Conversation analysis

life. After that destructive relationship, whenever I feel tension, I effectively stonewall. I have begun to use this mode not only in my personal life, but in my professional life at work. At work, I feel no need to engage and participate in the conversation that arise throughout the day, I chose to sit and do my job requirements and work my required hours. However, I lessen the use of stonewalling at work and employ the use of holding back. It is essential to hold back what I really want to…

Over the course of the past week, we focused on three different types of dialogues. In Makau and Marty’s Dialogue and Deliberation, they stated that dialogue is easier said than done, and after participating and leading one myself, I couldn’t agree more. Throughout this paper, I’m going to reflect on how I prepared myself for not only listening but facilitating, my thoughts on how I participated on both sides during the dialogues, and my overall thoughts of the dialogues. While preparing for…

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…

Adina, Maddie and I decided to be a team for the conversation café. We told one another to brainstorm a few ideas for a topic for the conversation café. Later, we created a Facebook group message to discuss about our ideas for the topic and use this method for our communication with another. We all agreed to use Adina’s topic: Is Clark preparing you for the future? First, we wanted to have our conversation café at the Maywood Lounge, but I thought it will be better to book a room at the library.…

and the way each gender listens while communicating. In the story of “Hills like White Elephants” it’s about a couple that is having a problem. The way they handle their problem is by going to a restaurant and having a drink over conversation. Men go into conversations seeking a problem, and their main focus is trying to…

behavior of swearing at her parents is defined as any time the patient uses profane language during a conversation either towards her parents directly or casually in the conversation. This most often occurs when the parent brings up a topic sensitive to the patient (i.e. the moving from their old lives; running away from their problems) and is followed by the patient controlling the conversation through rude sarcasm or swearing. Therefore it is hypothesized that the function of this behavior is…

SA 2: "The Chrysanthemums" is a short story of John Steinbeck which reflects the frustration in the present life of Elisa Allen, strong and proud woman. This frustration arises from not having a child as well as from the dissatisfaction in a romantic relationship with her husband. The only possible way out for Elisa's frustration is her beautiful flower garden where she plants chrysanthemums. The author frequently uses chrysanthemums as a symbol as well as a number of other items in order to…

race/ethnicity fell under the category of a minority (Black/African American, Latino(a)/American) seem to have more meaningful conversations than other races/ethnicities. It was difficult to analyze each conversation because there was usually a long line waiting to get inside Oliver Hall, but the Sodexo workers either smiled or took extra time with students they knew/had a conversation before. Being Latina and actually knowing the Sodexo workers, I noticed that they did this for me…

builder concepts that I feel pertained to my experiences this quarter were other-centered messages, initiating conversation, clarifying supportive intentions, and describing feelings. Starting with other-centered messages I feel that I used this skill throughout this quarter. A particular example that comes to mind with my utilizing of this skill is just recently when I had a conversation with my sister, Danielle. My sister Danielle is currently taking a break from classes from BC as the last…

This was beneficial for me to reflect on as it was not the only time throughout the interview that I found myself pushing forward before Marria was ready. I think that some of this is related to my more used practice styles, and my old ways of conducting client sessions, because this is what feels comfortable. I am used to conducting brief-therapy in a front-line setting where a main component of my job is crisis management and therefore, things have to happen quickly. I am a problem-solver by…