Within the last three weeks I have learned the many ways of communication. Communication is a process through which a speaker and a listener create shared meaning and understandings. We as humans communicate a lot either by face-to-face, texting, e-mailing, talking on the phone. Etc. There is no way to avoid communication because it is an ongoing process that helps us develop and sustain relationship. For example, I talk to my parents everyday to see how their doing, but if we don’t communicate with each other than there is no way to find out important information about one another. Like going on a first date, one has to communicate with each other so that one can know more about the person that they are interested in. Also when we communicate with each other we must make sure we are listening as well. Going on first date females like to know that their date is listening to them, not just bragging about how many yards one ran last football game. Listening is trying to interpret information effectively. When one tries to interpret another’s information and are making sure they got everything one had said to them, is called active listening. Active listening is understanding the message, checking your understanding (meaning making sure you interpret the message right) and if so follow up with a response. So, when your on that first date and the girl is telling how she doesn’t like a guy who compliments his self all the time and you as the date follow up by saying “So what your saying is that you don’t like a guy who only brags about himself and doesn’t give you compliments right?” That is a good active listener.
As humans we communicate many different ways without even knowing were communicating. I just gave an example of how we communicate with words, now I’m going to tell how we communicate without using words. This is called nonverbal communication. Types of nonverbal behaviors are physical appearance, proxemics, kinesics, paralanguage and haptics. When we use physical appearance to communicate we usually look for an age or gender that is physically attracted to us. For example because I have an above average height for a female I like taller males who are either the same age as me or a couple years older than me. Proxemics is how we communicate with space and territory of a person we may find attractive. Attractive people tend to stand close to each other, whereas, non-attractive people tend to stand away from attractive people. Proxemics can also be used for higher authority. People with lower authority tend to stand further away from people with higher authority. Paralanguage is how we say a word when communicating with an accent, possibly and kinesics is compared to paralanguage because they both use facial expressions and body language. For example, not saying anything to a friend but giving a smirk or big eyes after she asked, “How does this dress look on me?”, would be using facial expression. On the other hand, when we use haptics as a form of communication, we tend to like to touch others. Haptics is either showing violence, affection, play and/or greeting. Women use haptics a lot, when were laughing with a friend or when we feel really comfortable around another. In conclusion, humans communicate so much that when we think we are not communicating, we actually are. It’s phenomenal to learn all the different types of verbal communication and nonverbal communication because I never knew there were so many types of way we can communicate with each other.
Kayona Ward
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9/12/14
Within the last three weeks I have learned the many ways of communication. Communication is a process through which a speaker and a listener create shared meaning and understandings. We as humans communicate a lot either by face-to-face, texting, e-mailing, talking on the phone. Etc. There is no way to avoid communication because it is an ongoing process that helps us develop and sustain relationship. For example, I talk to my parents everyday to see how their doing, but if we don’t communicate with each other than there is no way to find out important information about one another. Like going on a first date, one has to communicate with each other so that one can know more about the person that they are interested in. Also when we communicate with each other we must make sure we are listening as well. Going on first date females like to know that their date is listening to them, not just bragging about how many yards one ran last football game. Listening is trying to interpret information effectively. When one tries to interpret another’s information and are making sure they got everything one had said to them, is called active listening. Active listening is understanding the message, checking your understanding (meaning making sure you interpret the message right) and if so follow up with a response. So, when your on that first date and the girl is telling how she doesn’t like a guy who compliments his self all the time and you as the date follow up by saying “So what your saying is that you don’t like a guy who only brags about himself and doesn’t give you compliments right?” That is a good active listener.
As humans we communicate many different ways without even knowing were communicating. I just gave an example of how we communicate with words, now I’m going to tell how we communicate without using words. This is called nonverbal communication. Types of nonverbal behaviors are physical appearance, proxemics, kinesics, paralanguage and haptics. When we use physical appearance to communicate we usually look for an age or gender that is physically attracted to us. For example because I have an above average height for a female I like taller males who are either the same age as me or a couple years older than me. Proxemics is how we communicate with space and territory of a person we may find attractive. Attractive people tend to stand close to each other, whereas, non-attractive people tend to stand away from attractive people. Proxemics can also be used for higher authority. People with lower authority tend to stand further away from people with higher authority. Paralanguage is how we say a word when communicating with an accent, possibly and kinesics is compared to paralanguage because they both use facial expressions and body language. For example, not saying anything to a friend but giving a smirk or big eyes after she asked, “How does this dress look on me?”, would be using facial expression. On the other hand, when we use haptics as a form of communication, we tend to like to touch others. Haptics is either showing violence, affection, play and/or greeting. Women use haptics a lot, when were laughing with a friend or when we feel really comfortable around another.
In conclusion, humans communicate so much that when we think we are not communicating, we actually are. It’s phenomenal to learn all the different types of verbal communication and nonverbal communication because I never knew there were so many types of way we can communicate with each other.