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2. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Entire Course COM 200 Week 1 Article Critique Masking Poor Communication (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Article Critique: Masking Poor Communication Use the ProQuest online database (found in the Online Library) to locate the article entitled, “Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication.” Write a two-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) about your • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • COM 200 Week 1 Article Critique Masking Poor Communication (2 Papers) • COM 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Improving Verbal Communication • COM 200 Week 2 DQ 2 Nonverbal Miscommunication • COM 200 Week 2 Assignment Talking Styles (2 Papers) • COM 200 Week 2 Quiz • COM 200 Week 3 DQ 1 Everyone Has a Culture

3. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Week 2 Assignment Talking Styles (2 Papers) COM 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Improving Verbal Communication For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com In Chapter Four of Making Connections: Understanding Interpersonal Communication, the author discusses the power of language and how verbal communication can affect interpersonal relationships. The author also mentions ways in which you can improve your verbal communication. Explain how you will use these improved skills • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Use the ProQuest database to locate and read the article entitled, “Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance”. Then, visit the Language Style Matching website and, using sample written communication between you and another person, follow the directions on the website to retrieve your language style matching score.

4. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Week 2 DQ 2 Nonverbal Miscommunication COM 200 Week 2 Quiz For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com 1. Question : Americans tend to look at others above the neck or below the knees. Looking at other parts of a person’s body is considered impolite, while looking at anyone for more than three to five seconds can be interpreted as staring. 2. Question : Children often learn to send messages using ________________ before they learn to speak. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Nonverbal communication is one of the most powerful ways that we communicate in our interpersonal relationships. Sometimes, however, we may find ourselves unintentionally communicating something that we do not mean to. This tends to happen quite often in intercultural communication situations

5. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Week 3 Assignment (Final Paper Outline Rough Draft for Letter of Advice) COM 200 Week 3 Assignment Article Critique Self-Disclosure, Gender, and Communication (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Review the article entitled, “Can We Talk? Researcher Talks about the Role of Communication in Marriages,” from the ProQuest database found in the Online Library. Write a one-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) about your thoughts on this article. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five. Then, visit the Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar, and review the “Sample: Outline.” Format your outline for the Final Paper according to the “Sample: Outline.”

6. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Week 3 DQ 1 Everyone Has a Culture COM 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Willingness to Listen For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Research from communication expert, James McCorskey, has been very influential in research within the interpersonal communication field. He is especially well-known for his communication research scales. Go to the Willingness to Listen website and complete the “Willingness to Listen Measure.” • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Some students think that they do not have much of a cultural background because they were not born outside of the United States or because they do not speak another language. The truth is that everyone has a culture! Your culture can be related to your race, ethnicity, gender, age, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, ability, etc.

7. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Week 4 Assignment Interpersonal Conflict in Film (2 Papers) COM 200 Week 4 DQ 1 Empathy For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com In this week’s readings the author discusses emotional intelligence, a concept which measures people’s ability to understand emotions and express them appropriately. As you have learned, this ability is crucial to communicating effectively in interpersonal relationships. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Choose one (1) movie from a list provided below: • Brooks, J. (Director). (2004). Spanglish [Film]. Los Angeles: Gracie Films. • Cohen, B. (Producer), & Mendes, S. (Director). (1999). American beauty [Film]. Los Angeles: Dreamworks • Goldwyn, T. (Director). (2006). The last kiss [Film]. Los Angeles: Dreamworks. • Haggis, P. (Director). (2004). Crash [Film]. Los Angeles: Bob Yari Productions.

8. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Week 4 DQ 2 Attraction in Interpersonal Relationships COM 200 Week 4 Quiz (2 Sets) For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com 1. Question : Which sentence is the best paraphrase of the statement, “I might as well drop out of school; I failed another test today.” 2. Question : The theory stating that, as individuals deepen their relationships with each other, they peel layers of themselves away to reveal increasingly personal information, is known as: • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Chapter Eight of Making Connections: Understanding Interpersonal Communication addresses the various elements that attract us to other people when we first enter a relationship. It might be just one thing that we like about another person or it could be several things. What do you look for in other people when you first meet them?

9. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Week 5 DQ 1 Unprofessional Work Environments COM 200 Week 5 DQ 2 The Influence of Mediated Communication For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Social media (e.g., email, blogs, Facebook, Skype, Twitter) has played a major role in changing the way that we all engage in interpersonal communication. As we have learned this week, this form of communication through electronic media is referred to as mediated communication. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • One of the most frustrating situations in the professional world is to work with someone who is not professional in their job. This often makes it a very disheartening work environment because of the low level of professionalism. • Have you ever found yourself in a situation where the work environment was not professional? How did you handle the situation? Share an example. If your work experience is limited

10. COM 200 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 200 Week 5 Final Paper Letter of Advice Paper (2 Papers) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Focus of the Final Paper • Imagine that a newly engaged couple hears that you are currently taking a course in Interpersonal Communication and wants advice for their relationship. Based on what you have learned in this course, what kind of advice would you give them regarding

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