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Interpersonal Relations Online is a course designed to assist students to improve effectiveness when relating with other people. Self-perception theory and other perception theory provide a theoretical foundation for interpersonal effectiveness. The development of self-awareness, critical thinking, communication skills, and problem solving skills, is available through the use of chat rooms, threaded discussion groups, e-mail correspondence , Netmeeting, or on-campus instructor meetings.
General Objective
The course focus is on increasing interpersonal effectiveness when relating with others. Interpersonal effectiveness is defined as to the degree to which the consequences of a person's behavior match up with his/her stated intentions.
Specific Objective
The individual assigned lessons require participatory activities which include the application of projective techniques, communication, listening, and problem solving skills. Emphasis is on developing a critical thinking: which can be divided into four levels (1) Knowledge , (2) Self-Awareness, (3) Self-Critique, (4) Search for Self Understanding.
Knowledge - refers to taking a standardized personality inventory and other online inventories designed to increase self-awareness.
Self-Awareness- refers to using projective techniques to assist individuals to discover through a process of cognitive dissonance the contradiction between doctrines and opinions regarding interpersonal relationships
Self-Critique- refers to assisting individuals that good thoughts and opinions must be supported by good reasoning. Individuals begin to understand other points of view and learn to evaluate complex issues.
Self-Understanding- refers to integrating through a rational, objective method a means for understanding and accepting full responsibility for one's interpersonal phenomenology.
Tasks
Students are required to complete individual assignments, a standardized personality test, and to complete a final.Acceptable Performance
Each assignment is awarded points which accumulate and equate to a letter grade
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