Select a relationship from a book, TV show, or movie to analyze. This may be a romantic relationship, friendship, or family relationship. Provide some background information about the relationship (e.g., type of relationship, length of the relationship, brief description of the people involved, etc.). Select three concepts from class readings or lectures that are relevant to the relationship being analyzed. Define and explain each concept. Your explanation should be clear enough for a naive reader to understand. Provide at least two specific examples from the relationship that illustrate each concept. Clearly explain how they are examples of these concepts. Discuss the competence of the relationship partners. What competent behaviors do they engage in, and what advice would you give them to help them become more competent communicators? Refer back to the standards for assessing competence discussed in Module 1
Relationship Analysis
Select
a relationship from a book, TV show, or movie to analyze. This may be a
romantic relationship, friendship, or family relationship. DO NOT use a
personal example! Provide some
background information about the relationship (e.g., type of relationship,
length of the relationship, brief description of the people involved, etc.).
Select three concepts from class readings or lectures that
are relevant to the relationship being analyzed. Define and explain each
concept. Your explanation should be clear enough for a naive reader to
understand. Provide at least two specific examples from the relationship that
illustrate each concept. Clearly explain how they are examples of these
concepts. Your examples MUST apply to the relationship you are analyzing.
Finally, discuss the competence of the relationship partners. What competent
behaviors do they engage in, and what advice would you give them to help them
become more competent communicators? You
will be evaluated on the accuracy of the material presented, quality of thought
apparent in the paper, and quality of writing. Each paper should be 5-7 pages
in length.
Here are some
of the class concepts that you may choose from when writing your final
papers. Choose THREE (no more, no less).
Confirming and
disconfirming messages
Expressing
intimacy through verbal communication
Deception
Communicating
nonverbally (pick a context such as expressing affection or emotions)
Listening
styles
Ineffective
listening
Impression
management & self-presentation strategies and tactics
Self-disclosure
& Social Penetration Theory
Accounts
Uncertainty
Reduction Theory
Expectancy
Violations Theory
Factors that
influence attraction
Lee’s love
styles
Knapp’s stages
of coming together
Relational
turning points
Relationship
maintenance
Relational
dialectics
Jealousy
Knapp’s stages
of coming apart
Duck’s phases
of relationship dissolution
Conflict styles
and interaction during conflict
***If there is
a topic that we covered that is not on this list, check with me to see if you
can use it.***
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