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Interpersonal Session Five

Note the addition of "lecture notes" in the header of the course syllabus: http://davis.foulger.info/oswego/Fall2002/Interpersonal/index.htm

Index card assignment due Tuesday:

Select four words that you feel describe who you are.
On an index card, use each word in a sentence that describes some aspect of who you are.
Underline the four words.

Some communication myths

More words will clarify meaning
Meanings are in words
Information equals communication
Relationship problems are always communication problems
- Often perception problems
- Often expectation problems

Improving our interpersonal communication

Become:

Knowledgeable
Skilled
Motivated
Flexible
Ethical
Other-oriented

Beebe, Beebe and Redmond p. 34-46

Group activity:

Something you did this summer that was important to you.
...

Who are you?
- The phenomenological you
- The semiotic you
- Self-Concept occurs in the intersection
- Values - enduring notions of what matters, of what is good or bad
- Beliefs - what we think is true or false, factual or not, etc
- Attitudes - likes and dislikes
A range of selves
- Who we are is a function of
  - Who we are with
  - And what we are doing
  - Who we think we are
  - How we present ourselves to others
  - And how other people perceive us
- Who we are at work is different than who we are with our friends is different than who we are with our families
The Communication Origins of Self.
- Interaction with others
  - Parents and family
    - Life scripts
    - Direct definition

-- Last edited August 27, 2008

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