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COM 200 Entire Course (Ash)

• 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) (Ash)

• Week 1 - AssignmentArticle Critique Masking
  Poor CommunicationUse 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

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COM 200 Week 2 Assignment Talking Styles (2
Papers) (Ash)

• Article Critique Talking StylesUse 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.

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COM 200 Week 2 DQ 1 Improving Verbal
Communication (Ash)

• 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

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COM 200 Week 2 DQ 2 Nonverbal Miscommunication
(Ash)

• 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

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COM 200 Week 2 Quiz (Ash)

• 1. 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
  ________________, which means it allows you to
  explore and investigate the world, solve
  problems, and learn from your discoveries and
  experiences.
• 4. Question Using racial slurs
  constitutes ________________.

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COM 200 Week 3 Assignment (Final Paper Outline
Rough Draft for Letter of Advice)

• Article Critique Self-Disclosure, Gender, and
  CommunicationReview 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 what
  specifically you could relate to and provide
  examples of your own experiences. If not, what
  has your experience been regarding
  self-disclosure in your intimate relationships?

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COM 200 Week 3 Assignment Article Critique
Self-Disclosure, Gender

• 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

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COM 200 Week 3 DQ 1 Everyone Has a Culture (Ash)

• 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.

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COM 200 Week 3 DQ 2 Willingness to Listen (Ash)

• 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 theWillingness 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

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

• Assignment.
• Interpersonal Conflict in FilmChoose 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 (Ash)

• 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

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COM 200 Week 4 DQ 2 Attraction in Interpersonal
Relationships (Ash)

• 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 when we meet people

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COM 200 Week 4 Quiz (2 Sets) (Ash)

• Grade Details
• 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
• 4. Question We do all of the
  following with empathic listening, EXCEPT

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COM 200 Week 5 DQ 1 Unprofessional Work
Environments (Ash)

• Unprofessional Work EnvironmentsOne 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.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 (Ash)

• 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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COM 200 Week 5 Final Paper Letter of Advice Paper
(2 Papers) (Ash)

• Final Paper Letter of Advice
• Focus of the Final PaperImagine 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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