Download 10-20-15 SPCH 114 Lesson Plan

10-20-15 SPCH 114 Lesson Plan
OCTOBER 20TH: Socialization
In class: Meyers & Anderson Ch 2 and 10, Beebe & Masterson Ch 3 and 7
Learning Objectives
 Accomplish tasks, build relationships, learn, gain perspectives (interpersonal
needs, individual goals, group and team goals, interpersonal attraction, and
group attraction).
 Work in a small group to identify, research, analyze, and resolve a problem
and/or develop a project.
o Identify, analyze, generate possible solutions, evaluateand select best
option, test and implement
Agenda
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Meeting
Review
Socialization
Fun Activities Exercise
Check out reflection
1. List at least two groups you have been a part of.
2. For each group, rate on a scale of 1-10 how close you felt to other
members of the group. 1=not close at all, 10=very close
3. For each group, rate on a scale of 1-10 how good you felt about
working with the group.
4. How do your numbers for steps 2 and 3 above compare? What is the
relationship between your feelings for group members and feelings
for working with the group, in general.
5. What kinds of things make you feel good about a group and its
members? What kinds of activities help you feel closer to them?
“Relational communication describes ‘the verbal and nonverbal messages
that create the social fabric of a group by promoting relationships between
and among members’” (Myers &Anderson 185)  communication not
specifically oriented toward the task
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Review
For today’s review, I want to ask a series of questions:
What is the purpose of communication?
o Exchange information
o Pass along ideas
o Share opinions
 To learn and build relationships
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How would your answer be different if we weren’t in a small group
communication class?
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How do the goals of communication differ in a meeting compared to other
group settings?
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What is communication like when people are working well together?
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Beebe & Masterson Chapter 3 is about why people join groups, and some
of the reasons are social reasons (meet personal needs [some of which are
social], personal attraction). Chapter 7 is about how to communicate
effectively beyond the simple task orientation—Meyers & Anderson’s
Chapter 10 is also about that and uses the term “relational communication,”
which is good. Together, these chapters are talking about socialization.
This is the topic of Meyers & Anderson’s Chapter 2.
The main idea for today’s class is the role of the socialization process in
groups.
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Fun activities
A boring class exercise
Step 1. List at least 15 activities that young people might like to do for fun,
whether such activities are available in Kelso-Longview or not.
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Step 2. Rank the activities you’ve named from most inclusive to least
inclusive (inclusive=they might appeal to a lot of people).
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Step 3. Select the five that are both pretty inclusive and something that
could legitimately be done in Kelso-Longview or done better here.
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The jobs:
Turn-taking monitor
Your job, in addition to helping make the list, is to watch how people take
turns talking. How does one indicate that they wish to speak? Hint, it’s not
usually just by waiting for silence and then talking. How well do others
make opportunities for others to speak? How do people indicate when
they’re done speaking? How much overlap was there between one person
and the next person to speak?
Body language judge
Your job, in addition to helping make the list, is to watch people’s body
language as they participate. How many people seem to be saying, “I
don’t care about this?” How do people position their bodies to welcome
others to speak, or discourage others from speaking? What else do you
see?
Understanding-checking checker
Your job, in addition to helping make the list, is to watch how people
check for understanding. How often do people check to see if they
understand what someone else said? How do check to see if others have
understood them? How do people indicate that they understand someone?
Write down one specific example of this if you can.
Eye contact watcher
Your job, in addition to helping make the list, is to watch how people
make eye contact. When someone is speaking, note whether their eye
contact is focused on just one person, different people around the group,
etc… How do people respond to eye contact? What happens when
someone meets eye contact? What purpose does this serve?
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Fun
Socialization
Book definition:
“Socialization comprises a two-way process of influence … and
change whereby group members use verbal and nonverbal
messages to create a new and unique group culture” (Meyers &
Anderson 29).
Mike’s definition/translation:
The process of creating a group culture through all the subtle and
overt interactions of group members.
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Climate v. Culture
What’s the difference between group climate and group culture?
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Notes on Socialization from texts (especially Meyers & Anderson’s
Chapter 2)
Motivation for joining groups:
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Interpersonal Needs
Individual Goals
Group and Team Goals
Establishing Mutuality of
Concern
5. Interpersonal Attraction
6. Group Attraction
1. Attraction theory
2. Interpersonal communication
motives
3. Lack of volition
Outcomes of socialization:
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Cohesion
Consensus
Communication satisfaction
Loneliness (when the others go wrong)
Other key concepts and notes from the texts:
 Nonverbal cues – most communication of emotion comes through
nonverbal cues (Turn taking page)
 Posture disclosures
 Rapport vs. report
 Perception Checking
 Eye contact (monitoring, regulatory)
 Phases in group socialization
o Antecedent
o Anticipation
o Encounter
o Assimilation (aka adjustment)
o Exit
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Group Climate (back to Climate v. Culture)
This week, we will be talking about how one contributes to a positive group
atmosphere or not. One of the best places to start to think about that is by
thinking about how one listens. Empathy is another good thing to think
about—Empathy is largely about judgment, and judgment is a big barrier to
listening.
 Climate
(interaction
environment)
 Cohesion
 Supportive
climate
(valued)
 Defensive
climate
(resent)
 Description
 Evaluation
 Problem
orientation
 Control
 Spontaneity
 Strategy
 Empathy
o Needs
o Feelings
 Neutrality
 Equality
 Superiority
 Provisionalism
 Certainty
 Task cohesion
 Social
cohesion
 Empathic
listening
 Resentment
 Description vs.
evaluation
 Judgment
 Confirming
responses
 Disconfirming
responses
 Discounting
responses
 Peopleoriented
listener
 Contentoriented
listener
 Action-oriented
listener
 Time-oriented
listener
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Back to Climate v. Culture
Listening
Listening Styles:
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People oriented
Action oriented
Content oriented
Time oriented
Barriers to effective listening
 Prejudging
 Rehearsing your response
Active listening
- Basically, paying attention to the person communicating, not your
response, your assumptions about them, or your judgments.
- Check in for clarity and feeling
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Empathy exercise
 Feelings
 Needs
F
Top
N
Check out reflection
If socialization is the subtle process of creating a group culture, how do you
think you and your classmates can ensure that you create a positive one?
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Online and next time:
Online: Small Group Socialization Scale Survey
WEEK 6
OCTOBER 27TH: Roles
In class: Meyers & Anderson Ch 8, Beebe & Masterson Ch 5 96-101