Week of October 29 - November 4

Hello Folks!

Here is what is listed on the Participation Page from D2L for this week.  The schedule for the entire semester, and the discussion questions for the entire semester are listed on the Schedule and Participation Pages, respectively.  In case you do not want to wait for the "Monday Post", you are more than welcome to get started by looking at those two pages on D2L.

Due this week:
*Read Chapter 10 - Friendships in Our Lives
*Participate in the discussion (see questions below)
*Continue working on the final project:  Relationship Development Paper.  This paper will be due by May 6th @ 11:59pm.  The assignment sheet is available for download on D2L.

Discussion Questions:
Answer one question in its entirety in each of your three separate posts, at least 12 hours apart. Please make sure you are creating a NEW POST for each question on your blog. You MUST WAIT at least 12 hours from the first post in order to create a second post. The same is true for the second and third post. I will record dates and time of your posts, so make sure they are at least 12 hours apart. EACH POST MUST BE 150 WORDS OR MORE. Each post is worth a maximum of 5 points.

1). To learn how others view friendships and what issues arise in their friendships, visit the Friendship Page.  This site offers songs, poetry, and quotes about Friendship, as well as chat rooms and an advice forum.  To what extent do the issues raised in the advice forum reflect challenges to friendship discussed in this chapter?  http://www.friendship.com.au/

2). Think about someone who is a very close or best friend.  Describe the investments you and your friend have made in the relationship.  Describe how you build and communicate trust, acceptance, and closeness.  Are the dynamics of your friendship consistent with those identified by researchers as discussed in this chapter?

3). Pick one concept from the reading this week and discuss it in detail.

Comments - Remember to post ONE comment ON THREE DIFFERENT BLOGS between 12:01am on Monday and 11:59pm on Sunday. This means that you will log onto MY BLOG at: http://comm10perez.blogspot.com/ to see a list of your colleagues blogs. Click on those blogs, read what was posted for this week and respond. You need to make sure you are responding to only what was discussed THIS WEEK (starting Monday and ending Sunday of the current week). Comments posted to blogs that were NOT within this week will not be counted for points. Each comment must be a minimum of 100 words and is worth a maximum of 3 points.

Note about comments: When you leave a comment on another blog, make sure you are logged into your blogspot account. In other words, you will need to make sure your "Display Name/Alias Name" shows up on the blog you are commenting on. I record the locations, dates and times of your comments. Please keep record of your posts and comments in case questions arise about where comments are located.