Chapter 3, 9, 10 Presentation

While watching Group 1 getting ready to present I was filled with excitement and made sure I was paying attention to what they said as best as I could to fully understand what they were presenting. Group 1 was presenting chapter 3 which talks about culture, culture appreciation, and culture diversity. They went over how cultures have their values and what they experience when another culture has discomfort communicating with them, or culture shock. They also covered Dominant culture which is when a place has a determined culture which is most popular in that area, also co-cultures which are cultures who share some similarities with the dominant culture but have its diversities and is on a much smaller scale. Lastly, they went over communicating barriers which covered barriers like stereotyping, anxiety, assumed similarity or difference and incompatible norms and values. I was amazed at how well they flowed in between each slide and they were able to continue talking without stopping or stuttering. They were able to cover all that is chapter 3 in a very short time but still giving a very detailed and elaborate explanation on all the topics they provided.

Group 2 Introduced their topic which was chapter 9, communicating in groups with ease and made it very clear and to the point. I felt as if they had rehearsed each of their part’s multiple times and new exactly what they were going to say before they said it and explained any confusions that appeared. They began by talking about families and the multiple types of families that are very common like nuclear or single parent families. Following up after that was the communication patterns between the families like a protective family which must have an authoritative figure to establish it, while a Pluralistic family emphasizes on letting the children do as they please to learn more and express themselves more. Once they went over families, they covered social groups and how people can act in a friend group such as being the “funny” one or the “planner” or “the one who never responds”. They explain how most groups have people like this and this is what makes up a social group. With these groups they mentioned how groups can stay healthy by being interdependent, cohesive, develop and abide by norms, have synergy, and are accountable for their own actions and consequences. They finished up their presentation by explaining the conflicts that happen in groups and their solutions. Some of these solutions could be something simple or more complex depending on what conflict is occurring. Overall, I liked how they explained each of their parts and provided a video of them presenting.

Finally, Group 3 covered chapter 10 which covers group leadership and problem solving. Their presentation looked very pleasing and still was able to provide very good information to the viewers. They mainly talked about the roles of group members like task roles, maintenance roles, procedural roles and what each members role is. To finish off they asked the other groups how they felt they presented and what they could do better individually, and then as a group what mistakes they made and what they could to better next time. I really liked the fact that they did this since it involves all the groups into their own presentation which is hard to do. Overall group 3 did a good job at explaining their chapter and really showed themselves off.