Joyknepper

i am interested in writing about Hapas, Myths, Traditions, Gender Roles, or Empathy & Self-awareness Competence. i decided to start the Genderlect Theory page, and have been contributing to it since i started it a month ago.

I'd strongly suggest you work on the Hapa page. Ajungle (talk) 17:40, 22 February 2013 (UTC) Glad to hear that you're working on Genderlect theory. Good choice. Ajungle (talk) 16:41, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

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Assignment 1

My first assignment was an orientation. I took an online course of learning how to navigate and properly use Wikipeda, so that I can be a contributor. Joyknepper (talk) 06:59, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 2

After completing training, I made an account, then learned how to use a talk page and the sandbox. After navigating my way around, I then messaged another contributor from my class to learn how to send and receive messages in our talk pages.Joyknepper (talk) 07:03, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 3

In this assignment I searched for different articles that I would be interested in learning about and contributing to within an intercultural context. I then listed five articles on which I would like to discuss. I chose Hapas, Myths, Traditions, Gender Roles, or Empathy & Self-awareness Competence as my options. Joyknepper (talk) 07:07, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 4

This is where I finally got to prove my stuff by adding to my topic which I chose to be "Genderlect Theory". I began this Wikipedia page with Glenn Ronald Vallercamp II, and we wrote...

"Genderlect Theory is a theory based on the idea that men and women speak a different language. Due to their cultural diversity, men and women have different values in the way they communicate, and thus communicate differently. Genderlect Theory views communication between men and women through a humanistic and scientific approach.[1] As a French person and a Japanese person would communicate differently, so would a man and a woman. The essential difference that drives each gender's behavior is that women have a profound drive to seek the furtherance of relationships, whilst men have a deeper drive to seek status[2]. Since men and women have different goals in mind, it affects the way they communicate. Women, with the goal of seeking deeper relationships, tend to speak more about emotion. They will stick to private groups more often to build deeper relations. They also tend to listen more in an effort to better understand the people they are spending time with. On the other hand, men will generally speak of more objective topics in an effort to put themselves above others. They will stick to more public scenes because the audience has the power to give men the status and attention they seek. And instead of listening, men will interrupt people to get the attention and status they seek [3].--Bmanswag63738247382648274 (talk) 06:16, 22 April 2013 (UTC)"

Although the assignment was to only a few sentences and gather sources, Glenn and I knew what we wanted to write about and so, that we did. We began the article and tagged the sources that we found.

Assignment 5

Because Glenn and I got a head start, we had done assignment 5 early. And so for this step we continued to expand on our Genderlect Theory page, but then it was collapsed due to insufficient sources and so our information was added elsewhere. Our page was combine with Language and Gender and that began a whole new journey. Joyknepper (talk) 07:33, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 6

This is where we began to transfer over to Language and Gender and create articles on there. I then found two reliable articles and added them to the Language and Gender page and cited the sources.

Although a few forms of behavior may be sex-specific, in general they reflect patterns of power and control between the sexes, which are found in all human groups, regardless of sex composition. These modes of behaviors are perhaps more appropriately labeled 'powerlects' instead of 'genderlects'.

[Lamb, T. A. (1981). Nonverbal and Paraverbal Control in Dyads and Triads: Sex or Power Differences?. Social Psychology Quarterly, 44(1), 49-53.]

From a social skills perspective, gender, tunic, and cultural differences in relationships may stem, in part, from differences in communication. The influence of biological sex on communication values has received scholarly attention. In general, women value affectively oriented communication skills more than men ,and men value instrumentally oriented communication skills more than women, although the effect size for these differences are generally small. [ANURADHA, M. M. (2012). Gender Stereotyping in Television Commercials Aimed at Children in India. Media Asia, 39(4), 209-215.] Joyknepper (talk) 08:18, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 7

This was where I was suppose to move the articles to the actually sections of Language and Gender, however I already did that in step 6. These steps were a bit confusing and so I had trouble with deciding which step to do in which assignment. But either way the job got done. Joyknepper (talk) 08:21, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignmnt 8

Now that other participants have advanced in their articles also, I went and reviewed their contributions along with the existing Wikipedia articles. I reviewed Brooklynelys's article on Cultural Identity as well as Marissabg's on Sex trafficking in Eastern Europe. Joyknepper (talk) 08:31, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 9

Now that I have given feed back to Brooklynelyse saying; "I see that you have done an excellent job with your article on Cultural Identity. It was very clear and laid out which sections you have contributed to and I see that you made a big difference on this article. I thought a very interesting part you added said, "I don't have a culture I'm just an American". I feel like this is often the mindset of many Americans who feel they have no culture because they just blend in with the 'white subculture' of our nation. But truly we are a diverse and unique country with many different cultures within. Joyknepper (talk) 08:43, 1 May 2013 (UTC)"

And to Marissabg saying; "The article on Sex trafficking in Eastern Europe looks great. As I am very interested in this subject because I am part of Free The Captives (a sex trafficking club here on APU's campus). All of the information looks good, however it was difficult to see what specifically you contributed due to the articles talk page along with your own. Joyknepper (talk) 08:36, 1 May 2013 (UTC)"

I WOULD ALSO LOVE SOME FEEDBACK! Joyknepper (talk) 08:45, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 10

I have actually not received any feedback on my articles or contributions yet, but as soon as I do I shall be sure to respond. Joyknepper (talk) 08:46, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Hey Joy, Great job on contributing information to the Language and Gender page. It's interesting to see the differences between men and women. I like this information you found/added to your page: "Since men and women have different goals in mind, it affects the way they communicate. Women, with the goal of seeking deeper relationships, tend to speak more about emotion. They will stick to private groups more often to build deeper relations. They also tend to listen more in an effort to better understand the people they are spending time with. On the other hand, men will generally speak of more objective topics in an effort to put themselves above others. They will stick to more public scenes because the audience has the power to give men the status and attention they seek. And instead of listening, men will interrupt people to get the attention and status they seek." This is very true! Cheals12 (talk) 10:05, 1 May 2013 (UTC)