Week One (Jan. 16)
Course Orientation
Week Two (Jan. 23)
The Importance of Interpersonal Skills
Exercise groups assigned
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 1
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 1, p. 4 - How skillful am I?
Chpt. 1, p. 10 - Your relationships and your skills
Chpt. 1, p. 12 - Why interpersonal skills are important
Chpt. 1, p. 19 - Difficulties I have in forming relationships
Chpt. 1, p. 20 - Potential for loneliness quotient
Chpt. 1, p. 25 - My action theories
Chpt. 1, pp. 32-34 - Exercise 1.1: Your relationships
Chpt. 1, pp. 34-35 - Exercise 1.2: Keeping friends
Chpt. 1, pp. 35-36 - Exercise 1.3: Influential relationships
Week Three (Jan. 30)
Self-disclosure
Group Exercise: Friendship relations
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 2
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 2, pp. 40-45 - Exercise 2.1: Friendship relations (do individually)
Chpt. 2, p. 50 - Benefits of self-disclosure (do individually)
Chpt. 2, p. 52 - How self-aware am I?
Chpt. 2, p. 57 - Ways of increasing self-awareness (do individually)
Chpt. 2, p. 63 - How I reason about myself (do individually)
Chpt. 2, pp. 82-83 - Exercise 2.15: How self-accepting are you?
Chpt. 2, pp. 83-84 - Exercise 2.16: Interpersonal patterns (do individually)
Chpt. 2, pp. 84-85 - Exercise 2.17: Open and closed relationships
Chpt. 2, p. 86 - Exercise 2.18: Self-description
Chpt. 2, p. 88 - Self diagnosis
Week Four (Feb. 6)
Developing and Maintaining Trust
Group Exercise: Practicing Trustbuilding Skills
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 3
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 3, pp. 105-108 - Exercise 3.1: How trusting and trustworthy am I? (do individually)
Chpt. 3, p. 119 - Exercise 3.6: Developing trust (do individually)
Chpt. 3, pp. 120-121 - Self diagnosis
Week Five (Feb. 13)
Increasing Your Communication Skills
Group Exercise: Practicing Personal Statements
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 4
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 4, p. 136 - Exercise 4.1: Practicing personal statements (do individually)
Chpt. 4, p. 137 - Exercise 4.2: Describing others' behavior (do individually)
Chpt. 4, p. 138 - Exercise 4.3: Relationship statements (do individually)
Chpt. 4, p. 163 - Self diagnosis
Week Six (Feb. 27)
Expressing Your Feelings Verbally
Group Exercise: Ambiguity of Expression of Feelings
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 5
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 5, pp. 181-185 - Exercise 5.1: Describing your feelings (do individually)
Chpt. 5, pp. 186-187 - Exercise 5.2: Ambiguity of expression of feelings (do individually)
Chpt. 5, pp. 188-189 - Exercise 5.3: Is this the way you feel? (do individually)
Chpt. 5, p. 190 - Self diagnosis
Week Seven (Mar. 6)
Expressing Your Feelings Non-verbally
Group Exercise: Recognizing Cues for Affection or Hostility
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 6
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 6, p. 200 - Exercise 6.1: Communication without words (do individually)
Chpt. 6, pp. 201-203 - Exercise 6.3: How do you express your feelings? (do individually)
Chpt. 6, pp. 206-207 - Exercise 6.6: Recognizing cues for affection or hostility (do individually)
Chpt. 6, pp. 212-213 - Self diagnosis
Week Eight (Mar. 13)
Helpful Listening and Responding
Group Exercise: Listening and Response Alternatives
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 7
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 7, pp. 216-223 - Exercise 7.1: Listening and response alternatives (do individually)
Chpt. 7, pp. 231-232 - Exercise 7.2: Practicing the five responses (do individually)
Chpt. 7, pp. 237-242 - Exercise 7.3: Phrasing accurate understanding response (do individually)
Chpt. 7, pp. 242-243 - Exercise 7.4: Practicing phrasing understanding response (do individually)
Chpt. 7, p. 248 - Self diagnosis
Week Nine (Mar. 20)
Resolving Interpersonal Conflicts
Student Led Group Exercises: Confronting the Opposition & Which Books do we Take?
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 8
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 8, p. 273 - Exercise 8.1: My past conflict behavior (do individually)
Chpt. 8, pp. 273-276 - Exercise 8.2: My conflict strategies (do individually)
Chpt. 8, pp. 276-280 - Exercise 8.3: Confronting the opposition (do individually)
Chpt. 8, p. 282 - Exercise 8.6: Which strategy would you use? (do individually)
Chpt. 8, pp. 283-284 - Exercise 8.10: Differentiating between positions/interests (do individually)
Chpt. 8, pp. 288-289 - Exercise 8.12: Your point of view (do individually)
Chpt. 8, p. 294 - Exercise 8.17: What are the rules? (do individually)
Chpt. 8, p. 296 - Self diagnosis
Week Ten (Apr. 3)
Anger, Stress, and Managing Feelings
Group Exercise: Interpretations
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 9
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 9, pp. 301-304 - Exercise 9.1: Can friends help you stay well?
Chpt. 9, p. 305 - Exercise 9.2: Is anger a problem for you?
Chpt. 9, pp. 319-320 - Exercise 9.3: Understanding my anger (do individually)
Chpt. 9, p. 321 - Exercise 9.4: Defusing the bomb (do individually)
Chpt. 9, pp. 321-323 - Exercise 9.5: Talking to yourself to manage provocations (do individually)
Chpt. 9, p. 324 - Exercise 9.6: Anger arousers (do individually)
Chpt. 9, pp. 329-331 - Exercise 9.7: Assumptions, assumptions, what are my assumptions?
Chpt. 9, pp. 331-332 - Exercise 9.8: Interpretations (do individually)
Chpt. 9, p. 333 - Exercise 9.9: Changing your feelings (do individually)
Chpt. 9, pp. 334-335 - Exercise 9.10: How do I manage my feelings?
Chpt. 9, p. 336 - Exercise 9.11: Taking steps to forgive
Chpt. 9, p. 342 - Self diagnosis
Week Eleven (Apr. 10)
Building Relationships with Diverse Individuals
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 10
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 10, pp. 346-347 - Exercise 10.1: Relating to diverse individuals (do individually)
Chpt. 10, p. 347 - Exercise 10.2: My attitudes toward diversity
Chpt. 10, p. 353 - Exercise 10.3: Who am I?
Chpt. 10, p. 353 - Exercise 10.4: My identity
Chpt. 10, p. 354 - Exercise 10.5: Aspects of self
Chpt. 10, p. 357-358 - Exercise 10.8: Was de Tocqueville right or wrong? (do individually)
Chpt. 10, pp. 358-359 - Exercise 10.9: American values (do individually)
Chpt. 10, p. 362 - Exercise 10.10: Why do stereotypes endure? (do individually)
Chpt. 10, p. 376 - Characteristics of friendships
Chpt. 10, p. 378 - Self diagnosis
Week Twelve (Apr. 17)
Ethics of Relationships
Student Led Group Exercises: Was de Tocqueville right or wrong? & Stereotyping
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 11
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 11, pp. 389-390 - Exercise 11.1: My ethics
Chpt. 11, pp. 390-391 - Exercise 11.2: Do we always have to tell the truth?
Chpt. 11, p. 392 - Exercise 11.3: Am I being rude?
Chpt. 11, p. 394 - Self diagnosis
Week Thirteen (Apr. 24)
Interpersonal Effectiveness, Self-actualization, & Interpersonal skills
Reading: Johnson - Chpt. 12
Workbook Assignments Due:
Chpt. 12, p. 405 - Exercise 12.1: Relationship survey
Chpt. 12, pp. 406-410 - Summary of interpersonal skills
Chpt. 12, p. 398 - Exercise 12.1: Planning for improvement (final essay, 3-4 pgs./~800 words)
Week Fourteen (May 1)
Looking Forward
Reading: none
Assignment Due: none
