I
absolutely love people of all races and I have no problem communicating with them as long as
they are pleasant. I have very high self-esteem which makes me very confident in my
interpersonal relationships. I think that the interaction appearance theory
helps explain my perceptions about people and how I begin to treat them
differently once their attitude changes towards me and they present themselves
as mean people. I do not like being treated wrongly, either verbally or in action.
I am quite the rebel. I often shy away from people that are racist, prejudice
and narrow minded because I think these people are followers and only think
like other people tell them to think. They don’t know how to think on their own
or maybe they don’t have the courage, especially if it is generational.
The first
strategy that I could use to help me communicate more effectively with people
is self-monitoring. I need to learn how to watch or discern my environment and
people in it for signals of how to present myself in a particular situation. If
I notice people’s body language changing in an environment, that could mean
that something is not right and to be aware. The second strategy that I could
use to help me communicate more effectively with people is self-disclosure. Self-disclosure
is something that I struggle with because I don’t trust people. So I will only
disclose so much. I do not know how to let myself be vulnerable and therefore struggle
with networking and building relationships outside of my family members. The third
strategy that I could use to help me communicate more effectively with people
is self-presentation. I need to practice more on how to boast about myself and
the work accomplished and the ideas that I have brought to my agency that had
fantastic outcomes.
Reference
O'Hair, D., Wiemann, M., Mullin, D. I., & Teven, J. (2015). Real communication (3rd. ed). New York: Bedford/St. Martin's.
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