During my visit to a local café, I observed two individuals conversing for over 10 minutes. Although I was unfamiliar with them, their body language and dialogue indicated that they shared a close and intimate relationship. Their relationship appeared to be that of a romantic couple. The couple’s physical proximity...
Introduction Negotiation is integral to people’s lives, eliminating conflicts and focusing on shared interests. Hocker and Wilmot (2017) state that negotiation involves resolving an issue through dialogue and mutual consent. The chosen scenario for negotiations was the one involving student roommates. Madison and Ava have frequently argued over unsatisfactory behavior...
Generally, individuals have different personalities that tend to change based on their current place, work, or friends at home. The behavior differs significantly, affecting how one feels, thinks, acts, makes decisions, and perceives others. I am no different from this temperamental pattern that people exhibit. Sometimes I have fluctuations in...
Listening is an integral element in any form of communication, and to communicate appropriately, individuals have to learn how to listen carefully. When having any form of dialogue with anyone, you should know how to be attentive and interpret what they are trying to tell you in the conversation (Brown...
After watching this week’s Vignette practice video, I learned a lot of new and helpful information. The training videos in this section dealt with therapeutic counseling practices. One of my main takeaways from the videos was that the counselor’s emotional involvement during the session with the client is essential. The...
Introduction School and preschool educational systems encompass a wide range of various roles, situations, and processes, including communication. Social interactions between teachers, parents, and, most importantly, children occur on a regular basis due to the constant work. Consequently, the activities included in communication need to be improved and developed since...
Target Behavior As Arnold and Boggs (2019) defined it, active listening involves an intentional focus on the listening process stretching beyond hearing the interlocutor’s words. It is manifested in empathetic, supportive listening and asking open-ended questions to understand the interlocutor better. An outcome of active listening is a well-informed response...
Target Behavior Active listening presupposes an intentional focus on the listening process during communicative interactions (Arnold & Boggs, 2019). The outcomes of an active listening act are a well-informed response and feedback on the given information stretching beyond the simple acknowledgment of input information. This process is empathetic and supportive,...
Social interaction is a very important part of our lives and is noticeably influential. However, it does not always happen flawlessly, thus leading to severe disputes. The following essay will discuss the rational-emotive approach and how it can prevent conflicts that involve counterfeit emotional language and the chilling effect. I...
Introduction Through the years of clinical practice, group psychotherapy proved to be a practical intervention tool for various chronic and psychiatric disorders, including acute cases. Group therapy could benefit individuals and improve their progress in other significant areas besides therapy, such as building social skills and reducing the frequency of...
Introduction Each person constructs their identity that is presented to the others with each decision they make throughout their lives. Shifts in one’s self-portrait are often linked with extreme circumstances that may trigger undesirable behavior (Adler & Proctor II, 2017). This paper will discuss the importance of perception points when...
Conflict is an inevitable phenomenon of social life that every person faces sooner or later. In 2016, a significant interpersonal conflict arose between two Hollywood actors, Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson, which continues nowadays. Interpersonal conflict is associated with a clash of opposing goals, motives, points of view, and interests...
Usually, people keep a six-foot distance to demonstrate social and psychological distance. They thus show courtesy and respect for the interlocutor without neglecting them. At the same time, such a distance allows you to feel confident in front of the interlocutor. When people hold it, it is usually possible to...
Introduction Interpersonal conflicts can arise in any interaction between two or more people. Depending on the type of relationship in interpersonal interactions, circumstances may arise that can be called conflict situations. Solutions to interpersonal conflict, therefore, will depend on the type of setting and the nature of the misunderstanding that...
People use a variety of different communication techniques to share information. However, the type of informational exchange determines how well the source externalizes the data or ideas and how effectively the recipient understands it. Visual communication, as highlighted by relevant research, is a valuable tool that applies to various disciplines....
The project for my team was focused on repairing an old building that was planned to become storage. The plan was to keep construction materials, equipment, and car parts there for future use. The building was originally a medium-sized garage but then was repurposed as a storage area. Due to...
What was the aim of the study by the authors? The key authors of the article were D Frick-Horbury and RE Guttentag. They conducted a study about hand gesture production and the impacts of limiting gestures on free recall and verbal recovery. The participants were given definitions and tried to...
When people speak and socialize, either individually or in groups, we employ interpersonal skills. Therefore, interpersonal skills can be termed as one person’s ability to communicate effectively with others. The importance of being able to share effectively with others cannot be overstated. If you are a good communicator, you will...
Introduction The capability of humans and technologies to discover deception significantly contrasts. Based on the assessments resulting from interpersonal detection theory, the revealing degree for unassisted humans reduces imperfect instruments employed to evaluate accuracy. The interpersonal deception concept is a theoretical context designed to illustrate how individuals deal with absolute...
Making an abortion can be a decision that will influence a woman’s life, and the role of a counselor, in this case, can hardly be overestimated. Outlining the difficulties the woman might face if she decides to keep the baby and her health problems if she chooses an abortion, the...
Interpersonal relationships need maximum determination to nurture and sustain, and they are regarded as a connection between people. For relationships to last, there has to be constant communication between the parties involved. However, some problems usually arise inside interpersonal communication, and in my case, that problem is grief. Being present...
The idiomatic concept of “rooting for the underdog” refers to a social psychological situation in which a person or group of people shows a preference for a hero who has little chance of winning the competition. Underdog can be understood in the broadest and most unwoven sense of the concept....
Body language is a language of body motion, behavior, and gestures studied in kinesics. Different gestures expressed by people can often tell much about their thoughts, feelings, and intentions. Therefore, observing body signs may help people understand each other better in a non-verbal way. Gestures are divided into several types...
George Herbert Mead claimed that an individual could become an object to themselves. Mead developed the concept of self with the idea in mind of ‘Me and I’ (Segre, 2014). The author argues that a person turns into an object of themselves if one conforms to society’s pressure. Mead articulated...
Introduction Self-concept is among the most critical aspect of interpersonal communication, whereas, unlike self-efficacy and self-esteem, it focuses on the general idea of who one thinks he or she is. My ten selected characteristics, which will allow me to win the Remarkable Race, are assertiveness, openness, extraversion, determination, cooperativeness, competitiveness,...
Introduction Jürgen Habermas is renowned as one of the most significant societal philosophers globally. Habermas has established communication action, which helps to refurbish and convey cultural awareness to achieve mutual understanding. In this event, individuals create personalities and also a coordinate movement towards solidarity and social interaction. The theory has...
People live in society and constantly interact with one another. One form of interaction is help; it is when a person contributes their time and abilities to ensure someone else’s success. The motivation to assist others may differ, as it can be done out of pure selflessness or have ulterior...
Introduction Social psychology is a separate branch within this science, which explores how different social events and influences reflect on people’s ways of thinking and behavior. As society is an integral part of each person’s life, and communication with others is a basic need, these occasions tend to have a...
Many people tend to engage in deception, whether it is telling a white lie in order to save negative emotions or fabricating existing information to gain an advantage when negotiating for a deal. Some forms of deceptions are socially acceptable while others can be legally, ethically, or morally questionable (Masip...
Introduction The common ways individuals of a specific community bond and perpetuate their culture and traditional practices are through language, gestures, interactions, and spoken and written words. According to Nameni (2020), communication is viewed through a person’s cultural lens, and each communicator tends to be ethnocentric when using their native...
Introduction Narrative therapy is a psychotherapy treatment that aims to identify and transform the effects of the patients’ concerns and help them reassess their values and skills to address life-challenging events. In this paper, narrative therapy is examined through the lens of grief counseling. This analysis focuses on patient Kelly...
Abstract Stereotyping is a normal intrinsic human behavior. Humans have a propensity to judge based on other experiences and rumors. As a result, we end up making numerous mistakes when dealing with other people. This behavior is very dangerous, especially in a working place where different kinds of people are...
Introduction When providing the general picture of ethical principles, it is hard to deny that ethics implies behavior that correlates with justice, respectful attitude toward people, and non-violation of human rights. In the healthcare setting, ethical principles also should include beneficence, responsibility, and compliance with patients’ interests. It is possible...
Introduction Language and communication speech impairments affect children, adolescents, and adults worldwide. These conditions not only disturb the way one speaks and communicates with others but also influence the social integration of a person due to stigma. People with stuttering experience bullying and difficulties in forming relationships from a very...
Introduction Repetitive behavior (RB) is one of the key symptoms of autism, which often violates children’s academic and social activity. In the completed antecedent manipulation project, it was found that the child with autism experiences tantrums when he is asked to do a task in the classroom. The interviews with...
Planning I have chosen three types of communication behavior to improve. First, I planned to improve my assertiveness by openly speaking to my boss about my needs and thoughts. The situation to apply this skill could be the Friday meeting we usually have and sharing our feedback about work there....
Complaining is a common way of expressing dissatisfaction or unhappiness verbally. Every day people complain about bad weather, horrible traffic, ungrateful children, and a variety of other issues. Complainers differ depending on their circumstances and personalities. Throughout my life, I have met three different types of complainers. These include chronic...
The rapid technological advancement nowadays tends to interfere with every aspect of human lives, creating a subject for an ongoing discussion with no consensus possible. One of the main life aspects affected by technology is interpersonal relationship. People no longer have to spend their time on face-to-face communication. The virtual...
The elements of the perception process, which affect the first impressions of a person, carry certain value judgments. Wood (2015) analyzes this topic and notes that among such factors, one can highlight direct definition, reflected appraisal, attachment styles, identity scripts, and some other instruments. These tools affect perception and, in...
Introduction Communication is a way of passing information from one place to another. It is a skill that is learned. Communication can be verbal or nonverbal. This means it can be learned in various ways (Association for Communication Administration, August 1995). Communication is defined as a person receiving from and...
As much as all human beings try to avoid conflicts, no one has ever succeeded in the effort. Conflicts seem to come up from all directions in life. This calls for a more practical solution to tackling the issue of conflicts. It calls for a method through which this inevitable...
Similarities in conflict management Conflict refers to a perceived difference in interest, whereby one party (individual; or group) believes that if the other pursues its interest in the current context, then it will be disadvantaged. It arises when social entities, which may be individuals, groups, or organizations, interact as they...
Self-disclosure is the interaction process through which an individual may continuously divulge himself to another party. For instance, revealing things like goals, thoughts, beliefs, fears, feelings, and weaknesses to another part is part of self-disclosure (Levinson & Brown, 2011). I self-disclose regularity to my father and a college friend. That...
Introduction As human beings, we are faced with many situations where we have to work in a group environment so as to achieve certain goals. A group is defined as a number of people who carry out various tasks together in a bid to achieve predetermined goals and objectives. Groups...
