something to be clarified

I wrote the last 2 lessons first as they are shorter and easier to be managed.
There are still 4 blog posts left, and i will still continue updating them
hopefully can finish them before tuesday

Human Communication: Week 13 - 26th Nov 2014 (Wed)

Another day of presentation..
after the presentation, the Mr Anwari announced the scope for the final exam.
Class dismissed after that.
Hmm..
Time flies..
This is the end of our lesson..
Well, i found that this course is actually quite useful in our daily life.
However, i personally think that this course would be more effective to have more practical activites during the lecture class.
Last, thank you Mr Anwari for your teaching. I enjoyed your class.
and goodbye this blog!! i promise i wont log in to this blog anymore!! WAHAHAHA

Human Communication: Week 13 - 25th Nov 2014 (Tue)

Video Presentation Day

hmm...  there are too many groups presented their video.. i couldn't really remember what did they presented.
However, there are some groups that prepared well for this presentation,
Some of the video are informative because they included a lot of theories and content in their video.. it's too packed and difficult for us to digest in such a short period of time

Let's talk about our video..
a short introduction, followed by a lot of example of do's and dont's, and then a short conclusion. i am the one who did the editing job, there are a few things to be highlighted.
My group actually used a lot of non-verbal communication in the video, such as the caption with green background and yellow fonts represents the DOs and the bllue background with red fonts represents the Donts. Sound effects added for dos and donts are actually cognitive to the situation in the video. so the messages are conveyed in a very clear manner. although there are still quite a number of imperfection, i think it is still acceptable. (we are not professionals)

well, i personally think our group video is not as funny as what i expected.. it's alright lah, we had put a lot of effort on this video and we have tried our best. Good job my teammates :)

Human Communication: Week 11 - 12th Nov 2014 (Wed)

Consultation of Video Presentation

No lecture conducted.

Human Communication: Week 10 - 4th Nov 2014 (Tue)

Interpersonal Communication

Relationship stages

Stage 1 : Contact

• aware of the existent of someone
• perceptual contact and interactional contact take place
• perceptual - could be detected by 5 human sense
• interactional - first point of contact, usually is a introduction of both parties to know each other

Stage 2 : Involvement

• having tighter bonds with another, eg. friend
• testing and intensifying each other
• TESTING - try to know each others' interest by asking questions
• INTENSIFYING - amount of time that both parties contribute to each other

Stage 3 : Intimacy

• closer, deeper and stronger relationship, eg. best friend
• explicit display of affection
• feel familiar and comfortable to each other
• same likings, beliefs and ideas

Stage 4 : Deterioration

• the bond between one another weakens due to communication factors
• eg. temporal factors, cultural factors, societal context
• intrapersonal and interpersonal dissatisfaction become apparent

Stage 5 : Repair or Dissolution

5(a) Repair

• try to solve the problem that weakens the bond during deterioration stage
• intrapersonal and interpersonal repair
• Intrapersonal repair, eg. changing ownself's behavior, changing your expectation towards the others
• Interpersonal repair, eg discuss the problem among each others

5(b) Dissolution

• bonds are broken
• relationship returned back to a plantoic (neutral level/ before frienship)
• interpersonal and social separation take place
• interpersonal separation, eg. stop interacting with each others
• social separation (also known as public separation), eg. avoid meeting each other

Relationship Theories

1. Attraction Theory
2. Relationship Rules Theory
3. Relationship Dialectics Theory
4. Social Penetration Theory
5. Social Exchange Theory
6. Equity Theory

Attraction Theory

People tend to be attracted by individuals that possess several aspects :

• Similarity
• similar taste, beliefs, ideas with you
• Proximity
• shorter distance between you and he/she
• Reinforcemet
• reinforce your personality and lifestyle
• Physical Attractiveness and Personality
• physical attributes, mental attributes, inner beauty, outer beauty

Relationship Rules Theory 

Different relationship possesses different levels and attributes

• Friendship Rules
• Romantic Rules
• Family rules
• Workplace rules

Relationship Dialectics Theory

people in a relationship like to explore extreme qualities which are opposite. there are 3 pairs of opposites qualities which are:

• Closeness and openness
• Autonomy and Connection
• Novelty and Predictability

Social Penetration Theory

• People would like to explore the personality of the individuals who are related to them
•  eg. friends, family, girl friend, boy friend, etc.
• The Deeper the relationship, the deeper the person get to know the core personality

To be continued...