Interpersonal Communication: An Intertextual Analysis

Chapter One of Interplay: The Process of Interpersonal Communication is largely an introductory section, acquainting readers with some of the foundations of communication – our needs, models and characteristics of communication, and the world’s newest form of communication: social media. One of the needs detailed during this chapter was titled “Identity Needs,” and this is the particular section to which I wish to respond through this “Biblical Response” paper.

Communication takes place in any and all locations, intentionally and unintentionally, and it can be positive or negative. Many of our personal traits and character qualities can affect how we communicate with other people, and how they communicate with us. Recently, I had an experience that further proved this point to me in a very real and tangible way.

First, what I noticed was that the main overlook of all her pieces included same sex relationships or couples. Furthermore, it exemplified families with same sex parents. For example, there was one piece that had presented two dads with an African American child. This shows the reality of what the world is like today. People don’t want to accept change, but she is putting it out there

* Body Paragraph #3 - Differentiate appropriate levels of self-disclosure and emotional intelligence in various relationships.

A day in the life of a veterinary technician may include answering clients’ questions, providing written or verbal instructions regarding care of an animal, answering the telephone,

The assessment pointed out the emotions I display often also fall under the category of expressing emotions effectively. I am often and comfortable with feeling enthusiastic, sentimental and affectionate. Whereas, the emotions that I do not express effectively are emotions I am uncomfortable with such as nervousness or vulnerability.

After a conversation with her teenage daughter, Katie Anderson learns that her daughter’s boyfriend wants to break up. After further questioning, the mother is stunned to learn that the young couple has been texting each other non-stop throughout the day. Her daughter explains that this is the norm and that teens are expected to immediately respond and continue the conversation even if they don’t have anything important to say. In disbelief, the mother exclaims, “You’re TOO available. He doesn’t have time to miss you or wonder what you’re doing or wish he could be with you because he already IS with you. You live in his pocket for Pete’s sake.” (Anderson, 2013) This electronic and instant method of communication has evolved into one of the most popular forms of interpersonal communication, especially among today’s youth. Many young adults, including those in their thirties, rely on their mobile devices to maintain romantic relationships. This essay argues that maintaining a relationship primarily through texting may be detrimental to the quality of the relationship. Through research studies and social analysis, these failures in romantic relationships are in part due to the lack of nonverbal communication, being constantly available, constructing a false version of oneself, using the phone while in the company of a romantic partner and multitasking.

For setting aside the time to speak with me, even if our conversations tend to occur sporadically and go on for hours at a time. I have learned so much from you: from self-confidence and assurance to who I am as a person and what that means for my view of the world. It may not seem like it, but I have grown so much within the almost six months (whoa) we have communicated and worked together. You give wonderful advice and never make me feel less than worthy of being here working alongside all of you amazingly talented and intelligent people. You have gotten to know me so well that, I don’t know if you have even noticed, you

What is their mother’s role within these images? She says “Photographing them in those quirky, often emotionally charged moments has helped me to acknowledge and resolve some of the inherent contradictions between the image of motherhood and reality.” So it seems her images are as much about herself and her own desires, fear and fantasies, her own disconnect between maternal expectation and reality, her own way of ‘shooting back’ defined by her maternal subjectivity through manipulation of the screen of familiality. As much as they are about her children, trying to capture something evanescent, which defines them, captures them in their entirety, their beauty; anxious for their safety, yet with such a strong investment of her own self

This course on Interpersonal Communication has opened my eyes to the importance of effective communication as it relates to personal relationships. The information that I’ve learned has inspired me to take a deeper look into how I communicate with my husband. It also provides an understanding regarding the differences in how we communicate. The communication style that I use is expressive, the style he uses is instrumental. He also interprets communication different than myself. It’s apparent that our non-verbal communication skills are very different.

My wife and I have differing opinions regarding the importance of housework. For me, a clean home constitutes feelings of peace, happiness, and a clear mind. My wife on the other hand, feels that organization and cleanliness of the home are not essential to happiness within the home, but that the moments shared within the home create happiness. These personal schemas are important to consider in the upcoming interaction, as our dog has just given birth to a litter of puppies. This afternoon I was feeling overwhelmed. My wife spent the better part of the day sleeping, after a long shift. This left me with dishes, laundry, housework, and puppies to attend to. I felt like I was bearing more of the load in our relationship

Throughout this semester reading about different ways of interpersonal communication I came to the realization that there were many things I could work on to better myself as a person. Things I never thought about in depth until taking this class. Areas I have improved on throughout this semester are using I language more than the use of you language, what empathy was and how I choose to become better and lastly how I deal with conflict.

I mostly worked 4-5 days a week at the airport during my summer, winter, and spring breaks. My shift was about 9 hours long because of the variations of departing time each day. During school, I was an on-call employee and needed fill in when another employee could not come to work. The fun thing about working as a cashier in a gift shop in General Ford Airport was that most of the people I talked to were travelers, and some carried interesting stories and jokes with them from other parts of the world. Because I talked to a spectrum of people from different social background, race, ethics, and age, I was able to enhance my interpersonal skills with different people.

Since the start of this class, I have been reminded again and again that the concepts we are learning can be applied to everyday life. For instance, when we talked about non-verbal communication, I realized that it is impossible to not communicate. There are many activities, other than the use of language, that allow us to draw meaning from something we observe. When my mother widens her eyes at me without stating a word, I understand she is telling me to think twice about the action I’m about to take. It has been great to be able to assign concepts and vocabulary to interpersonal relationships and communication activity that I have been experiencing. Now let me introduce you to my friend Izzy and her boyfriend Ken as I analyze the

Interpersonal communication is a process for people to communication and talk to each other. Furthermore, interpersonal communication is a two-way communication and it involves at least 2 people, sender and receiver. Besides, it is a way of people to understand information, knowledge as well as it allows people to understand other people's thought, emotion, opinion and value. Interpersonal communication can be in form of verbal or non-verbal communication. The non-verbal communication is like gesture, posture facial expression and eyes contact. Communication is a process of carry out information transfer between people. In this process, the information sender and the information receiver are the main body of communication and the sender