Interpersonal Communication Summary

My advice to you for a successful relationship is to be open and honest with each other about how you feel. It starts by identifying barriers to effective interpersonal communication. In fact, being open and honest with your significant other is very important in not creating problems later on the relationship. When you are honest you build trust. According to Pope (2007) the article states “When you’re suppressing communication and feelings during conflict with your husband, it’s doing something very negative to your physiology, and in the long term it will affect

A day in the life of a veterinary technician may include answering clients’ questions, providing written or verbal instructions regarding care of an animal, answering the telephone,

* Body Paragraph #3 - Differentiate appropriate levels of self-disclosure and emotional intelligence in various relationships.

In the first unmet need, RP was having a bad day and has been stressed and wanted to talk to SELF about it. However, SELF was busy and with his own stresses and studying to give her the attention she wanted, and he felt that RP was not being considerate and selfish. This unmet need does not seem to elicit a strong emotional reaction because it seems more like a response to a momentary stressor, rather than an issue threatening the relationship (342, 371-2). Three sad word and two anger words are attributed to RP. One sad word was attributed to SELF. The higher use of sad words relate to RP’s inability to meet a goal, which was the source of her original frustration and anger about her stress, which then carried over into sadness and anger over not getting the attention she wanted from SELF. Since SELF has been able to reflect over the issue and come to an understanding of why RP was upset (337-43), all of his use of emotional words is focused on his partner’s emotions, rather than his own. The anger words used by RP relate to her negative communication behaviors. She got upset with SELF, and she would only give him succinct responses which can be a form of showing disinterest (294) and eventually shut down and refused to talk (312).

To function effectively in today's society people must communicate with one another. Yet for some individuals communication experiences are so unrewarding that they either consciously or unconsciously avoid situations where communication is required. (McCroskey & Richmond, 1979) The term ‘communication apprehension' was coined by James McCroskey (1976a) and is defined as "an individual's level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons" (McCroskey, 1984). In the last two decades communication apprehension and related constructs, such as reticence and unwillingness to communicate, have received extensive research and theoretical attention by scholars in communication and

Evaluating my Interpersonal Communication competence is not an everyday activity, as I rarely think about whether or not I communicate effectively. Sometimes I mistakenly assume that my ability to be a good communicator is confirmed by my success in networking and interviews. In reality, this is not accurate. Regardless, it is important to establish my strengths and weaknesses to take the first steps to work on becoming a better and effective communicator. First, I must form a platform with my strengths and then work on the weaknesses. By taking the Interpersonal Communication Assessment, I realized that my scores are fairly consistent. This assessment helped me conceptualize my strengths and weaknesses. Some of my strengths are in effectiveness,

In the article, “American Values and Assumptions”, Gary Althen notes that people who grow up in the same culture share their ideas and beliefs most of the time. They agree, not always, with each other. Each culture has its own values and assumptions. The meaning of culture can be a group of values and assumptions that complain with each other to form a certain people comprehensions and link it to the world around them. In Althen’s article, he discusses individualism, privacy, equality, informality, competition, and time about the American culture. In American culture, the most important thing is to understand their individualism. Althen also believes that Americans need a time to be alone which called privacy. Moreover, the equality value that

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In contrast, a feminine community possesses tendencies that relate to supportiveness, care, empathy, and relationship-oriented traits (Elsesser & Lever, 2011). A male-dominated culture somewhat influences femininity. Notably, male leaders apply unconventional approaches in addressing organizational players compared to their female counterparts. For these reasons, the expectations of the two leadership types tend to differ, forcing societies to react differently to the two.

In this article, Meinig tackles the field of interpersonal communication by using landscape as a metaphor. It is important to understand that your audience may come from different educational, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds: and how to effectively convey an idea across those lines. We, as communicators, must remember these boundaries exist and do our best to effectively transmit information across them.

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     If we talk in terms of Hofstede four dimensions of cultural differences, then American men culture could be described a culture that

Individualism is defined as the degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members. Whether people´s self-image is defined in terms of “I” or “We”. In Individualist societies people are only supposed to look after themselves and their direct family. In Collectivist societies people belong to “in groups” that take care of them in exchange for unquestioning loyalty. (geert-hofstede.com/united-states.html) It is the strength and bond that tie the people together in the community. In this dimension, Japan scored at 46. Japan is portrayed as a collectivist society. They are group minded and very sociable, and they are also very concerned about how others may portray them. Whereas The United States scoring at a high 91 in this dimension are portrayed as an Individualistic culture. The United States was formed based on the idea that individuals have the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

1. Tobin's emotional state directly affects the messages he delivers and how it is received. How does Tobin's tone and word choice affects how information is received?

In individualism, from its root word “individual”, highlights the rights and the significance of one’s goals. While, collectivism emphasizes the rights and welfare of the group that a person belongs to (Lalonde, Hynie, Pannu & Tatla, 2004). To name a few, individualistic nationalities include European-Americans, the intermediate in individualism and collectivism are Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Chinese-Americans were considered to be collectivist (Doherty et. al.,