Franklin Pierce College Groups & Teams Communication & Gender Theories Discussion

For your initial post, please answer all of the following prompts fully. For each prompt, your response should be no less than five substantive sentences. Full points will be given for thoughtful, fully-formed writing that references the week’s required readings and/or additional examples.

1. In your own words, what is the difference between a group and a team? Give a real life example of each from your own group/team experiences or from pop culture.
2. What makes primary and secondary groups different? Give a real life example of each from your own group/team experiences or from pop culture.
3. The nine group communication competencies are define the problem, analyze the problem, identify criteria, generate solutions, evaluate solutions, maintain task focus, manage interaction, manage conflict, and maintain climate. Out of those group communication competencies, which do you think will be the easiest to manage in our upcoming group project and why? Which do you think will be the hardest to manage and why?
4. Working in groups has its advantages and disadvantages. Name at least 2 advantages and 2 disadvantages from the text. Do you think working in groups is overall better or worse than working alone? Second assignment

Chapter 2 of the textbook offers a number of theories about gender. We’ll be revisiting these theories throughout the semester. For now, I want to be sure you have a general understanding of a few of them.

1. Name one of the interpersonal theories of gender. Then, provide an example of what this looks like in real life.

2. Name one of the cultural theories of gender. Then, provide an example of what this looks like in real life.

3. After you post, you will need to post a comment on two of your classmates’ post. This comment should use one of the critical theories (standpoint or queer theory) to critique one of their chosen examples. For example, if they’ve used a Disney movie as an example of how one might learn gender, you might comment from the media perpetuates heteronormativity.

Start your comment letting your audience know which perspective you’re speaking from. “From the queer theory perspective, one might see these characters as reinforcing heteronormativity because…”