Answer the following questions in your own words. Each response must be written as an academic paragraph of at least 150 words. Be clear and concise, and provide explanations for your answers. Format your sources consistent with APA guidelines.
1.According to Introducing Communication Theory (2010), what is the definition of communication? What does communication mean to you personally? Provide an example. Communication is a social process in which individuals employ symbols to establish and interpret meaning in their environment.To me communication is the way a person or persons try to relate feelings to one another using words or actions to relay to others their emotions or thought process. To me communication is the most important thing in my life. If there was no communication most relationships with other people it would fail.
For example if a married couple stops talking, touching, and feeling with each other, the relationship will surely end in divorce. Communication is not easy for a lot of people because it can result in uncomfortable feelings that many people try to avoid. When I communicate with family, my relationship, and coworkers, I try to be an open book. I think that when you are successful at communicating with someone the relationship you have with them will result in a positive manner.
2.Describe the differences between linear, interactional, and transactional communication. The linear model entails only one way form of communication in that a message is sent and the receiver receives it. This is a one dimensional form of communication. An interactional model provides not only the message sent, but also the message received and replied to by the receiver to the sender. A transactional model entails not only the sending and receiving of messages but also the inclusion of nonverbal communications.
3.Why is communication critical to developing self-concept? Provide an example of how communication has helped you develop your self-concept. Finding out who you are is extremely critical in how you will conduct yourself as a confident productive member of society. If you are social and communicate well as a child, you are more likely to be social and a good communicator as an adult.
Failure to provide our children with the necessary tools to become self-aware and have a good self-concept for themselves begins with how we communicate with them and teach them how to communicate with others.Parents and educators should teach children to have respect in all forms of their communications and to expect that same respect in return. The decisions they make will affect how they choose to communication or if they choose to communicate at all. Personally I have had to overcome many obstacles in my life, if had I not had a voice, whether it be verbal or written forms of communication, I may never have come to the place in life I am now.
However, I persevered and taught my children that they could always talk to me, about anything. I never wanted them to feel boxed in as I has so many times.
