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I said three videos, more like four, maybe five.

Relational Stages IV - Amelioration

Relational Stages III - Leaving and Staying

Relational Stages II - Deterioration

Relational Stages I - Contact, Involvement and Intimacy

Assessment Two - He just rubs it with a diaper.

Instructions: Read all the assessment items carefully and then watch the scene below from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Use Google docs to write and edit your responses in short answer/essay style and share your document's link with me via email to comm2110.09@gmail.com with 2110 A1 YourName in the subject field. You're welcome to use your notes, the class blog, and your book. Your responses should be shared with me no later than 9:00a, July 8th.

1. What kinesic elements do Ferris and Cameron use while they’re speaking? There are five elements, all of which exist in this sequence. Identify one non-verbal cues for each type and how they function in the exchange. 
2. Describe how Ferris and Cameron default to barriers of communication and thinking such as Fact/Inference Confusion, Allness, Intentional Orientation, or Static Evaluation in this sequence. Identify two barriers, one for each.
3. Identify the five message characteristics that apply to the conversation between Ferris and Cameron. Describe how each characteristic was used.
4. Describe the Cameron's paralinguistics in terms of tone, rate, pitch, and stress. 
5. What do Ferris's oculesics communicate about his emotions? Be specific. There are two of three identifiable aspects to of tis behavior. 
6. How do the proxemics change over the course of the argument? Why do they change? Be specific. 
7. What kind of opener does Cameron use to start this conversation? 

Please note...

Message Characteristics

Messages

• are packaged
• are rule-governed
• are ambiguous, direct, indirect
• vary in believability 
• are metacommunicative

Take 90 minutes out of your day...

Life In A Day from Square Melon on Vimeo.
...and tell us what this did to you.

Put Into Practice - The Authentic Self

For your first Put Into Practice Post, read Disclosure and watch Brené Brown's TED Talk. Then post your responses to the following questions on your blog: How can self-disclosure lead one to a better understanding of their authentic self? Why is vulnerability critical to that authenticity?

the most important class you'll ever take

I remember thinking when I took Interpersonal Communication that it would be a no-brainer. One-on-one communication, how hard could that be? Turns out, not only was it my most challenging undergrad class, thirty years and three marriages later, I've come to understand it was the most important.

And that's how I treat this course. This is the most important class you can take. Its fundamental and advanced concepts improve how you relate to one other, how you treat that one other and - just as important - how you will allow yourself to be treated by them while you work to arrive at shared meaning.

Content versus Relational Dimensions

Married men: Do you agree with this video?. Unmarried men: Pl. check this out and get ready.

Posted by Marry in a Week on Saturday, June 8, 2013