The Importance Of Interpersonal Communication

Many people are not aware of the communication skills that they lack, most will argue that they have perfect communication skills. Taking interpersonal communication has taught me that my skills are very poor. I walked in thinking there was nothing I can learn about communication and realized that I know little to nothing about communication. Since starting this class I’ve narrowed the skills I need to work on to the following four which includes listening, being more supportive and active, understanding, and improving my self concept. Although all four of these skills are something I can improve I think listening is my main problem.

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

Emotional intelligence; also referred to as EI or EQ, is defined as, “a skill in perceiving, understanding, and managing emotions and feelings” (n.d.). The way I express myself, interact with others, demonstrate emotions and deal with stress on a consistent basis may lead to a high EQ, or low EQ, depending on my actions. I was able to take a self-assessment on the McGraw-Hill/Irwin website that provided a score for my emotional intelligence with specific areas of strengths and weaknesses included. Overall, I scored 87 out of 100 possible points, which ranks my score considerably high. Based on my results, I faired well in regards to understanding and managing my emotions in all areas of my life. Understanding emotional intelligence, and achieving a high score in similar assessments, may lead to rewarding results in many facets of life’s daily tasks and interactions. A person, who has developed a high emotional intelligence, will keep their emotions under control, strengthen relationships with those around them, and know their limitations.

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

Having a strong interpersonal communication competence is a very valuable asset to have when interacting in one’s everyday life. Without a strong competence, one would expect to have trouble adapting to others, managing conversations, being involved in conversations, being empathetic towards others, being effective when conversing, and even being appropriate during interpersonal communication; therefore, as previously stated, it is a necessity to have strong interpersonal communication competence skills. I would say that my competence in interpersonal communication is very strong as I am able to be conversationally involved and appropriate. Overall, I am a great communicator; however, I could use improvement in my effectiveness, adaptability,

Have you ever taken into consideration how your intrapersonal communication has an impact on your interpersonal communication? Our interpersonal communication is communication that strives us to create and maintain relationships with others in our life. My interpersonal communication is solely based on my self-concept, self-image, how I perceive myself, my bad and good qualities, and my non-verbal communication.

In the Emotional Intelligence Assessment, I scored more than the average score of 70 with 75. It means I am aware about my emotional being. I am mostly aware about what is going on inside me as well as what is being said around me with considering others emotional state of mind. I am emotionally sympathetic and balanced with ability to handle the situation without being harsh and rude to others. in general I have control over my emotional state and being.

NO!” “ Ok, Thank you Ms. Lewis” and I hung up. I am sitting at my desk really analyzing what just happened. Two to three minutes passed by, as I continued to think about the conversation. I started writing down what I wanted to say to Ms. Lewis, so I kind of scripted what I wanted to say. Because, I wanted this conversation to be effective when I speak to Ms. Lewis. Because, she was at Ms. Frank’s desk when she was talking to me, I felt that her response and behavior was very extreme and that she was possibly trying to be entertaining because she had an audience. So I wanted to talk to Ms. Lewis privately to discuss with her how communicating with her was unbearably difficult. (Which those words were a part of my brief script that I

Interpersonal communication is a very vital part of everybody’s life and success. This is because in our everyday lives, we communicate with people directly even if we do not want to. It was said by Confucius “Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.” This is very true because people tend to forget things that they are not interested in. So if your interpersonal communication is good, they will be more interested in the conversation and will recall that information more precisely. For this reason, interpersonal communication has been studied and perspectives or views have been made to distinguish

The most successful law enforcement officers are those that are able to find solutions and yet uphold enforcement without resorting to other use of force methods as most fights can be won with the right and positive attitude. Therefore, it is essential that the use of effective interpersonal communication is the numer one compliance tool and resource for law enforcement officers.

Verderber, K, Verderber, R and Berryman-Fink, C. 2010, stated that interpersonal communication is, “The process through which people create and manage their relationships, exercising mutual responsibility in creating meaning.” (Pg. 5) To be an effective communicator, it is vital that the person possesses and practices effective interpersonal/communicational skills. Over this semester, important interpersonal skills have been developed through a series of six workshops and assessed in two pieces of assessment. First position, second position and third position skills were performed. This reflective essay provides a critical analysis of my interpersonal skills developmental process of the three skills listed above; including my strengths, weakness and improvements.

There are many aspects of interpersonal communication that one must be able to manage with proficiency in order to be considered a competent interpersonal communicator. These aspects have been divided into six different categories including appropriate, effective, adaptable, conversational involvement, conversational management, and empathy. The table below indicates my personal scores in each of those six areas, and following the chart is an in-depth analysis of appropriate, effective, conversational management, and empathy. Communication skills can also be broken down into motivation, knowledge, and skill. As skill was the area of the test that I scored the lowest on, I have analyzed why this is and what I can do to improve in this area. Overall, I would say that I am relatively strong at interpersonal communication as I am very active socially and have many successful interpersonal relationships in my life.

Interpersonal communication is a face-to-face interaction, something we all do in our daily lives. Even though everyone communicates, we all do it differently and at different degrees of experiences. Not everyone will be perfectionists at communicating and socializing, but there is always room for improvement to slowly build your way up and become more efficient and competent. If you are anything like me, I consider myself an advanced communicator under certain circumstances. I tend to communicate and am more talkative in a smaller environment. For example, I am more comfortable conversing with one other individual or in a small group than I am with a big crowd or in big classes. I will talk more and be more interested in the conversation

For so many years I thought I was master when it comes to communication. Since I was young girl I wanted to become a lawyer because everyone around me said that I knew how speak and persuade others. However, many people didn’t know that I could be really confidant in front of one or two people and get really nerves and enable to speak in front of others that I didn’t know. I always argued with others and never gave them the chance to speak and instead listening to them I often used to think about the respond. I came a long way from what I used to be when it comes to communication and where am at today. It took many years of learning and reading. Through out the last two classes I learned many tools that helped me to become better speaker and enhance my communication skills overall. The tope three skills that help the most were the prober way to use power point and giving presentation, how to listen mindfully and express myself, the use of the six questions when writing a paper or giving a speech.

I love having conversations with everyone, and I am a very talkative person. I also love listening to people and hearing their problems. I try to fix everyone's problems and make everyone feel better. I do this so offend I forget about myself and I hold all my problems inside, until it's too much to handle. When this happens I need someone to listen to me and help me. This is hard for me because if feel selfish and I don't like opening up to many people. If and when I do share, I share with people I trust extremely. I normally don't like to have personal conversations about myself. So when I do people may not know what to do. So these are some rules to follow, when I’m having a personal conversation with you.