Friday
Finish introductions. We still have several to do.
Check in workbooks for completion of Ch. 1. We checked in workbooks, but students who showed a receipt get an extra week or so to do the assignment.
Journal exercise for class discussion:
Self presentation goals (p. 24): Goals of showing yourself to others (through interpersonal communication) about how you wish to be perceived. Example: a person stifles frustration in order to be seen as cooperative.
Instrumental goals: Practical goals you want to achieve or tasks you want to accomplish through a particular interpersonal encounter, such as obtaining directions or asking about ingredients in a recipe
Relationship goals: Goals of building, maintaining, or destroying relationship with others through interpersonal communication, such as when a person compliments another on his or her choice in music in order to encourage attention from the other person.
Each student in class evaluated a recent conversation according to the above communication goals. We discussed some in class, and students turned in their papers for 25 class participation points. The exercise cannot be made up.
Links for Psy and Interview with Psy.
Original Psy video.
To Do for Next Class:
Read Ch. 2 and do the workbook. We will check in work on 9/28 (Fri.)
Wednesday
More students did introductions today.
The instructor went over which sections of the Ch. 1 workbook needed to be done.
To Do for Next Class
Read Ch. 1 and do the designated sections of the workbook.
We will check in work on Friday
We will have an exercise based on the journal writing exercise and we will also view some film clips.
Monday
First, the instructor reviewed what we learned in the last class session, which was about "I-it" and "I-thou."
Next we did introductions. About half the class did their introductions, which will be continued at the next class.
We also talked about the definition of manipulation. We will work further with this concept in future classes.
To Do for Next Class:
Get your book, if you have not already purchased it. Read Ch. 1 and do the corresponding chapter in the workbook.
