Week of October 4-10

Here is what's on the Schedule and Participation Pages for this week:

*Read Chapter 5: Encoding Messages: Nonverbal Communication

*Reminder, your midterm exam is due next week. Please print out the Midterm Review sheet from Blackboard.

*Start working on Journal #2! (I will post the evaluation sheet this week, so be sure to look at that and tailor your entries accordingly. I will post a note on my blog when that sheet is uploaded.)

Discussion: Answer one in each of your three posts, at least 12 hours apart:

1). Because nonverbal messages can be ambiguous, they are open to misinterpretation. Have you ever been wrong about the meaning of someones nonverbal message? Describe what happened. How can people increase the accuracy with which they interpret nonverbal message?

2). Although nonverbal messages are more universal than verbal messages, nonverbals do not always carry the same meanings in other cultures. Can you give examples of some of the nonverbal displays that take on different meanings in other countries? If you have moved around within this country, have you ever encountered regional differences in nonverbal meaning?

3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading, that has not already been discussed this week, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.

Remember to post 3 responses to your colleagues blogs during this weeks discussion.

REMINDER: October 8th is a furlough day. I will not hold office hours, answer emails or conduct other SJSU business on that day.