Last week of discussion :( - Question 3

The concept that I truly enjoyed learning and even taught to my other friends was the section about committed romantic relationships. In this section of the book, I particularly paid attention to the styles of loving. The first style of loving is the primary style. It is eros, storge, and ludus. I was definitely interested because I did not know that there were many kinds of styles. The first one is the passionate style that happens fast and is very dramatic. This style is when people fall in love quickly and just have this crazy kind of affection for each other. Storge is the kind of love that comes out of a friendship. This is the love that doesn't happen right away, but is developed over time. Lastly, ludus is a playful style of love. The people who uses this style do not take the relationship seriously and sees it as a game. This kind of love are more common on men than in women. These styles of loving was interesting to me because I did not know that the things I see in life can fall into these categories.

Last week of discussion :( - Question 2

My favorite thing about this class was the blogging. I used to blog on Tumblr and I really enjoyed it. It was such a different feel than any of my classes and since this was my first online class, the blogging aspect really did make me enjoy it. At first, I thought it would just be reading and tests online but I really do like writing and having people comment on it and give their feedback. I also did like how I can interact with my classmates through their blogs because other online classes I’ve heard about did not do that. I don't think there is anything I particularly disliked about this class, because I really did enjoy the assignments and even the papers. I don't normally like writing papers but as a comm major, I definitely enjoyed learning and writing about interpersonal communication. I think this class does not really need any improvement because it's good how it is. It is also very convenient and easy to learn. 

Last week of Discussion :( - Question 1

Over the course of this semester, I learned a lot about verbal and nonverbal communication. I learned that verbal communication is highly influenced by our culture and the environment we live in. For example, most Asian families are not as open about sensitive topics to each other like American families. Also, I learned more about ambiguity and how sometimes what we mean is not necessarily what we say and confusion can arise. Nonverbal communication is another thing I learned more of in this class because it says much more than verbal. Our body language and what we communicate through our eyes and other nonverbal actions is more believable because it truly expresses our real feelings. We cannot fake how our faces and our bodies look like, but we can definitely think and change what we say verbally. I also learned a lot about friendship and how communication plays a big role in it. For example, I learned about not sweating the small stuff and that is something that definitely has improved my friendships. It states that we should not let the small irritations and small slights ruin a friendship because they are usually the cause of friendship's dying.