Interpersonal communication

In this communication video, I focused the interview on the importance of the individual’s nutrition, their exercise schedule, and how they cope with stress and related factors to these concepts. To begin the interview, I introduced myself at 0:01s stating, “Hi Samantha, I’m Becca, I’m your student nurse today…”. By introducing myself, I am beginning the Introductory Phase. It is important to identify my self and my role to make sure the client is comfortable with the situation and can express…

Listening is an important skill of interpersonal communication. It helps to develop good interpersonal relationships with others. While communicating with others it is important to listen to another person carefully to interpret his/her message properly and accurately. In this communication episode I have used different listening strategies, like selecting, attending, understanding, remembering and responding to communicate effectively. “Listening is defined as selecting, attending to,…

From the beginning I struggled with many things when it came to my overall communication skills. Speaking publicly was not something I had experience with so I didn’t know what to do with my hands for starters. I would feel a sense of uncomfort when talking to an audience. My instant reaction to this was to either play with my hands or keep them glued by my side. This was the first challenge that I faced over the duration of the class, but it certainly wasn’t the last. Using buzzwords in my…

Communication is a process in which symbols are used to generate and understand meaning in a particular environment. It is a continuing activity that has no beginning and no end (Chesebro, 2014). The primary function of communication is to make people understand and interpret the message accurately (Jacobson, 2009). Through communication, misunderstand can be avoided. Generally, communication can be categorized into three types: intrapersonal communication, interpersonal communication and small…

Introduction The field of communication has a lot of widely recognized theories that are practical in our everyday lives. A topic that I am really interested in is interpersonal communication because it is crucial to help develop and further a relationship. The theory within interpersonal communication that really stands out to me is the Social Exchange Theory (SET). This is ‘one the most influential conceptual paradigms in organizational behavior.’ (Cropanzo, Russell & Mitchell, Marie S., 2005…

Smartphones and the profound effect they have on interpersonal communication Today there is a new plague that’s sweeping the nation and “melting” the brains of the future generation, they are called smartphones. I am confident that I am not the only kid who got a speech from his parents, reminiscing and lamenting about the “good ole’ days” when they were kids. During the “good ole’ days” if adolescents wanted to connect with each other, they actually had to walk to another friend’s house and…

the comfort of conversation around the family dinner table. Americans appear to have lost sight of the positive impact interpersonal communication has on the family unit and the importance of teaching these skills to our children to give them a chance of a healthy, successful future. Lack of one-on-one interaction can dissolve a person’s ability to develop important communication skills necessary to form lasting, strong relationships. The increase in…

After taking this interpersonal communication class, I have taken some small steps to become a better version of the self in relationships. Learning from the concepts of listening and language of love and apply those knowledge into my long distance relationships with my mother and my love. First of all, I try my best to apply the listening strategy with my mother. Listening to others talking is not that easy as we think. Listening has major impact on the quality of our relationships with others…

relationship I chose to analyze for my interpersonal communication paper was the relationship I had with my ex-girlfriend Laura. We met in high school through mutual friends and we dated throughout my junior and senior years. Communication problems and trust issues eventually were too big of a barrier to knock down and our relationship ended there. The main concepts I chose to analyze about my previous relationship were Personal Language, Nonverbal Communication, Proximity, the Social…

Communication is the key to any type of relationship in society. People are forced to display some sort of communication in their every day activities. There are many different types of communication and it has developed substantially over time. Communication is something I try to keep one of the most important aspects of my life. I am constantly attempting to find ways to improve this action with family members along with other relationships. There is a constant need for improvement because…