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2: Language

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    90674
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    Learning Objectives

    • Demonstrate the ability to assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of interpersonal strategies used in various interpersonal situations, including mediated and face to face interactions.
    • Demonstrate skill in selecting and using a variety of communication strategies and responses based on situational contexts, goals, and human needs.
    • Differentiate between theories that explain interpersonal interaction.
    • Demonstrate the ability to analyze and critique verbal and nonverbal messages in interpersonal interactions.
    • Distinguish between different aspects of meaning in language use.
    • Compare and contrast connotative and denotative meanings.
    • Identify rules of language via grammar.
    • Recognize how verbal communication affects cognition.
    • Argue how language can construct one’s reality.


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