Please read Epley's book, Mindwise (located on the e-books tab). This is a great book that skilfully summarises a large body of research about how to understand the minds of others and develop greater social intelligence. As Epley states in the preface:

"In a world of seven billion people, where both your happiness and your economic success depend critically on our relationships with others, it is hard to imagine a more useful ability than understanding other people. Even better, your brain comes fully equipped to do it." (xvii)

Your assignment is to apply the research that he describes to analyse specific situations where you personally have struggled to build effective relationships. You then need to write up three of these situations. Each situation should relate to a separate 'part' of the book (i.e. three of the four 'parts' will be referenced). Do not be tempted to suggest you have never struggled to build relationships effectively!

For each of these three situations, please:

1. Briefly describe the situation in which you struggled
2. Relate the situation to a framework or frameworks described by Epley
   1. How does the situation fit with the theory?
   2. How does the theory help you understand why you struggled with this specific relationship dynamic?
   3. What, based on this analysis, could you have done differently or have you learned about how to handle future situations?

*Just please write an example essay with 3 situations by Empley.