Exercise 7.1

EXERCISE 7.1

Analyze the following assignment from a communications course using the questions in the Analyzing an Assignment Checklist.

Assignment: Distribute a questionnaire to twenty people (ten male, ten female) asking these four questions: (1) What do you expect to say and do when you meet a stranger? (2) What don’t you expect to say and do when you meet a stranger? (3) What do you expect to say and do when you meet a very close friend? (4) What don’t you expect to say and do when you meet a very close friend?

When you have collected your twenty questionnaires, read them over and answer the following questions:

  • What, if any, descriptions were common to all respondents’ answers?
  • How do male and female responses compare?
  • What similarities and differences did you find between the responses to the stranger and to the very close friend?
  • What factors (environment, time, status, gender, and so on) do you think had an impact on these responses?

Discuss your findings, using concepts and theories explained in your text.

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Exercise 7.1: Analyze the following assignment from a communications course using the questions in the Analyzing an Assignment Checklist.