Real Communication An Introduction 2nd Edition Dan O'Hair, Mary Wiemann - Solutions

1. Think of someone (a family member, a celebrity, a politician, a friend, a professor) who exhibits competent communication in a particular context. What behaviors does this person exhibit that make him or her particularly effective?Would you want to model some of your own communication behavior
Did you choose to take this course, or is it required? Regardless of why you’re here, what do you hope to learn?What kind of communication most interests or intrigues you? What part of this book or course do you think will be most applicable to your life, future study, or professional career?
3 Consider also the unique situational context of the Savana Redding case. Would justices have thought about it differently if she were a teenage boy? If she were older?Younger? If the drugs she was suspected of hiding were stronger than ibuprofen?
2 Why is it that sex and gender have become such issues in the past thirty years, particularly on the Supreme Court? Do you think gender might have influenced the decisions of the 101 men (all but one of them white) who preceded Sandra Day O’Connor to the bench during the court’s first 190
A Does it strike you as surprising that Ginsberg saw the case of Savana Redding differently than did her male colleagues?How might each justice’s personal experiences—their specific relational and cultural context—influence their decisions?
What expectations and goals do you have for this book and this course?
What relational, situational, and cultural contexts are influencing you as you read this book? Consider your gender, ethnicity, academic or socioeconomic background, and other factors.Have you studied communication or speech before?Have you taken a course with this professor before?
3 What are the advantages of e-mail over other channels of communication when contacting a professor? How might a student capitalize on those advantages?
2 Why might students tend to use e-mail when a phone call or an office visit would be more appropriate? In what ways does the choice of communication channel influence the content and style of the message?
A What is the value of an effective and appropriate subject line in an e-mail message? In what ways might the subject line influence your instructor’s impression of the message and its sender?
What ethical considerations would you want for someone to keep in mind when raising a sensitive issue like this?
3 Imagine you are Gina.Would you want to know if others respond negatively to your communication style?
2 Using your list, consider a fictional conversation with Gina. What are the ethical considerations you must keep in mind when confronting her?
A What do you think is at issue here? List the multiple dynamics that could be involved in this ethical communication dilemma.
We accept responsibility for the short- and long-term consequences for our own communication and expect the same of others?
We advocate sharing information, opinions, and feelings when facing significant choices while also respecting privacy and confidentiality.
We are committed to the courageous expression of personal convictions in pursuit of fairness and justice.
We condemn communication that degrades individuals and humanity through distortion, intimidation, coercion, and violence, and through the expression of intolerance and hatred.
We promote communication climates of caring and mutual understanding that respect the unique needs and characteristics of individual communicators.
We promote access to communication resources and opportunities as necessary to fulfill human potential and contribute to the well-being of families, communities, and society.
We strive to understand and respect other communicators before evaluating and responding to their messages.
We endorse freedom of expression, diversity of perspective, and tolerance of dissent to achieve the informed and responsible decision-making fundamental to a civil society.
We advocate truthfulness, accuracy, honesty, and reason as essential to the integrity of communication.
4. You are in charge of reviewing an employee’s performance. You A. speak to the employee about strengths and weaknesses and outline a plan to meet goals.B. deliver a written evaluation without a face-to-face meeting.C. avoid any formal evaluation and hope the employee figures things out.D. ask
3. You’re assigned to a group project in class. You A. take leadership early, telling others what to do to get an A.B. give up trying to get everyone to cooperate and just do the work yourself.C. sit back and let others take leadership roles.D. help distribute tasks and work on a time line with
2. Your family is planning a summer reunion. You A. push to have it when and where you want.B. take over the planning yourself.C. leave it to other family members to haggle over all those annoying details.D. participate in the decision process, volunteering to do your share.
1. You are unhappy with your roommate because you feel that he does not do his share of the cleanup in the kitchen. You A. continuously point out when it is his turn to clean up.B. tell him to forget it and do it yourself.C. give him the silent treatment until he realizes that you’re upset.D. ask
Is speaking well more important than listening?
Are most communication behaviors inborn and entirely natural?
Is more control necessarily better in communication?
Do body movements (often called “body language”) constitute a language?
Does talking equal effective communication?
Describe why communication is vital to everyone?
Describe the visual representations, or models, of communication
Define what communication scholars consider to be competent communication
Assess the quality(communicative value)of communication by examining its six characteristics
Describe the functions of communication
Define the communication process
After you have finished reading this chapter, you will be able to
The Study of Communication?
Modeling Communication
Communicating Competently
How We Communicate
The Functional Perspective
We MustCommunicate:

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