Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal Communication, First, review the concepts you have learned about Interpersonal Communication in Chapters 1 through 9 in the Wood (2020) textbook including: APA.

• Identity, Perceptions, Verbal/Non-Verbal Communication, Mindful Listening, Managing Emotions, Communication Climate, and Managing Conflict.

Now, choose a particular culture whose members tend to communicate very differently from members of your culture. You can choose a culture with which you have some experience/interaction or one that you’re interested in exploring.

**Download and type in the worksheet attached below.

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Interpersonal Communication

In the following worksheet, explain how you would participate in a healthy and positive friendship with a person from this different culture. You may use an actual friendship in your life, or you may answer this prompt hypothetically (in other words: imagine that you had a friendship with a person from this different culture.)

1. Compare and contrast the interpersonal communication patterns of your own culture and the interpersonal communication patterns often held by people in this other cultural group that you have chosen.
2. Explain how you would adjust your own habits to include this person in your own life as a friend. Explain how you would honor your friend’s ideas, wants, and needs.

Interpersonal Communication

1. What are some things you would do (concepts that you would apply) to best communicate your own ideas, wants, and needs with a person from this particular culture?
2. Explain why dual perspective, as described by Wood (2020, pp. 38-39) is an important part of this process for you.
3. Summarize your main points and end with a lasting thought.

Requirements:

• You must use terms or concepts from the Wood (2020) textbook and/or the supplemental videos.
• You must use at least five (10) ten key terms from the assigned chapters (5 from each) in the Wood textbook
• You must use at least one (1) key term from at least one (1) of the assigned videos in the module
• Put key terms in bold in your essay.