Interpersonal communication is in our everyday lives, conversation with our friends, family, and colleagues are all examples. By definition interpersonal communication is dyadic, contains two or more people, and influences either the sender and/or receiver’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, and relationships (Cohen 2016). Despite the fact that everyone communicates interpersonally, many people do not do it very well. Brian H. Spitzberg and William R. Cupach are two theorists who have an assessment that tests your interpersonal communication competence. The overall scoring range is from eighteen to ninety, the higher your score the more competent you are at communicating, I scored a seventy-two. This overall score is made up of six dimensions,
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Skill can be described as your ability to act when around others, it is your physical presence in the conversation and the way that you go about holding yourself. Knowledge was my lowest score with twenty-two out of a possible thirty points, this is because I have never had a communications class before, so I have not ever really put much thought into all these ideas. It is not overly concerning that knowledge is my lowest score because motivation is my highest. My eagerness to learn more about communication and approach social situations is at an all-time high, particularly because interpersonal communication is extremely crucial in my career. I am a finance major, and plan to do wealth management and investment banking so being able to socialize on a personal level is crucial. All the aspects in the table are pertinent to achieving my career goals because no one is going to trust me with their money or business if I cannot illustrate what my ideas are for them, and understand where they are coming from with their financial goals. Achieving these goals is going to be a long process but through furthering my education in communication and first-hand experience in the field, the skills necessary to be successful will
Skill can be described as your ability to act when around others, it is your physical presence in the conversation and the way that you go about holding yourself. Knowledge was my lowest score with twenty-two out of a possible thirty points, this is because I have never had a communications class before, so I have not ever really put much thought into all these ideas. It is not overly concerning that knowledge is my lowest score because motivation is my highest. My eagerness to learn more about communication and approach social situations is at an all-time high, particularly because interpersonal communication is extremely crucial in my career. I am a finance major, and plan to do wealth management and investment banking so being able to socialize on a personal level is crucial. All the aspects in the table are pertinent to achieving my career goals because no one is going to trust me with their money or business if I cannot illustrate what my ideas are for them, and understand where they are coming from with their financial goals. Achieving these goals is going to be a long process but through furthering my education in communication and first-hand experience in the field, the skills necessary to be successful will