Week 4: Perception, Self-Reflection, and Personal Assessment (outline pending)
Week of Mon, Sep 7 · week closes Sun, Sep 13
This week's items
- Week 4 reading — Perception & Self-Reflectionpoints in Canvas
- Self-Concept Discussion Board postpoints in Canvas
- Core Values activitypoints in Canvas
Exact due times are in Canvas.
Read this week
Know these cold
- Explain the Johari Window model and its four quadrants: open, hidden, blind, and unknown.
- Describe how the Johari Window changes through self-disclosure and feedback.
- Identify perceptual checking as a strategy to reduce misunderstanding.
- Apply a perceptual check in a written example: observation + two interpretations + question.
- Define core values and explain how they shape communication priorities.
- Describe the self-fulfilling prophecy and give a communication example.
- Explain impression management on social media and its risks and benefits.
- Connect self-reflection activities (Core Values, Who Am I?) to your communication growth.
Meerk's quiz — open the Week 4 gate
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.
Stuck?
Raise your hand. Mr. James gets a message right away and can help you remotely. Nothing else is stored — just your last name, grade, and where you're stuck.
Dinner Table Question
Ask at home: What is something in your blind area — something others see in you that you are only now beginning to recognize? How did feedback reveal it?
En español: ¿Hay algo en tu área ciega — algo que otros ven en ti y que apenas estás empezando a reconocer? ¿Cómo lo reveló la retroalimentación?