RELATIONSHIP
If using a relationship for your portfolio, these are possible questions for discussion for chapter 3.

    1.  Explain the difference between understanding someone and agreeing with him/her.  Use
         specific interpersonal examples from your own life.

    2.  Describe the four perceptual accuracies / inaccuracies identified by researchers in chapter 3.
         What role has each played or not played in the formation of your perception of this relationship.

    3.  Imagine yourself a member of the opposite sex.  Describe all the events of a particular day
         from the vantage point of your new sex.
         a.  what clothes would you wear?
         b.  How would you greet your friends?
         c.  How would you eat?
         d.  How would you play?
         e.  How would your perceptions of the world change?

    Be specific and use concrete examples as well as vocabulary items from chapter 3.

    4.  Apply the Pillow method to an interpersonal issue which has recently affected you.  Describe
         your thoughts and feelings at each position of the pillow.

CULTURE

    1.  Differences of opinion often result due to cultural differences especially in relationships
          socially and occupationally.  discuss some of the cultural differences that may have happened
          in a relationship due to cultural differences.
          Things to consider:
            a.  notions of modesty
            b.  ideas governing childraising
            c.  roles in the family
            d.  relationship to animals
            e.  patterns of superior/subordiante relations
            f.  definition of sin
            g.  courtship practices
            h.  concept of justice
            i.  tempo of work
            j.  notions of leadership
            k.  attitudes of group decision-making
            l.  attitudes toward the dependent
            m.  theory of disease
            n.  approaches to problem-solving
            o.  roles in relation to status by age, sex, class, occupation, kinship, conversational patterns,
             p.  concept of past and future
            q.  concept of "self"
            r.  preference for competition or cooperation
            s.  body language
            t.  social interaction rate
            u.  patterns of handling emotions
            v.  etc.

    2.  Discuss the advantage of knowing about another culture to being able to eliminate
         misunderstandings.
         a.  Does knowing about a culture cause a different outcome to a misunderstanding?