PPSC Interpersonal Communication Supplements

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending April 28 in COM 125. In the lecture, we'll address workplace relationships, three major positive co-worker archetypes, and the taxonomy of problematic workplace others.

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending April 21 in COM 125. We'll discuss family, marriage, and gender communication topics including family life cycles, relational dimensions, and gender impacts on relational expectations.

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending April 14 in COM 125. In our discussion of Chapter 14, we'll visit the themes of relational aggression, destructive communication, and how mindfulness can prevent us from falling into negative communication practices.

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending April 7 in COM 125. This week, we discuss friendship styles, interactional dialectics within friendships, and how communication competence can aid in friendship maintenance.

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending March 24 in COM 125. We'll explore conflict dynamics and the role power and influence plays in our interpersonal conflicts.

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending March 17 in COM 125. During the lecture, we discuss the role self-disclosure plays in relationship development, relationship maintenance strategies, and relational dialectics.

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending February 25 in COM 125. This week, we discuss various listening styles, approaches, and techniques.

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending February 18 in COM 125. During the lecture, we discuss culture and context, including themes of ethnocentrism, cross-cultural relationship approaches, and guidelines for intercultural communication.

This is the supplemental lecture to accompany the week ending February 11 in COM 125. In-class discussion about verbal and nonverbal communication is built upon in discussing the functions of verbal and nonverbal communication in our interpersonal relationships.

This is the supplemental lecture for the class week concluding February 4. In it, we discuss intrapersonal communication further, including how intrapersonal communication informs our interpersonal communication. This includes the topics of personality, self-congruence, and attachment styles.