Self Reflection In Interpersonal Communication

My Intrapersonal Self Reflected in Interpersonal Communication Everyday of our lives we use interpersonal communication to create, maintain, and end relationships. According to Beebe, Beebe, Redmond, Gerrinck, & Salen-Wiseman (2015) interpersonal communication is “a distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships” (p. 4). Before engaging in interpersonal communication, we first have to develop a self concept. This self concept is later reflected in out interpersonal communication skills that we use when interacting with others. I believe I have a strong understanding of my self concept which is reflected when interacting with others. Although I believe in …show more content…
Cooley (1864-1929) proposed that “we learn who we are by interacting with others” (Witt & Hill, 2013, p.69). This is also referred to as looking-glass self. In relation to self concept, I believe I am athletic, intelligent, outgoing, a perfectionist, loyal, and was put on the earth to make a change along with countless other traits. These attributes I believe are created from interactions since I have been told I carry them therefore I believe I have them. Further these traits have changed throughout my life time based on who I am interacting with. For instance, only recently I have gained the trait of athletic. This trait was gained because I started working out and associating with people within the fitness industry. Further, I am sister, friend, daughter, niece, granddaughter, and cousin. These identifiers of self-concept are ones that I believe I have because of the roles I have within my family and …show more content…
Confronting is the first interpersonal communication skill I am hesitant to use. Ever since I was young I have tried to avoid confrontation. I believe this is due to the fact that I do not like my inconsistencies being pointed out. Therefore, I find no need to that to others. I have become a lot better at confronting people, but I still try to avoid it if possible. Further, I am extremely weak with setting goals, problem solving, and evaluating. As previously stated, I am good at creating goals for myself but, for others I am not. I find that when I help create goals for others and they end up not following them, I tend to get frustrated and quit altogether. I think this is due to me having the perfectionist trait and other’s goals have a lot of variables that are out of my control. I am working towards getting better at this by becoming a personal trainer. In this profession I will be setting goals for others and trying to maximize their chance of success. Finally, I am weak at summarizing. I think this in mainly due to the fact that I have not had to use it often. The NURS 204 lab is one of the first times I have actually used it. I know once I start nursing, summarizing will be a key