Application Topics
The APPLICATION PROJECT OPTIONS from which you may choose are:
1. Prenatal Development
Design an education course for expectant parents. At the minimum, prepare an outline of all the topics that you would cover in this course and include a description of any activities and resources you would use.
2. Infant Development
Observe the motor behavior of an infant (0-3 years) over three (3) periods of at least 30 minutes. You may interact with the infant during this time. Record your detailed, objective observations, then write out your evaluation of the infant's motor development based on the information presented in this course.
3. Preschool Development
Observe the language behavior of a preschool child (3-6 years) over three (3) periods of at least 30 minutes. You may interact with the child during this time. Record your detailed, objective observations, then write out your evaluation of the child's language development based on the information presented in this course.
4. Middle Childhood Development
Observe the play behavior of a middle-years child (6-12 years) over three (3) periods of at least 30 minutes. Do not interact with the child during this time. Try to make your presence as inconspicuous as possible. You may want to go to a park or playground. Record your detailed, objective observations then write out your evaluation of the child's play/social development based on the information presented in this course.
5. Adolescent Development
Make up at least ten (10) open-ended questions and ask them of a minimum of 5 adolescents. The questions could concern school, sex, food, use of time, occupation, plans for the future, etc. Record their answers as best you can and then write out your evaluation of the adolescents' identity formation based on the information presented in this course.
6. Adult Development
Write your autobiography from your earliest memories to your present stage of adult development. The focus of this paper should be on the determinants of your present personality. Using Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, state how you think you resolved each of the crises of development (for early stages, you may have to ask others or draw conclusions based on your present personality). Give specific examples from your life story to support your conclusions.
7. Aging
Make up at least ten open-ended questions and ask them of a minimum of 5 individuals over the age of 65. Among the questions that you should ask them are, "What would you do differently if you had your life to live over again?" and "What advice would you give a person of my age on how to live a meaningful life?" Write your questions and the answers received in your paper and include any conclusions you would make about aging.
8. Death and Dying
Design a death education course that would help you deal with your own death or the death of a loved one. Prepare an outline of all of the topics you would cover in this cour.
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Application Topics The APPLICATION PROJECT OPTIONS from which yo.docx
1. Application Topics
The APPLICATION PROJECT OPTIONS from which you may
choose are:
1. Prenatal Development
Design an education course for expectant parents. At the
minimum, prepare an outline of all the topics that you would
cover in this course and include a description of any activities
and resources you would use.
2. Infant Development
Observe the motor behavior of an infant (0-3 years) over three
(3) periods of at least 30 minutes. You may interact with the
infant during this time. Record your detailed, objective
observations, then write out your evaluation of the infant's
motor development based on the information presented in this
course.
3. Preschool Development
Observe the language behavior of a preschool child (3-6 years)
over three (3) periods of at least 30 minutes. You may interact
with the child during this time. Record your detailed, objective
observations, then write out your evaluation of the child's
language development based on the information presented in
this course.
4. Middle Childhood Development
Observe the play behavior of a middle-years child (6-12 years)
over three (3) periods of at least 30 minutes. Do not interact
with the child during this time. Try to make your presence as
inconspicuous as possible. You may want to go to a park or
playground. Record your detailed, objective observations then
write out your evaluation of the child's play/social development
based on the information presented in this course.
5. Adolescent Development
2. Make up at least ten (10) open-ended questions and ask them
of a minimum of 5 adolescents. The questions could concern
school, sex, food, use of time, occupation, plans for the future,
etc. Record their answers as best you can and then write out
your evaluation of the adolescents' identity formation based on
the information presented in this course.
6. Adult Development
Write your autobiography from your earliest memories to your
present stage of adult development. The focus of this paper
should be on the determinants of your present
personality. Using Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial
development, state how you think you resolved each of the
crises of development (for early stages, you may have to ask
others or draw conclusions based on your present
personality). Give specific examples from your life story to
support your conclusions.
7. Aging
Make up at least ten open-ended questions and ask them of a
minimum of 5 individuals over the age of 65. Among the
questions that you should ask them are, "What would you do
differently if you had your life to live over again?" and "What
advice would you give a person of my age on how to live a
meaningful life?" Write your questions and the answers
received in your paper and include any conclusions you would
make about aging.
8. Death and Dying
Design a death education course that would help you deal with
your own death or the death of a loved one. Prepare an outline
of all of the topics you would cover in this course, and include a
description of any activities and resources you would use.
Relational Development and Deterioration
3. Youtube Video: Knapps Relationship Development Model: Rich
Dimock
This video is about ten minutes. Please watch it, and try to
identify a behavior in the video representing each stage in the
development and deterioration of a relationship. If you want to
make a list one example per phase and turn it in on Wednesday,
I will provide extra credit!
We will discuss your examples at the beginning of the class
next Wednesday!
Initiation
Experimentation
Intensification
Integration
Bonding
Knapp Phases of Relational Development
Social behavior results from an exchange process
People weight benefits and risks of relationship
When risks outweigh benefits individuals will terminate or
abandon relationships.
Homans: Social Exchange Theory
Analytical Exercise
4. What could be a risk in a relationship( Identify two or three)?
What could constitute a benefit in a relationship (Again identify
two or three)?
What would be an example of risks outweighing benefits?
Biographical data
Preference in clothes food and music
Goals aspirations
Religious convictions
Deeply held fears and fantasies
Concepts of self
Altman and Taylor: Social Penetration Theory
Analytical Exercise
Historical Premise – the expansion of topical breadth and depth
as a relationship develops over time.
What topics would cause tension or strain, or might even be
considered inappropriate self disclosure during the early stages
of relationship development?
What topics would provide the space and time to think about the
other?
Further Discussion
Differentiating - dissimilarities
5. Circumscribing – quantity and quality of Exchange
Stagnation – stuck in a rut or trapped
Avoidance - exist separately
Termination – end their connection
Knapp Phases of Relational Deterioration
Analytical Exercise
Think about each of the stages of relational deterioration and
strategies that could possibly be used to reverse the process of
deterioration?
Often couples will be almost in a state of disbelief – asking
themselves – how did this happen to us?
What kinds of issues might necessitate more sensitivity as a
relationship develops that could potentially reduce the
likelihood of negative momentum in the wrong direction?
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Introduction to Human Communication
9. Self Concept: Introduction
The Self Concept and Interpersonal Communication
Self Concept and Social Interaction
The Self and Communication
The Self Concept
How one views oneself?
How does the self concept form?
How does the self concept change?
10. Positive and Negative Self Concepts
Self Esteem Levels
Attitudes toward Self
Let’s create a report card
Identify some positive and negative attitudes that you have
toward yourself
Attempt to connect the attitude to a person that has provided
you with feedback
Exercise
11. Interpersonal Relationships
Self Esteem and Interpersonal Communication
Impact on your relationships
String of successes
Receiving a lot of praise from family members and others
Positive attitudes toward your personal knowledge,
12. competencies and skills.
High Self Esteem
String of Failures
Receiving a lot of criticism from others
Negative attitudes toward your personal knowledge
competencies and skills.
Low Self Esteem
13. Identify someone who you believe has low self esteem because
of an overly critical parent, teacher or friend.
Identify someone who you believe to believe is clinging to
outdated information about themselves.
Exercise
14. How do we behave when our self Concept is criticized or
challenged?
“You need to practice your tennis!”
“You need to get out more!”
“you weren’t very nice to your friend!”
We display defensive patterns of behavior.
Defensiveness
Defense Mechanisms
Denial Verbal Aggression
Regression Compensation
Displacement Undoing
Disassociation Repression (Uncons.)
Projection Rationalization
15. Gibb’s Categories
Evaluation vs. Description
Control vs. Problem Orientation
Strategy vs. Spontaneity
Neutrality vs. Empathy
Superiority vs. Equality
Certainty vs. Provisionalism
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Pick three of these categories
Write examples of the comments that would suggest each
descriptor
Exercise
16. Self and Other
Self Directed Thinking
Other Directed Thinking
Codirected thinking
Self Disclosure
Too much
Too little
Just Right
18. attention – tune into the fulfilling or enjoyable. Exposure –
connect with people
Organization – you group people who are similar, dissimilar,
categorize things, good bad, intelligent, unintelligent
Interpretation – attach subjective evaluations to what you are
hearing. Often influenced by conditions around you or how
you are feeling physically.
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21. Self serving – take credit for positive – deny responsibility for
negative
Fundamental – people do things because that’s the way that they
are
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Self Serving Bias
Definition of the Self-Serving Bias
The self-serving bias is people's tendency to attribute positive
events to their own character but attribute negative events to
external factors. Example
Positive event - You get an A for an essay and you attribute it
to your own awesomeness! (internal attribution)
Negative event - You get a C on an essay and you attribute it to
your professor not having explained what they wanted well
enough. (external attribution
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22. Fundamental Attribution Error
Place undue emphasis on internal attributes when explaining
someone else’s behavior (Values)
Ignore Situational or Contextual Attributes
Primacy recency (Asch (1946)
Consistency (Heider, 1946)
Stereotyping (davito, 1998)
Perception Processes
23. Primacy recency
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CREATED BY SOURCE AND RECEIVER
Meanings are WITHIN PEOPLE
MORE THAN WORDS AND GESTURES
Verbal Messages
Connotative
Denotative
24. Connotation/denotation Exercise
Meaning
Denote – dictionary shared meaning
Connote – personal and subjective association
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Whorf Sapir Hypothesis
A theory developed by Edward Sapir and Benjamin
Lee Whorf that states that the structure of a language
determines or greatly influences the modes of thought and
behavior characteristic of the culture in which it is spoken.
25. Whorf Sapir Hypothesis
What is an example of Sapir Whorf hypothesis?
The term culture refers to the beliefs, norms, and values
exhibited by a society. An example of the Sapir-Whorf
hypothesis is how sexist language influences the way in which
our society views men and women. For instance, we use words
like 'fireman,' 'policeman,' and 'male nurse.'
Discussion
Male nurse – suggest nursing is a career dominated by women
which is untrue and sexist.
Sexist – suggesting men shouldn’t be nurses
Same argument – policemen, firemen…
Language shaping male vs. female professional stereotypes.
Rhetoric of social movements – Me Too
Silent Protest of Federal Works
26. Culture and Context
Meaning can be culture bound
Meaning can be context bound
Culture Bound Language
Chuffed-pleased Mate-friend
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Bants-banter Sherbets-beer fiz
Cheeky-rude Trollied-drunk
Cuppa-cup of Narky-moody
Bum-rear end Bloody-damn
Cracking-excellenT Arsed-can’t Be
botherED
British Words for Casual Use
Arsed can’t be bothered chuffed – happy
Gaggin – desperately need cheeky – rude or irritating
Ledge – legend sherbets – few beers
Narky – bad tempered trollied – drunk
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Context Bound Language
28. Medical terminology used in healthcare settings.
Language used in teaching either Math or Computer Sciences
course. Theoretical Concepts or Jargon unique to a particular
context.
Biased Language
Race
Ethnicity
Nationality
Religion
Politically Incorrect
Bum
Crazy
Fat
Ghetto
37. Communication and Culture Notes
Culture
Shared Values
Influence how you think and act
Influence how you evaluate and judge others
Function of values
Behaviors that seem normal from our cultural perspective
Behaviors that seem strange or wrong from our perspective
Culture and Rules
Cultural rules are taken for granted
Rules become imprinted on us from an early age
Values and Rules are ingrained subconsciously
Autonomy
Independence
38. Success
Competition
Self Determination
Cultural Differences: Three Generalizations
Cultures are either high context or low context
Cultures are either sequential or synchronic
Cultures are either affective or neutral
Low Context Cultures
Industrialized societies – United States, Canada, UK and
Germany emphasize written messages
Heavily reliant upon technological communication channels
Low context cultures expect messages to be explicit and
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High Context Cultures
Japan – has access to latest technology but prefers face to face
communication
Mediterranean, Slav, Central European, Latin American,
African, Arab, Asian, American Indian
Leave much of the message unspecified.
Sequential
North American, German Swedish, and Dutch
Pay close attention to each agenda item, issue or concern at a
40. time – proceed logically
Linear progression reflected in communication
Bank Teller waits on one person at a time until a transaction is
finished
Synchronic
South America, Southern Europe and Asia
Time flows in somewhat of a circular manner
Past, present and future are interrelated
Bank teller waits on one person, talks with his manager, and
socializes with another customer simultaneously
41. High Affect Cultures : Normative Patterns
Laughing
Crying
Scowling
Grimacing
High Affect Cultures
Italy
France
United States
Singapore
Low Affect Cultures
Japan
43. Content Dimension of Message Structure
Intent Dimension of Message Structure
“It’s raining outside!”
Steps to Listening Actively
Get ready to listening
Make the shift from speaker to listener a complete one.
Listen actively
Withhold evaluation as a listener
OARS MODEL
O Open Ended Questions
A Acceptance Cues
R Restatement Techniques
S Silence
44. Types of Non listening
(Try to think of examples of friends who enact these
problematic patterns of behavior.)
Pseudo – listening
Stage Hogging
Selective Listening - things you are interested in
Insulated Listening – ignore unpleasant subjects
Defensive Listening
Ambushing
Insensitive Listening – Content Only
Questioning – either clarification or control
Supportive – both positive and negative
Theoretical transitions
Relationships – Groups
45. Knapp’s Phases of Relational deterioration
Social exchange Theory
Social penetration theory
Managing Relationships
46. Differentiating - dissimilarities
Circumscribing – quantity and quality of Exchange
Stagnation – stuck in a rut or trapped
Avoidance - exist separately
Termination – end their connection
Knapp Phases of Relational Deterioration
47. Social behavior results from an exchange process
People weight benefits and risks of relationship
When risks outweigh benefits individuals will terminate or
abandon relationships.
Homans: Social Exchange Theory
48. Biographical data
Preference in clothes food and music
Goals aspirations
Religious convictions
Deeply held fears and fantasies
Concepts of self
Altman and Taylor: Social Penetration Theory
Applications Within Relationships and Workgroups