1. Communication Rules Think about the regulative and constitutive rules you follow in your communication. For each item below, identify two rules you have learned.

Regulative Rules List rules that regulate how you:

•• Talk with elders

•• Interact at dinnertime

•• Have first exchanges in the morning

•• Respond to criticism from your supervisor

•• Greet casual friends on campus

•• Talk with professors Constitutive Rules How do you communicate to show:

•• Respect

•• Love

•• Disrespect

•• Support

•• Professional ambition

•• Contempt After you’ve identified your rules, talk with others in your class about the rules they follow. Are there commonalities among your rules that reflect broad cultural norms? What explains differences in people’s rules?