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Answer these questions;

1. What types of noises do you find interfering with your communication channel the most?

Types of noise we talked about in class include: Physical, physiological, semantic, and psychological. Which one of these and what examples do you encounter during interpersonal communication?

2. How can our self esteem and self worth affect our communication in our day to day lives?

Describe a positive and negative way self esteem and self worth can affect communication. Self-worth is how we feel about our talents, abilities, etc. and self esteem is an evaluation of who we perceive ourselves to be. 

3. How can stereotyping limit or block communication all together?

Stereotyping is categorizing individuals according to a fixed impression. Stereotyping can be positive or negative. You can use examples when responding. 

4. How does it make you feel when someone is constantly looking down at their phone when you are talking to them? Do you feel there is no point to continuing the conversation?

I feel this happens to me a lot especially with the people that mean the most to me, I am not sure they are doing this intentional or not but I cannot stand it!

5. Do you see it as a problem when someone you are communicating with gives off disconfirming messages?

Why or why not, I know it can be challenging when you are trying to fight for the attention of the person you are communicating with.

Disconfirming messages can definitely be a problem, but it is all about how you handle them.

Response: @Morgan I agree with you completely. It can be extremely challenging dealing with people that notoriously utilize disconfirming messages. One's relationship with the individual who uses disconfirming messages habitually can be at risk as well. I believe it is important to evaluate the relationship and the argument at hand and decided how to face the situation. Too many disconfirming messages has led to the termination of my relationships with individuals. 

My response to her response:

6.We discussed supportiveness and defensiveness in class. Do you believe the way you communicate (supportive or defensive) is something you learned? Do you think that the way you were raised and the types of communication that your parents used, is what makes you communicate the way that you do today? Do you think that supportiveness and defensiveness are learned or do we have a predisposition to act one way or another while communicating. What do you think has made you the type of communicator that you are today?

Someone response: I feel that our parents or whoever raised us will have a great impact on the way me communicate. For instance, we often behave the way that our parents do so if our parents tend to respond with one technique more than the other then we might automatically mimic their actions. In my opinion I think that whether we respond in a supportive or defensive way, it comes from deep inside us and it is pure emotion. Depending on how much of an impact your parents have on your communication then it may vary but I feel that I respond the way I do from previous personal experiences. 

My response :

- Please provide 20 questions ( 2 for each subject) related to the subject mentioned here:

1.Nonverbal Messages in Interpersonal Interactions (cont’d) Improving nonverbal communication skills

2.Listening in Interpersonal Interactions

 The listening process

 Informational vs. critical vs. empathic listening

 Overcoming listening barriers

 Offering feedback

3. Self-Disclosure

 The nature of self-disclosure

 Social Penetration Theory

 Communication Privacy Management Theory

 Skilled Self-Disclosure

4. Emotional Messages in Interpersonal Interactions

 The nature of emotion

 The management of grief

 Comforting communication

 Apologizing skillfully

5.Interpersonal Relationships: Differences & Similarities

Friendships vs. romantic vs. family vs. professional relationships

6.Interpersonal Relationships: Relationship Development

Stages of relationships

 Interpersonal attraction

 Social exchange theories

7.Interpersonal Relationships: Relationship Maintenance

 Relationship rules

 Relationship dialectics

 Politeness theory & face management

8.Interpersonal Relationships

 Communication patterns in deteriorating relationships

 Relationship repair

 Relationship breakups

9. Managing Interpersonal Conflict

 What is conflict?

 Conflict styles & patterns