Who Am I As a Communicator?



Who Am I As a Communicator?
I enlisted the help of a family member and a close friend to assist me in the communication assessments. The assessments provided me with a different view of my communication competency. The anxiety assessment score was 50, for both myself and my friend. A score of 36 was the result I received from the family member. Interesting, since I do have some anxiety issues when the probability of speaking before large groups. This is referred to as situational anxiety and occurs during specific situations such as speaking in public (Weimann, 2012). Learning to combat this requires practice and familiarization with the situation and relaxation (DeVito, 2010). There was a variance in my score and the others in the aggressiveness scale assessment. The scores were 50, 62, and 65. My results were based on interactions within my professional environment and the other two were based on personal relationships. When in a less restrictive environment I tend to use more animated and enthusiastic methods when engaging in conversation with family and friends, hence the higher scores.
The listening style scoring placed me in Group 1, a consensus for the three of us. I do like to get my point across, when I have facts to support what I am discussing, not to infringe on others points of view in manner that is disrespectful.
 Insights I gained in reference to communication is the impact perceptions play in how I enter a discussion and respond to others. Understanding how I perceive others, situations and my culture are additional elements that influence my communication competency.
 Being capable of conversing with children, families, colleagues, and community members is vital to my professional development. Examining my communication skills through the lens of self-disclosure, reveling information about myself to others is useful in my interactions with others (Weimann, 2012). Self-disclosure is influenced by factors such as my self-concept, culture, gender, audience and subject (DeVito, 2010). There are rewards and dangers associated with sel-discslosure including the fact that communication is irreversible once something is said you cannot take it back.
References:
DeVito, J. (2010). The interpersonal communication book. Retrieved from http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_devito_intrprsnl_11/43/11047/2828208.cw/index.html

Weimann, D. O. (2012). Real Communication: An introduction . Boston/New York: Bedford /St Martin's.

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Unknown said…
Do you feel your communication styles would be different in the home environment than they are in your professional environment. I thought my scored for verbal aggressiveness would be much higher at home than at work but when I took the survey twice and considered both environments my score did not change much. Thanks for sharing.
March 30, 2014 at 8:09 PM
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