In addition to appropriateness, conversational involvement plays a role in determining overall interpersonal communication competence. Conversational involvement refers to the degree to which the individuals involved in a communicative exchange are mentally and physically engaged in the topic of the conversation (Coker, 1987). Personally, I have a high conversational involvement, scoring 13 out of 15 on the Spitzberg & Cupach assessment. Because of this I would consider conversational involvement to be a strength in regard to my interpersonal communication competence. Having a high level of conversational involvement means that I am actively engaged and focused when I have conversations with people. Because of this I can pick up on many
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Regarding interpersonal communication competence, empathy is the ability to show a conversational partner an understanding of their emotional reaction and situation (workbook, 2017). Perspective thinking is an important part of being able to experience empathy, in that is allows a person to see things from the view point of someone else without experiencing that situation themselves (McCornack, 2016). Although I can easily identify emotions because of my emotional intelligence, I struggle with empathizing with certain emotions scoring only 10 out of 15 in the empathy category on the Spitzberg & Cupach. assessment One example of my inability to empathize can be seen in a situation which one of my friends had to deal with two months ago. At the end of October in 2017 one of my best friends attempted to commit suicide. Despite feeling sad, worried, and even fearful I found it hard to understand the emotions that she must have been going through at the time. My inability to empathize with her stemmed from the fact that I had never personally struggled with depression, loneliness, or thoughts of suicide. My inability to empathize is perhaps my greatest weakness in my interpersonal communication …show more content…
Ethics is the moral guidelines that shape our behavior toward one another (McCornack, 2016). Ethics was not a category that was tested on the Spitzberg & Cupach assessment, however it is important is determining interpersonal communication competency. When being ethical in communication it is important to try to treat others with respect and not use words to emotionally harm others. Personally, I think that I can show strong ethics in communications. For example, for my senior prom I planned to asked a girl who I had know for years to the prom. However, before I had the chance to ask her a different girl decided to ask me to go to the prom with her. Instead of telling her no and asking the girl I wanted to ask, I instead decided to accept her offer. I made a sacrifice to be an ethical communicator and not disrespect her or hurt her by saying no. In other situations I try to maintain ethics in my communication, and this adds to my overall interpersonal communication
Regarding interpersonal communication competence, empathy is the ability to show a conversational partner an understanding of their emotional reaction and situation (workbook, 2017). Perspective thinking is an important part of being able to experience empathy, in that is allows a person to see things from the view point of someone else without experiencing that situation themselves (McCornack, 2016). Although I can easily identify emotions because of my emotional intelligence, I struggle with empathizing with certain emotions scoring only 10 out of 15 in the empathy category on the Spitzberg & Cupach. assessment One example of my inability to empathize can be seen in a situation which one of my friends had to deal with two months ago. At the end of October in 2017 one of my best friends attempted to commit suicide. Despite feeling sad, worried, and even fearful I found it hard to understand the emotions that she must have been going through at the time. My inability to empathize with her stemmed from the fact that I had never personally struggled with depression, loneliness, or thoughts of suicide. My inability to empathize is perhaps my greatest weakness in my interpersonal communication …show more content…
Ethics is the moral guidelines that shape our behavior toward one another (McCornack, 2016). Ethics was not a category that was tested on the Spitzberg & Cupach assessment, however it is important is determining interpersonal communication competency. When being ethical in communication it is important to try to treat others with respect and not use words to emotionally harm others. Personally, I think that I can show strong ethics in communications. For example, for my senior prom I planned to asked a girl who I had know for years to the prom. However, before I had the chance to ask her a different girl decided to ask me to go to the prom with her. Instead of telling her no and asking the girl I wanted to ask, I instead decided to accept her offer. I made a sacrifice to be an ethical communicator and not disrespect her or hurt her by saying no. In other situations I try to maintain ethics in my communication, and this adds to my overall interpersonal communication