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Interpersonal Communication

COM -1090

FINAL EXAM

 

Relationship Analysis (Observation)

Worth 150 Points

 

 

Requirements:

1. You will do BOTH
   1) Conduct general RESEARCH about Interpersonal Relationships

2) OBSERVE, ANALYZE AND WRITE about  a relationship that you are currently having

 

 

You will write a complete research paper on both what you have found in your research as well as in your observations and analysis.

If you just write a story about your relationship you have NOT done this assignment.

 

 

 

Relationship

The relationship that you will analyze (observe) can be with any ONE of the following persons:

1. Parent/Sibling
2. Close friend
3. Boyfriend/girlfriend
4. Significant other
5. Spouse
6. Older child
7. Classmate
8. Teacher
9. Co-worker/colleague
10. Sibling /Sibling

 

 

PLEASE NOTE

You must write an introduction of the paper as well as of the person you will be analyzing this relationship with.

 

You must provide the reader with all the information that will be necessary for the reader to understand this relationship, in your absence. For example, who is the person? What is the nature of your relationship with the person? Why have you chosen this relationship to analyze?  Does the person know that you are doing this? (The person does not have to know, but it is okay if he/she knows that you are doing this analysis). If the person knows, what is the person’s explicit contribution to the analysis? If the person does not know, how do you think the person would feel if he/she finds out? And any other information that you think will be useful to this analysis.

 

 

Important Information:

 

What will this paper cover?

1. Research:

o   This assignment will take you through the concepts covered in Chapters 1 – 11

• Additional research outside of your textbook

 

 

1. Observation and Analysis

• • Be careful who you select to analyze this relationship with. The relationship that is most convenient might not necessarily be the relationship that is the best one to analyze for this project.

 

 

 

     Provide Context.

You must provide a context for the reader to understand your paper.

Your discussion must have an introduction and background information so that the reader may be able to understand the relationship under review. Highlight any background information that you think may be necessary/helpful.

 

Show what you know.

The concepts in the textbook are all covered in this paper and you have a great opportunity to display all of the knowledge that you have gained over the semester about interpersonal communication / interpersonal relationships.

 

    Provide Details

You must integrate the research and apply the concepts to your analysis very detailed in   your analysis. Detailed means that you will:

 

Define:

1. Each concept must be defined before use it
2. Integrate the research

             Analyze:

1. Provide the theoretical framework (integrate the research) of the concept (what is the theory undergirding the concept?)
2. Extend the data / integrate the research beyond the definition
3. What other information is available about the concept? Integrate the research

             Relate/Apply:

1. Integrate / Apply/Relate the experience(s) that you have chosen to use from the observation during the week under review (experiential learning)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What will you write?

ONE PAPER COMBINING TWO PIECES OF WORK

1. Based on your research, you will write what you found in the data about relationships
2. Based on your analysis (observation) you will answer the questions below in an ESSAY FORMAT

 

Question 1-please answer all questions below

 

Discuss the following in detail, citing specific examples that you will be using to show how you are applying the concepts.  

 

Description/Background

• Provide a description/backgroundof the relationship. Please note that unless you provide the reader with a description/background of the relationship, it will be difficult to have an accurate picture of the parties in this analysis.
• What were some of the ways in which this individual affected your self-conceptduring the week under review?
• What were some of the ways in which you both displayed or communicated your emotions to one another during the weekunder review?
• What were some of the ways in which perceptionimpacted the relationship during the week under review?
• What were some of the ways in which non-verbal behaviorsimpacted your relationship during the week under review?
• What were the listening stylesdisplayed during various conversations and interactions during the week under review?
• What is the stage of your relationshipwith this person? Are you both in agreement that the relationship is at this stage? Describe all the stages that this relationship has gone through and indicate some of the characteristics that make you know you did enter those stages.
• Discuss some of the disclosure styles(and reasons for disclosures styles) used during various interactions during the week under review? Did you experience any need to access any of the alternatives to disclosure, for example, silence, equivocating etc?
• Discuss the communication climatesobserved/experienced during various interactions during the week under review?

 

• What were some of the confirming and disconfirming messagesexchanged during various interactions during the week under review?
• Discuss a conflict eventthat occurred over the past week.
  • Discuss the conflict stylesdisplayed during any conflict over the last week
  • Discuss the stages that the conflict went through
  • What types of resolutionwere considered?
  • What types of resolution(if applicable) did you ultimately reach in managing the conflict?

• • In your own words, how would you characterize this relationship that you have just evaluated? Do you believe that your partner would share your perspectives on this?

 

o   What other communication theories, if any, apply to the relationship that may not have been covered in this paper?

 

• What communication insights or lessons were revealed to you, and that were not already covered in the paper?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Important Note regarding Conflict:

1. If there was no conflict over the week under review, feel free to discuss a conflict that happened any time prior to the week under review.
2. Please provide the historical data on the conflict so that the reader may have a better understanding of your discussion.
3. The previous conflict that you choose to write about must be withTHIS SAME PERSON.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evaluation Format:

Using the definition of detailed (provided above):

 

• Provide a description/backgroundof the relationship………worth 10pts
• Provide a detailed explanation of how this person affected your self-conceptduring the week under review……worth 10-points.
• Provide a detailed explanation of the ways in which the two of you displayed your emotions during the week under review …worth 10-
• Provide a detailed explanation of the listening stylesthat were used by BOTH persons during interactions over the week under review…worth 10-points.
• Provide a detailed explanation of your relationship stageduring the week under review. Remember, both parties may not necessarily agree that the relationship is at the same stage……worth 10-points.
• Provide a detailed explanation of your disclosure styles(both parties) used during the week under review…..worth 10-points.
• Provide a detailed explanation of the communication climatesthat existed during exchanges over week..…worth 10-points.
• Provide a detailed explanation of any confirming and/or disconfirming messagesthat were exchanged during various interactions over the week under review……worth 10-points.
• Provide a detailed explanation of the conflict event…….. worth 20-points.
• Provide a detailed explanation of your conflict style(s) during any conflict(s) over the week under review……worth 30-points.
• Provide a detailed explanation of any resolution(s) reached after the conflict over the week under review…..…worth 20-points.