Week 3

Part 1

This week in Interpersonal Communication we learned about perception. We watch several slides that showed illusions. I was interesting how we perceive the different illusions. We also asked a question to everyone in class. My question was: Describe a situation where you absolutely believed your perceptions were right and later found out they were wrong? Almost everyone answered it the same to a certain degree. It was usually about someone the knew and thought they were a good person and later found out the person was not who they thought they were. Most of the time I go with my first impression of someone. The times that I don't I usually find myself getting burned by them. We also watched several videos on how to improve our interpersonal perceptions. The one I like the best is how we should be more aware of our mood and our biases.

Part 2

"Individuals differ in how they perveive situations and people" (Woods, 2010, p.77) I believe this is true. We all come from different lives growing up as well as our lives now. Physiology  everyone percieves things differently. I am usually a morning person. I function better and my mind seem clearer in the morning than in the evening. Age for me is different. I had to grow up pretty fast when I was a kid. I view even people that are the same age as younger because I am at a different stage in my life. Culture is where our beliefs fit in and place a big role in our lives. My beliefs are what grounds me most days. They are what keeps me from getting to overwhelmed with everything in my life. Social location I don't think affects me as much. I grew up in a small community but have lived here in the Boise area for 16 years.


Wood, J. T.  Interpersonal communications: Everyday encounters (6^th ed.).  Boston, MA: Wardsworth.

My slideshow

http://www.slide.com/r/5OVZx1nF0z9l6p5mrYALsnlJGxuiGYWW?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

Week 2

Monday in class we talked about personal idenity. We created a collage of our identity by cutting out pictures to place in one of 4 catigories: Pysical, Social, Emotional, and Intullectual. Wednesday in class we presented our class norms poster we made as well as our collage pictures of our identity. Jackie recorded each presentation.We also did an activity self awareness. We listed 3 things that we thought described us during our class norms activity. Then we asked each of the people in our group how they precieved us during the activity. I was surprized how differently I precieved  myself and verses what others precieve, the blind area in Johari Window (Wood, 2001)

Identitfing scripts

The scripts that i relate to are:

Self: When one door closes another always opens
Education: Shoot for the moon and you will always reach the stars
Money: It will never make you happy but it sure does make life easier
Family: Can't live with them and can't live without them

My mom used to say the family one all the time. Scripts are rules for living and identity (Berne, 1964, Harris, 1969).


Wood, J. T.  Interpersonal communications: Everyday encounters (6^th ed.).  Boston, MA: Wardsworth.

Week 1

Week Review:
This week in interpersonal communications we got to know each other. We played a game with an icebreaker ball. We worked on a project called group norms where we got into 2 groups and developed what we thought we norms for the class. This was a fun project and it also helped to know others in our class. Wood(2001, p. 12)  said, "We want others' company, acceptance, and affirmation, and we want to give acceptance and affirmation to others". I think this is true in any circumstance but especially in school.

Blog question: Principles of interpersonal communications

I believe that interpersonal communication is very complicated. King(2000) said, "No form of communication is simple. Because of the number of variables involved, even simple requests are extremely complex."

Wood, J. T.  Interpersonal communications: Everyday encounters (6^th ed.).  Boston, MA: Wardsworth.

King, D.  (2000). Four principles of interpersonal communication. Retrieved April 4, 2011 from http://www.pstcc.edu/facstaff/dking/interpr.htm.

Me

Hi, I'm Alisha. I am married and have 4 kids. Two boys and two girls. I am currently going to Broadview University for my Associates degree in massage therepy.