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• COM 200 Entire Course
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• 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
• COM 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Willingness to Listen

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• COM 200 Week 1 Article Critique Masking Poor
  Communication (2 Papers)
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• Week 1 - Assignment
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• Article Critique Masking Poor Communication
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• Use the ProQuest online database (found in the
  Ashford 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
  thoughts on this article. In your paper, be sure
  also to address the following
• Have you ever had a miscommunication with someone
  close to you simp

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• COM 200 Week 2 Assignment Talking Styles (2
  Papers)
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• Article Critique Talking Styles
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• 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.
  Write a two-page paper (excluding title and
  reference pages) about your thoughts on this
  article and your language style matching score.
  In your paper

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• COM 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Improving Verbal
  Communication
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• Improving Verbal Communication
• 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 to
  make your verbal communication more effective.
  Use a specific example of someone in your life
  (past or present) whom you have

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• COM 200 Week 2 DQ 2 Nonverbal Miscommunication
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• Nonverbal Miscommunication
• 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 (when we are
  communicating across different cultures). Provide
  an example of a time when you nonverbally
  communicated something other than what you meant

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• COM 200 Week 2 Quiz
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• Question Americans tend to look at
  others above the neck or below the knees. Looking
  at other parts of a persons 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.
• 3. Question Language performs a
  ________________,

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• COM 200 Week 3 Assignment (Final Paper Outline
  Rough Draft for Letter of Advice)
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• Final Paper Outline
• Review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five.
  Then, visit the Ashford 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. (NOTE In the Sample
  Outline, it states that the thesis statement is
  the last one to three sentences of the
  introduction. However, the thesis statement must
  be one sentence in length and the last sentence
  of the introduction.)

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• COM 200 Week 3 Assignment Article Critique
  Self-Disclosure, Gender, and Communication (2
  Papers)
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• Article Critique Self-Disclosure, Gender, and
  Communication
• Review the article entitled, Can We Talk?
  Researcher Talks about the Role of Communication
  in Marriages, from the ProQuest database found
  in the Ashford Online Library. Write a one-page
  paper (excluding title and reference pages) about
  your thoughts on this article. In your paper, be
  sure to address the following
• Can you relate to this article on self-disclosure
  in relationships? If so, explain

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• COM 200 Week 3 DQ 1 Everyone Has a Culture
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• Everyone Has a Culture
• 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. Take some time to write about your
  own culture and share with us what makes you who
  you are. Try to not focus on just one aspect of
  yourself, but try to utilize as many cultural
  elements as possible. Also, address why culture

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• COM 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Willingness to Listen
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• Willingness to Listen
• 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. Follow the directions on the website to
  score your results. Based on your results, do you
  have a high, moderate, or low willingness to
  listen to others?

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• COM 200 Week 4 Assignment Interpersonal Conflict
  in Film (2 Papers)
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• Assignment.
• Interpersonal Conflict in Film
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• 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.

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• COM 200 Week 4 DQ 1 Empathy
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• Empathy
• In this weeks readings the author discusses
  emotional intelligence, a concept which measures
  peoples ability to understand emotions and
  express them appropriately. As you have learned,
  this ability is crucial to communicating
  effectively in interpersonal relationships. One
  of the major components of emotional intelligence
  is the ability to empathize with others. First,
  describe in your own words what it means to have
  empathy. Second, share an example of a time when
  you found it difficult to empathize with someone.
  How did you handle the situation? What could you
  have done differently to empathize with them?

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• COM 200 Week 4 DQ 2 Attraction in Interpersonal
  Relationships
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• Attraction in Interpersonal Relationships
• 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? This could be a potential
  romantic partner or even a platonic friend.
  Either way, we each look for or are attracted to
  certain things

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• COM 200 Week 4 Quiz (2 Sets)
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• 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
• 3. Question All of the following
  are accurate tips for effective listening EXCEPT

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• COM 200 Week 5 DQ 1 Unprofessional Work
  Environments
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• Unprofessional Work Environments
• 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.
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• 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, consider a
  time when you were working with others in a
  different context, such as school or a club.
  Also, address how you can combat this in the
  future with effective communication skills.

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• COM 200 Week 5 DQ 2 The Influence of Mediated
  Communication
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• The Influence of Mediated Communication
• 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.
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• As with everything, there are many pros and cons
  to using mediated communication in our
  interpersonal relationships. How has mediated
  communication improved your interpersonal
  relationships? How has it hurt them? Provide
  examples to illustrate your point.

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• COM 200 Week 5 Final Paper Letter of Advice Paper
  (2 Papers)
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• Final Paper Letter of Advice
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• 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 how to effectively use
  interpersonal communication in their relationship?

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