research Paperfor formative feedback. Your Course Project will consist of a research paper that demonstrates the application and analysis of an interpersonal communication perspective, theory, social issue, or communication problem you may experience in your chosen field of work. Your rough draft should be nearly complete to receive appropriate feedback. ...

Instructions   This week you will create a full-length outline of your Course Project (i.e. a map of what you plan to discuss in your paper).  This means you need to choose between your two possible topics, do further research, and come up with a working thesis statement. Then create an outline of what you will cover in your paper and how you will support your thesis statement. Your outline should also include a list the sources you would like to use in your paper (remember you must have at l...

Instructions   Consider the key concepts from the class on emotions, such as feeling and framing rules, obstacles to effective communication of emotion, influences on emotions, then choose one song from the list below. Identify which concept(s) of emotion your chosen song illustrates. Use the terminology from this week's lesson on emotion in your response. For this assignment, visit Lyrics.com (http://www.lyrics.com) or A-Z Lyrics Universe (http://www.azlyrics.com) or type the song and art...

Instruction   Identify a situation where stereotypes (as a schemata used in organizing perceptions) may be useful and helpful in a communication situation. Next, identify a situation in which that same stereotype becomes unproductive and perhaps damaging. Look for both the useful and necessary aspects of stereotyping, as well as the negative connotations this term often carries. That is, stereotypes allow humans to make predictions about situations and people, and that this is a necessary pro...

Instructions Consider a recent communication exchange that you either had or witnessed. Some examples might include a customer and salesperson at the local coffee shop, a meeting with your boss, or two people competing for the same parking spot in the mall. What types of nonverbal cues were present? Apply the terms from your readings about the types of nonverbal communication you observe and what you think they mean in this particular interaction. If there was verbal communication, which one...

Instructions  Analyze the attributional patterns you use to explain a mean or disappointing behavior by a 1) good friend and 2) by someone whom you do not like. Analyze how differences in your feelings about the two individuals affect your attributional tendencies. We tend to make external, unstable, and specific attributions for undesirable behaviors (which implies that factors were beyond his or her control) for friends. For people we dislike, we tend to make internal, stable, and global a...

Instructions  Consider a situation in which your first impression of someone turned out to be inaccurate. Briefly describe the situation and discuss your first impressions. What led to this impression? What were your perceptions of the situation and person? What led you to change your perception? In addition to sharing your experience, please think about the concepts you learned this week in your reading on perception and apply it. SOLUTION   Hello professor and class, My first impre...

Intrsutions  In this week's reading we learned about the generalized other.  It is the general notion that a person has of the common expectations that others have about actions and thoughts within a particular society. Read through a commercial magazine or online media source and identify a few examples of the generalized other’s perspective, focusing in particular on how the media define desirable women and men. How do these definitions and expectations affect us? How might this be a proble...

Instructions Describe three examples of how communication that you have experienced in the past has filled each of the six needs (the five needs in Maslow’s hierarchy, plus the sixth need of interacting in a socially diverse world). Use terminology from the text in your response. SOLUTION   Class, Physiological Needs: Example 1: During a hiking trip with friends, communication about finding water sources and rest stops fulfilled the need for physiological well-being. Discussing wher...

Instruction   Because interpersonal communication affects us and others, our interactions involve ethical choices. Describe a situation that involved an ethical choice and the communication practices that were used to address the issue. You can choose a personal experience or one that you know about. Ethical issues could include whether or not to lie, withholding certain information from someone else, or passing on a message to a third party that was told in confidence. Explain the ethical sit...