Demonstrate the ability to assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of interpersonal strategies used in various interpersonal situations, including mediated and face to face interactions.
Demonstrate skill in selecting and using a variety of communication strategies and responses based on situational contexts, goals, and human needs.
Differentiate between theories that explain interpersonal interaction.
Demonstrate the ability to analyze and critique verbal and nonverbal messages in interpersonal interactions.
Distinguish between different aspects of meaning in language use.
Compare and contrast connotative and denotative meanings.
Identify rules of language via grammar.
Recognize how verbal communication affects cognition.
Argue how language can construct one’s reality.
Language and meaning
Language is symbolic
Triangle of meaning
Role of definitions
Rules of language
Language acquisition
Module 2: Functions of verbal communication
Reality construction
Categorization
Cognition
Daniel Usera & Gretchen Harries
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