Reflection Of Interpersonal Communication

I have known my best friend (and significant other) for around eight years now. We met in 8th grade and went to the same junior high, high school, and (briefly) college together. This relationship is extremely important to me and I constantly strive to improve on what we already have. Compared to when we first met, our communication in general is completely different now than then. Our relationship falls under the umbrella of interpersonal communication as we communicate in different ways while using a variety of mediums. We communicate our feelings and thoughts through speech, body language, and all of the other major ways that humans communicate in the current age. McCornack writes that “the tendency to attribute others’ behaviors solely to internal causes” (54) is known as the …show more content…
Over the time that we have been together. We have both changed immensely in a multitude of ways. We have both become much more confident as well as kind to ourselves and others around us. We both support each other in our endeavors and this makes us much more confident in the things that we do. I remember in 10th grade when I was playing soccer I fell into quite a slump (possibly self-imposed, I’m still not quite sure) and it wasn’t anything specific that she said or did, but by being there for me and making sure I knew she was there when I needed her it eventually made me feel much better about myself and my abilities. Looking back on it it’s quite obvious that at that point I made the error of falling into the actor-observer effect and thus was making excuses saying that my behaviors and thoughts were being caused by outside issues (like not doing well in soccer). Over time we’ve grown to realize more and more that complementing each other and the like makes us both feel better about ourselves, not just the one being