Static Evaluation Malapropism

6. In your own words, define polarization, static evaluation, bypassing, malapropism, allness statements. Give an example from your own life or friend's life as to how these are language problems. Discuss how you/they can change these for the positive, in the future.

According to the textbook malapropism,” Confusion of one word or phrase for another that sounds similar.” Word confusion is very common in especially in different contexts and if you do not use proper grammar or know the meaning of the word. One of my friends mom’s gave a children story up front at church and confused the word, “focused” with the word with the swear word “fuckus”. This lady is a very sweet lady and I began to laugh at the malapropism that was taking place in front

When one of my friends were arguing with their boyfriend and was making all or nothing statements and putting the blame all on him. All or nothing statements are never a good sign when it comes to relationships it takes two people to communicate effectively. Something that I could do to avoid this situation is by making sure I use “I” statements.

4. Discuss the definitions of a high and low context culture, in which you were born and raised. Give specific examples as to how your culture influenced your perception and behavior.

According to the textbook a high context culture is, “Culture in which people derive much information from nonverbal and environmental.” In high context culture the nonverbal and the environment are vital when it comes to communication with other people in that culture. Low context culture is, “Culture in which people derive much information from the words of a message and less information from nonverbal and environment.” Low context culture, words are more essential than the nonverbal

Sometimes I am quick to speak my opinion or mind when it comes to different things my sister says or does. This past Sabbath my sister has worn the same dress three weeks in a row and I couldn’t get past of what she was saying because I was so focused on the dress. I ended up being critical and not being actively listening to my sister. I need to learn how to be slow in speaking and quick to listen and be more aware of how critical I can be. I am going to actively more conscious in how I listen to my sister.

Another type of listening barrier that I have is differing speech rate and thought rate. My brain is fast at processing words and sometimes in moments I get bored in the conversation and I begin to daydream. This happened recently with a conversation with one of my classmates. I got so lost in a daydream that I did not know how to respond. Being a better listener takes time and dedication. Something that I learned from the textbook is that during a conversation summarizes their words sporadically throughout the conversation; it will help me to be focused in