Example Of Interpersonal Communication M1

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M1A1 This week opened my mind to how communicating with others really works. It also made me see how I can start to work on my communication skills to have a greater understanding of interpersonal communication. Interpersonal communication is something that can be learned and practiced so that you get better at expressing yourself and communicating your true feelings. Expressing responsiveness, expressing superiority and expressing equality are the three examples that I am going to use. Expressing responsiveness is sometimes a problem for me, I always have a lot things on my mind. My family, job, and school are things I think about a lot. For an example, when I am at home I am sometimes thinking of work and school. I am pondering what needs …show more content…

My husband and I are partners in everything that we do, it has been this way since we were dating. “Friends and romantic partners sometimes engage in covert power struggles on the relationship level” (Wood, 2016, p. 19). I can say that in our relationship that neither of us has a more superior role than the other. We both work fulltime so we share tasks in our household equally, especially in taking care of our children. After our twins were born, I went back to work when the boys were 9 weeks old so my husband had to take care of them when I was at work. We are able to have this type of a relationship by having good communication skills with each other, we even tease each other about sharing a brain because we think so much alike. My husband will say something to me and I will tell him I was just about to say the same thing to him. Great relationships between romantic partners is about great interpersonal communication and …show more content…

17). This is so true and I completely agree that we need to take a step back sometimes and really understand what our words and gestures when we are communicating with other people. We get so involved in our daily lives and commitments that we sometimes don’t think before we communicate. This assignment has given me the opportunity to take a step back and really look at myself and how I communicate with my family, coworkers and strangers. I also understand now that not all communication is verbal, that our expressions and non-verbal gestures can be just as important as what we say. The way we communicate with other people can get better as we learn the skills to express ourselves better. Great communication skills is not something we are born with it is something that is learned and can get better with practice (Wood,

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