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SPH-1090 Interpersonal Communication - Prince Georges Community College

Relationship Analysis
A. You will analyze a relationship that you currently have, over a one-week time period that begins

B. You will write a complete paper on this analysis. Consequently, all the rules of writing/submitting a college-level paper apply. Please refer to your syllabus as well as the rules discussed in class.

Relationship
The relationship that you will analyze can be with any ONE of the following persons:
a. Parent/Sibling
b. Close friend
c. Boyfriend/girlfriend
d. Significant other
e. Spouse
f. Older child
g. Classmate
h. Teacher
i. Co-worker/colleague
j. Sibling /Sibling

Important Information:
What will this paper cover?
a. This assignment will take you through the concepts covered in Chapters 1 - 11.
b. 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.

Define:
a. Each concept must be defined before use it
Analyze:
a. Provide the theoretical framework of the concept (what is the theory undergirding the concept?)
b. Extend the data beyond the definition
c. What other information is available about the concept?
Relate/Apply:
a. Apply/Relate the experience(s) that you have chosento use from the observation during the week under review (experiential learning)

You will answer the questions below in the form of an essay.

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/background of 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 weekunder 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 perception impacted the relationship during the weekunder review?

• What were some of the ways in which non-verbal behaviors impacted your relationship during the weekunder review?

• What were the listening stylesdisplayed during various conversations and interactions during the weekunder 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) usedduring various interactions during the weekunder review? Did you experience any need to access any of the alternatives to disclosure, for example, silence, equivocating etc?

• Discuss the communication climates observed/experienced during various interactions during the weekunder review?

• What were some of the confirming and disconfirming messages exchanged during various interactionsduring the weekunder review?

• Discuss a conflict eventthat occurred over the past week.
o Discuss the conflict stylesdisplayed during any conflict over the last week
o Discuss the stages thatstages that the conflict went through
o What types of resolution were considered?
o What types of resolution(if applicable) did you ultimately reach in managing the conflict?

Attachment:- Interpersonal Communication.rar