1. Self-esteem is defined as the confidence one has in them self. Beebe (2008, p. 40) describes self-esteem as, "our assessment of our value as a person." Communication can enhance self-esteem because as we communicate with other people we are able to realize who we are. The communication process allows a source to send a message to a receiver in able to get feedback. This feedback is essential to improving ourselves. Self-awareness is the idea being aware of our thoughts, movements, and emotions and noticing we are separate entity from the world around us. There are three dimensions of self-awareness, subject self-awareness, objective self-awareness, and symbolic self-awareness. Humans reach all three dimensions but symbolic self-awareness …show more content…
Of the three parts of metacommunication, I would say I implement adapting the best. While having a conversation I tend to keep a close eye on how the audience is responding. Through my perception I will start to intrapersonally communicate and come to a decision of what actions should be taken. If I feel the audience is bored, I will be more entertaining. If i feel the audience is distracted by literal noise, such as another conversation, I would ask them a question to reel them back into the conversation. The part of metacommunication that I need to work on is reflecting. I rarely reflect on my communication skills. When I have a conversation I don't think about it after its over unless it was an unsuccessful conversation. An example would be if you were to offend someone by something you said you would be more likely to reflect after compared to if the conversation went as planned. Reflecting on your communication is a good practice that should not only be done when an unsuccessful conversation is presented. Reflecting on successful conversations can instill good habits that will make it easier to prevent future …show more content…
The five characteristics of communication are that communication is inescapable, irreversible, complicated, emphasizes content and relationships, and is governed by rules. Beebe (2008) describes the five characteristic of communication as follows. Communication is inescapable because people are all around us and we have to communicated in order to get through life. Communication is irreversible because once something is said it is impossible for someone listening to wipe it from listeners minds. Clarification could be added to try and cover up what was said, but it will always be there. Communication is complicated because everyone has a different set of values and beliefs. This could cause problems when you are talking about a sensitive subject and you don't want to offend somebody. Communication emphasizes content and relationships because there are many different hints a person can give off, such as tones, posture, and expressions. These hints that are give off will reveal emotions and attitude through communication. Communication is governed by a set of rules that a person learns as they grow up, similar to a person's ethics. The rules were taught by your parents or guardian and consist of what you can and can't say or what you can and can't do in certain situations. The characteristic that has the most effect on anticipatory metacommunication would be that communication is irreversible. A person should anticipate their audience to ensure that the interpretation won't
Self-esteem is confidence in one’s own worth or abilities or self-respect. Janie from Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston and Jefferson from A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines both struggle with establishing a positive self-esteem or a sense of self-worth. Both characters get so overwhelmed by the supremacy of someone or something around them that they doubt their own power, thus, creating a feeling of doubt for themselves and the voice that they have. In order to gain a sense of high self-esteem, a person must endure points of self-doubt.
According to Bevan and Sole (2014) interpersonal communication can be well-defined as “a unique type of communication that involves two individuals interacting via face-to-face or mediated channels (Ch.1.3, Para. 1). Interpersonal communication is inevitable and numerous influences can play into role. Illustrated in our textbook are six principles of interpersonal communication which includes captivating accountability for your behavior; recalling that there is common significance to a dialogue exchange; identifying that others can have views that are dissimilar than yours; display reverence for all personalities, yourself included; listen and reflect what others are saying; nonstop teaching of one’s self to be a proficient communicator (Bevan
Interpersonal communication is a rather important means of communication. It’s the process in which people discuss information, feelings, and meaning through verbal and non-verbal messages. These skills are necessary to developing other important life skills. Communicating with others to solve problems that inevitably occur both in our private and professional lives is a very important key skill.
What makes a good communicator and what makes a bad communicator, or rather, what makes one good at communicating their message as opposed to what makes one not good at communicating their message. What does it take to be a good communicator or a bad communicator? There are specific traits, tone, body language, and mechanics that all good communicators have in common. These traits are what make the communicator’s purpose conveyed properly, and the lack of those traits lead to bad communication. In order to be a good communicator, one must be Strategic, Professional, and Adaptable.
Effective communication will be demonstrated by identifying good responses and poor responses, listening and responding, asking questions, bringing up difficult issues, addressing and disarming anger, and the effective combination of skills.
I, myself have learned a lot along the way during this Interpersonal Communication class. I have learned how to communicate effectively with those around me by using the information along with tips presented within this class and textbook. In this paper I’ve chosen two communicative behaviors from chapters four and five to improve my skills in; they are making prejudice opinions/judgments toward others and listening.
Self-concept, or the relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself, are the physical features, emotional states, talents, likes, dislikes, values, and roles we describe ourselves with. Everyone has a self-concept, whether that be positive or negative, and not all the dimensions of self-concept are equally as important. Along with this, I learned that self-concept is something we discover with age. A person is not born with it, but is recognized around six or seven months of age. As we then age, self-concept describes how communication shapes the way communicators view themselves. Impression management is then use by the communicators to shape the way others view them through conversations. Within this topic, I read that each person
... communication. Without understanding oneself, it is impossible to have clear communication with anyone else. Self-concept affects one's attitude, perception and behavior, and without having good self-concept it is impossible to communicate clearly. Three aspects discussed that have affect on self-concept are gender, motivational level and psychological types. These all play an essential role in the way one communicate. A large portion of one's self-concept comes from past experience, and the people that surround them. Therefore one's perceptions, behaviors, attitudes gain from experience and people may alter one's self-concept.
According to Spitzberg and Cupach (1984); Weisman (1977), interpersonal communication competence (ICC) is defined as the consistent communication fundamentally signified by appropriate, effective, and ethical exchange in information. This form of competence defines how people react and relate on an everyday basis through six basic dimensions within the philosophy. Adaptability, conversational Involvement, conversational management, empathy, effectiveness, and appropriateness are what make up the dimensional criteria that give people the ability to evaluate themselves and others. Hence, giving one the ability to sculpt his or her own personality through communicational experience and thought. We are entities that are constantly giving off information whether we like it or not and competence give us as people a chance to control our continuous communication. Since I consider myself a human being, I will use the dimensions appropriateness and effectiveness as guidelines to define my own competence as well as explain the great impact they have on the other four dimensions in doing so.
In having communication with a diversity of people in my seminar, I’ve realized that I have two strategies on constructive feedback that I need to improve on and those are emphasizing strategy and paraphrasing strategy. Empathizing and paraphrasing necessitates self-confidence to open up my feelings and allowing for comprehension of other person’s internal state. I use my skills in offering constructive feedback by breaking my own boundaries by encouraging myself to listen so that I can maintain a sense of understanding towards other people’s feelings and emotions. I try to place other people 's thoughts, needs and feelings before my own. This helps in conquer my weakness, because being conscious of the others helps me to understand their
As I tried to reflect back on to what conversations I had throughout the week and today, I realized just how much I communicate both verbally and nonverbally. With that, I was trying to connect how writing about my conversations and communication related to this week's lecture and I realized, that essentially, what this journal entry is, is metacommunication. I am communicating about the nature of these two conversations and how that communication happened which is exactly what metacommunication is.
Self-esteem refers to general feelings of self-worth or self-value, it is the value placed on oneself. It is the way an individual feels about him/herself and how he or she relates to other people. Self-esteem can also be explained as pride in oneself by which one is aware and accepts one’s inherent strengths and positive qualities. In other words, it is the judgment that people make of themselves. It could be high or low. When a person can accept his/her weaknesses and faults and simultaneously recognizes his/her strengths and positive qualities, the person will experience strong self-worth and high self-esteem (Gray,
Metacommunication is also a strategy to be aware of when communicating since it greatly impacts meaning. Metacommunication is a secondary level of communication which includes indirect cues which aids in the interpretation of information (Young, 1978). Yet, when used excessively it can cause unfruitful conflict interaction because it can divert attention away from the real
When talking about communication and the self, one might ask: what does the self have to do with communication? The answer is everything. In order to communicate correctly with others, one must know who they are. Once we know who we are, it will then reflect on how one communicates with others (Chapter 3). One important aspect of the self is knowing who you are, or self-concept. Self-concept is the set of perceptions we hold of ourselves. This isn’t just about physical aspects of one’s self, but also one’s talents, likes, dislikes, and values. There are multiple characteristics to the self-concept. First off, the self-concept is subjective; meaning it is based on personal feelings and opinions. The second characteristic is that self-concept
Poor communication is the main frequently cited source of interpersonal conflict. Individuals recently spend about 70 percent of their waking hours communicating by writing, reading, speaking and also listening. This is causing lack of effective communication. Meanwhile, good communication skills are demanding to career success. It is always been show that communication skills among the most like characteristics. Apparently, communication is one of the most important activities in human life and also with the organization. Communication is a “life” to existence, development and successful to organization.