Data collection Cultural and Environmental Factors in IPC (Ch. 6), Talking and L

Data collection
Cultural and Environmental Factors in IPC (Ch. 6), Talking and Listening (Ch. 7) & Building Maintaining Relationships (Ch. 8)
For this data collection, you will pay attention to how you interact with others regarding self-disclosure, impression management, and face.
Self-disclosure is the process of purposefully communicating information about one’s self (p. 222). This is important in relationships because sharing more information about yourself with another person allows that person to know you better and can bring you closer to each other (pp. 269-270).
Impression Management is “the attempt to generate as favorable an impression of ourselves as possible, particularly through both verbal and nonverbal techniques of self-presentation” (p. 224).
Six techniques described in the book include: self-descriptions, accounts, apologies, entitlements and enhancements, flattery, and favors (pp. 224-225)
Face (saving, gaining, or losing) (pp. 205-206) “Face is the standing or position a person has in the eyes of others. During an interpersonal interaction, individuals strive to create a positive version of their face for the other person.”
Note 3-5 interactions that exemplify the elements under focus for each data collection.
For each interaction, include a) a description of the interaction, b) the context, c) the relationship to the text d) effect of the interaction, and e) brief notes.
Use this table to collect your data.
Description
(what was said/ indicated/done, by whom; what is your relationship)
Context
(where, time of day, how—in person, on phone, etc., anything else that is relevant for understanding the interaction)
Relation to text
(refer to definitions; include pg. number)
Effect
(positive, neutral, negative effect on the relationship)
Notes
(what surprises you/what doesn’t surprise you about this interaction ).
Data Analysis
Reflect on the data you collected and refer to your data as you address these questions.
What surprises did you find as you paid attention to your interactions? What did you learn about yourself? Based on the data, what are your strengths as a communicator? What do you want to work on? Why? How will you work on this? How will this be helpful in other relationships?
Be specific, use your data as evidence, and give examples.
GUIDELINES
each analysis will be about 3-4 pages in length and should follow the presentation of the data (the data are not included in page count).
demonstrate your understanding of the text as you write your analysis; use the terminology from the textbook and include in-text citations with the page numbers.
NOTE: you can use the pronoun “I”; however, do NOT use the pronoun “you” (which is unspecified)