Entries by Daphne Hanson

Analyze how culture affects communication

Analyze how culture affects communication by connecting the communication principles you learn to the real world. Consider a recent conversation with a friend, relative, or acquaintance that was in person or electronically. In what ways did your culture and the other person’s culture affect the communication? Use examples of your personal knowledge of culture and […]

Engaging in self-disclosure

In this discussion, you will analyze self-disclosure and your experiences with it. Share a specific time when you engaged in self-disclosure in your professional or personal life. What goals did you have in doing so? How was your self-disclosure received? Did you regret the decision to self-disclose? What were the specific risks and potential rewards […]

Identify and explain the concepts of self-awareness

Identify and explain the concepts of self-awareness, self-esteem, and perception in order to gain a better understanding of each as well as increase your perceptual accuracy. Instructions: Review concepts related to self-awareness, including The Four Selves, that you explored in the textbook and in the learning activities. Consider the fact that an individual’s self-awareness combined […]

Types of listening styles

For this assignment, you will identify, explain, and provide examples of the four types of listening styles discussed in the textbook. Instructions: Review the four types of listening styles in the textbook and in the learning activities assigned for this module. Reflect on your own listening style/styles. Describe a time at work, at school, or […]

Discuss the context and the exceptional communication quality

Gender and Message Meanings: In this discussion, you will explore gender speech patterns as well as gender differences in politeness. Reflect on a time you (or someone you know) were conversing with a friend or loved one when you noticed a positive communication that was an exception to the instrumental/relational gender norm as discussed in DeVito. […]

Example of a single-person family systems approach?

Can someone give me an example of a single-person family systems approach? Would it be Structural, strategic, etc? What is a real life example of family systems theory? Family systems include the: Nuclear family, which is composed of a couple raising children together in one household. Matrifocal family, which is characterized by a single mother […]

Explain the three ethics of moral reasoning

Explain the three ethics of moral reasoning: autonomy, community, and divinity through a cultural lens. You can focus on a culture, subculture or compare two. What are the cultural differences in moral reasoning? CLASS. Cultural differences in moral reasoning are driven by various influences — history, leadership, religious belief, experiences with peace and warfare, available resources […]

Psychological health disparity

Describe a psychological health disparity among different ethnic minority groups.  You can opt to examine a psychological disparity based on gender, sexuality, age, or nationality.      Provide one example from the textbook here.  Don’t just say it is an example, tell the reader how your example illustrates a psychological health disparity by discussing how the […]