Concepts of Communication

Humans act toward people, things, and events on the basis of the meanings they assign to them. Once people define a situation as real, it has very real consequences. Without language there would be no thought, no sense of self, and no socializing presence of society within the individual. (Socio-cultural tradition)

In 1980, S.F. Scudder proposed that all living beings existing on the planet communicate in some way, even plants. We need to communicate to survive. My paper discusses various communication theories that relate to things that I observed or experienced over the course of my internship.

We will never know everything there is to know about relationships with others or ourselves because the communication process is complexed (Bevan & sole, 2014). Communication is the main key to being successful in any relationship, whether it is business or personal. Communication is the interaction between two or more people who share meaning through messages that is either verbal or non-verbal messages through contexts (Bevan, J.L, & Sole, K. (2014, section 1.4, para. 2). In order to become a competent communicator and avoid miscommunication, one has to acknowledge and

Consider the implementation of your new behaviors in Part 7. Which of your behaviors particularly please you? What was the course material that suggests that this new communication behavior is a positive change? Be specific; apply material from the text, lecture, TCOs, and so forth.

Communication has many different variables, such as: facial expressions, listening skills, body language, written and of course verbal. However, if the communication between all parties involved is not understood properly, it becomes ineffective communication that could influence the patient’s health and lower patient satisfaction. The purpose of this paper is to help the reader understand seven principles of communication that a nurse must use to help their patient to overcome these barriers in the healthcare field. Interdisciplinary communication is also essential between staff and can create medical error or harm to the patient if critical tools are not implemented. Lastly, I will be discussing four ethical principles to remember when communicating with a patient.

Stage fright can be one of the most embarassing occurences for a person trying to be as professional as possible. Displaying a lack of presentation skills is detrimental in many job areas and can seriously inhibit a person's integrity. Not only that, but issues with stage fright can be exceptionally difficult to face. Personally, I have struggled with giving effective speeches for most of my academic career, and though I have improved, it is still a problem I have not yet fully mastered.

The definition of listening from dictionary.com is to give attention with the ear, to pay attention, heed or obey Listening is one of the most important skills that we possess. Your ability to listen can affect your relationships as well as your job effectiveness. Research suggest that we only retain 25 to 50 percent of what we hear. When talking to colleagues, partners or employees they only hear half of a 10 minute conversation. If we can be a better listener, productivity can increase, as well as your ability to influence, persuade and negotiate. It can also help to avoid conflict and misunderstandings.

Communication can be considered as one of the most important parts of human life that has evolved during the history of our existence. Different methods of communication from smoke signal to sign languages to face to face communication have played an important part in our lives. Rapid development in the technology field caused evolution of electronic communication and we started to develop better and faster tools and methods to communicate with each other.

I have discovered some very interesting facts about the four areas of communication: interpersonal, lifespan, health, and persuasive communication. I found these facts while searching on the internet using many different search engines. I will share these facts that caught my attention with you and let you know where you can learn more about these areas of communication.

An effective listening skill is a technique where millions of people use in counseling, conflict resolution, and even for training purposes. It actively absorbs information given by the speaker, and also shows that you are interested and paying attention to what the speaker is saying. You also give the listener feedback on what they have heard from the presenter by paraphrasing or even restating in their own words. You also give back verbal communication such as writing notes that would include trying to choose the correct words, and the moments where you should not speak while the presenter is speaking to you.

Through the course of taking field notes for twenty-four hours I interacted with over fifty people. In these interactions, my most important relationships were represented as well as random daily interaction that taught me a lot about the way I communicate. In this paper I will analyze three of those interaction in terms of communication theories. I chose these interactions based on them being able to provide the clearest examples of theories. I used predicted outcome value theory to explain a first meeting and the conversation that followed, impression management to describe how I have to interact with my family, and relational dialectics theory as it relates to the tensions underlying the interaction with my boyfriend.

A person who is talking is giving away information while a person who’s listening is receiving information. Effective listening is actively absorbing the info given to you by a speaker, shows that you are listening and stimulating, and providing response to the speaker so that a speaker will discern the message was acknowledged. For me, effective listening is more important than talking. The effective listener can signal his or her affective engagement in the conversation by making it the focus of attention, and by getting communications with acceptance.

-Example: With listening skill, you can obtain more information because your subordinates will talk with you honestly. Sometimes staffs don’t want to let their boss know information, especially about bad information, but active listening skill help you to get those information also. It enable you to make a decision based on less biased information.

Communication is something that we all do every day and something that we must learn to do from the day we are born in order to interact with others and become a functional member of society. We must learn to constantly improve our communication skills in order to express to other what we need and what we are feeling and to help others with their needs and problems.

Stage fright is something that lots of us have struggled through. Whether it was singing, acting, dancing, being in a recital, or even just a speech, we’ve all had our moments where we had to do something in front of others and our self - confidence dropped lower than Death Valley. Whether you’re a person who's completely confident in your capabilities or a complete shutout when it comes to your talents, like me, here are a few ways that you can try to get used to showing off your skills in front of a crowd.