Gender and Message Meanings

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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.

Discuss the context and the exceptional communication quality that this communicator demonstrated. What would have been the gender norm? How did this communication outside of gender norms make others feel?  What contextual factors facilitated this positive communication? What are the potential obstacles of either gender as it relates to this communication quality?

Types of listening styles

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For this assignment, you will identify, explain, and provide examples of the four types of listening styles discussed in the textbook.

Instructions:

  1. Review the four types of listening styles in the textbook and in the learning activities assigned for this module.
  2. Reflect on your own listening style/styles.
  3. Describe a time at work, at school, or in your personal life when your listening style proved effective, or ineffective. How could you have altered your style for that situation to change the outcome?
  4. Write a two- to three-page descriptive essay, not counting the title page and the references page, that defines each of the listening styles and addresses the questions above.
  5. While including cited terms and concepts is important, the bulk of this essay should relate to your own experience.

Suggested structure: Introduction paragraph that includes a main idea, multiple body paragraphs with evidence and support, and conclusion paragraph that wraps it up.

Concepts of self-awareness, self-esteem, and perception

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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:

  1. Review concepts related to self-awareness, including The Four Selves, that you explored in the textbook and in the learning activities.
  2. Consider the fact that an individual’s self-awareness combined with an individual’s perception of a situation often varies and differences in both can influence how a communication interaction transpires.
  3. Reflect on a time when the perception of others — the impression you made — was particularly important (your first date with someone, the first day of college, the first day on a new job, etc.).
  4. What kind of impression did you want to make and why? What did you do to ensure others perceived you how you wanted them to? Were your attempts effective?
  5. Write a two- to three-page paper, not counting the title page and the references page, that describes the event, differences of perception, and defines the concepts of self-awareness and perception.
  6. While including cited terms and concepts is important, the bulk of this paper should be about your own experience.

Suggested structure: Introduction paragraph that includes a main idea, multiple body paragraphs with evidence and support, and conclusion paragraph that wraps it up.

Self-disclosure

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In this discussion, you will analyze self-disclosure and your experiences with it. Share a specific time where 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 of engaging in self-disclosure? How has your self-disclosure behavior changed over time? What event or events led to changes?

How culture affects communication

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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 electronic. In what ways did your culture and the other person’s culture affect the communication? Use examples of your personal knowledge of culture and communication competence to support your position.

Write a two- to three-page paper, not counting the title page and the references page, that summarizes how culture affected your communication experience. While including cited support for terms and concepts is important, the bulk of this paper should be in your own words about your own experience.
If, for any reason, you are not comfortable discussing your personal cultural background, you can choose communication between two characters from a scene in a movie or television show. How did the culture of the characters affect the communication in that scene?

Communication competence

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Explore some common beliefs about culture and communication while demonstrating the concepts you’ve learned about communication competence.  Consider a time someone in your circle of friends and relatives posted a remark on social media or said something to you in person that you felt was culturally insensitive. Alternately, consider a time when a celebrity you admire said something you felt was culturally insensitive.

Assuming you choose to address this, how should you communicate with this person about what they posted? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each choice? Is it possible for the original communication to be undone? Why is it important to be culturally aware and sensitive?

Cybersecurity threats

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A cybersecurity plan is a plan designed to protect an IT system. Research and write a response about some common cybersecurity threats to consider incorporating into a cybersecurity plan. Are cybersecurity threats similar from system to system? Where can you locate best practices for preventing or mitigating cybersecurity threats?

To what extent did Abraham Lincoln’s background and training prepare him to be President?

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To what extent did Abraham Lincoln’s background and training prepare him to be President? How would you summarize Lincoln’s response to the problems that confronted him in the first four months of his presidency? Why accounts for George B. McClellan’s attitude toward Abraham Lincoln? What message did Lincoln have in his First Inaugural Address for the Southern states that had recently left the Union? What did he promise not to do? Overall, how would you characterize the “tone” of this spe

How has your personal nursing philosophy unfolded?

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Write a summary reflection answering the following questions based on the readings and discussions throughout the course: As an art and a science, how has your personal nursing philosophy unfolded? Have there been ideas that have challenged your personal values or assumptions? Have there been ideas that have caused you personal conflict and may lead to deconstructing those dispositions in a critical manner? What actions have you taken that illustrate your personal nursing philosophy? Describe your own definition of the concepts involving the meta-paradigm of nursing. Has your first written philosophy of nursing changed? In what ways? Your paper that includes both your philosophy and reflection together.

What are the broader structural mechanisms which create mass detention and deportation?

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What are the broader structural mechanisms which create mass detention and deportation? Who are the people that are being detained and deported? Examine different cases if possible; Please use a simple writing style for high school kids to learn.