How often do you exercise?
What types of exercise do you regularly engage in?
Do you typically exercise alone or with other people?
How long have you been regularly exercising?
How long do you plan to regularly exercise in the future?
Why do you exercise?
1) Write a summary of the article listed in the course reading list
2) Comment on this article and provide a real-life example to illustrate your claim.
For example, discuss if you agree, disagree, or partially agree with the claims made by the researcher(s), suggest improvement of the research method, provide future direction for the research, etc.
3) Your comment/discussion/suggestion must be supported by one other research work not listed in the course reading list or the reference list of your selected paper.
Page limit:
600 words excluding the reference page
Thought Paper
Option Language and Decision-making, Reasoning, and
Problem-solving
Possible Points Points Earned
Identification, prevalence, and etiology of problem area you chose. 5
Identify the main premise and points of the articles.4
Identify the main premise and points of the articles. 4
Was the article relevant, meaning will you keep this article for future reference, why or why not? 5
Use the attached text as two of the six sources/references. Then use a minimum of four additional scholarly sources to support your answers.
Griffin, E., Ledbetter, A., & Sparks, G. (2019). A first look at communication theory (10th ed.)
Griffin, E. (1987). Making friends and making them count.
Taking all of the theories and ideas that have been learned in this course, answer the following question: “What makes an effective interpersonal relationship?”
In your paper you must include at least five (5) communication theories (Griffin, Ledbetter, & Sparks, 2019 **attached) covered in this course, at least three (3) communication axioms or ideas from (Griffin 1987 **attached), and examples from your own life or experiences as support for your answer to this question.
The purpose of this paper is to explain why you feel these make an effective interpersonal relationship rather than another rehash or definition of these theories.
Following are theories you may wish to include:
-Symbolic Interactionism (Mead): (symbols, meaning, language, thought, looking glass self, concept of self via the “I” and “Me”)
-Expectancy Violations Theory (Burgoon): (expectancy, violation valence, communicator reward valence, interaction position, reciprocity)
-Constructivism (Delia): (message production, primary goals plan, procedural record plan, person-centered messages, sophisticated speakers)
-Social Penetration Theory (Altman & Taylor): (onion-wedge model, self-disclosure, intimate, peripheral, penetration, depenetration, trust, risk)
-Uncertainty Reduction Theory (Berger): (anticipation of future interactions, incentive value, deviance, Axioms of uncertainty reduction, passive strategy, active strategy, interactive strategy, anxiety/uncertainty management, intercultural encounter, strangers, mindfulness)
-Relational Dialectics (Baxter & Montgomery): (connectedness, separateness, certainty, uncertainty, openness, closedness, inclusion, seclusion, conventional, uniqueness, revelation, concealment, denial, disorientation, spiraling alterations, segmentation, balance, integration, recalibration, reaffirmation)
-Interactional View (Watzlawick): (roles, rules, reframing, family systems)
-Social Judgment Theory (Sherif): (attitude of acceptance, rejection and noncommitment, ego-involvement, attitude change.)
-Narrative Paradigm (Fisher): (rational world paradigm, narrative rationality, coherence, fidelity)
-Face-Negotiation Theory (Ting-Toomey): (face restoration, face giving, collectivism, individualism, avoiding, obliging, compromising, dominating, integrating, conflict management styles, knowledge, mindfulness, interaction)
