Reflection Paper I have taken Interpersonal Communication before during the summer 2016, but I didn’t pass it mainly because I wasn’t as focused as I was in this class. Professor Castro just made it fun. Her lectures and her stories made it interesting. Every Mondays and Wednesdays, I had three classes. Interpersonal Communication would be my first class to start my day. Then two classes after that. I ended up dropping those two classes. I was supposed to drop this class too but I didn’t because
1. At the start of this course, I wasn’t familiar with the concepts of interpersonal communication in an academic way. Now that I’ve been in the course, I realize that I was familiar with the concepts as they’ve occurred within my life, although these happenings didn’t have a name. Due to the fact that these concepts didn’t have a name, they weren’t fully acknowledged within my life. For example, I came into this course with a grasp of my conflicts and romantic relationship. I knew the necessities
According to (DeVito, 2016, p. 2), “Your personal success and happiness depend largely on your effectiveness as an interpersonal communicator”, and I am no exception to this concept. While exploring some of the things that I have learned about me as it pertains to interpersonal communication, I will investigate reasons why it is necessary for me to study interpersonal communication. Furthermore, I will analyze different situations that I have encountered while conversing in everyday life in relation
Taking this Interpersonal Communication course has opened my eyes to the importance of effective communication as it relates to relationships. The information that I’ve learned has inspired me to take a deeper look into how I communicate with my husband. It also provides an understanding regarding the differences in how he and I communicate. The communication style that I use is expressive, the style he uses is instrumental. He also interprets communication different than myself. It’s apparent that
broad topic of interpersonal communication, I think about how people relate to other people’s feelings in a given situation. Trying to sympathize or empathize with a person is a hard concept to grasp which is why I believe relating to people on an emotional level is something that comes with experience, time, and knowledge. I am a strong believer that this is the basis for emotional management. Emotional management is an essential aspect which appropriateness of the communication and the effectiveness
Throughout the past few months I've had the opportunity to improve my interpersonal relationship through the guidance of the interpersonal communication class. My three areas that I improved the most were strengenting my I-thou relationships, adapting to others, and properly solving conflicts. I thou relationships are hard to maintain when I begin to pile more responsibilities on my plate. My friend group is extremely close, and I noticed that one of my relationships in that group was dwindling
Since the consequences of bad interpersonal communication are dissatisfactory in the professional, social, and humane world, an interpersonal communication college course took me on a remarkable journey to strengthen my communication skills with other people, professionals, and myself. From the beginning, I knew my nursing and personal responsibility to learn the expertise of the subject matter at hand a must to further my career efforts and goals. The eureka effect, or a-ha moment, did its justice
Throughout the Oral and Interpersonal Communication course my fellow classmates and I were required to present on a variety of subjects. For the most part, we were adept when it came to our subjects since we had a general understanding of them, but not enough to be considered true expects. Because of this, I found that the 5th guideline Celeste Headlee outlined related closely to my experiences in the class. In this point, Celeste noted that if a person does not have enough experience to answer
This course on Interpersonal Communication has opened my eyes to the importance of effective communication as it relates to personal relationships. The information that I’ve learned has inspired me to take a deeper look into how I communicate with my husband. It also provides an understanding regarding the differences in how we communicate. The communication style that I use is expressive, the style he uses is instrumental. He also interprets communication different than myself. It’s apparent that
During this course, I have learned what interpersonal communication involves and how it can benefit me in my personal and professional lives. My understanding of intercultural communication has improved and can now adapt my communication to better communicate with people of other cultures. I have become more aware of the way I perceive myself and the way I portray myself. The way I process a message I am sending or receiving has become more analytical. My awareness of the meanings of someone's message