Martin Buber 's Scale of Interaction is a concept that interprets communication between two individuals. Buber wrote that there are levels of how people treat one another based on how they converse. When a person speaks with an attitude that the other is considered an object or a thing it is labeled as “I-It”. For example when a person purchases a drink many of the time there isn 't a drive to get to know the person or have a meaningful conversation. If a person speaks to someone with somewhat of an equal relationship, they may not be friends but are acquaintances would be “I-You”. The last one, “I-Thou” is when you and the person are friends and have a strong mutual relationship. On Thursday September 1st, I started my face to face log for my interpersonal communication class. …show more content…
During the day I like to keep to myself and when I 'm not needed to speak. When I am with people I know well I feel comfortable to have a meaningful conversation. Many of my friends that see daily and my superiors are the people I use “I-Thou”. For example, on Thursday after class I came back to my room and had about a two hour conversation with my roommates about how their classes were going. They all were involved and seemed to want to talk about their problems and concerns. My roommates and I are all close friends and use “I Thou” on a daily basis. My head coach and I have a strong relationship that when he speaks to me I pay full attention to him and care about what is being told. When my coach and I met Thursday we spent a great amount of time speaking about the courses I am enrolled in and that I need to do well. When it comes to someone that is a superior to me and takes time out of their day to make sure I am on the right track it is almost an immediate “I-Thou” relationship. There are other interactions throughout the 48 hours that were logged when I had a personal relationship. The total about of hours of “I-Thou” communication for the two days was 535
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The film, The Breakfast Club, is an impressive work of art, addressing almost every aspect of interpersonal communication. This is easily seen here, as I’ve gone through and shown how all these principles of interpersonal communication apply to real-life, using only two short interpersonal interactions from the movie. I’ve explained aspects of interpersonal communication, nonverbal communication, verbal misunderstandings, communication styles, gender issues, and self-disclosures. With that said, I believe I have demonstrated my ability to apply principles of interpersonal communication with simulated real-life examples.
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Interpersonal interaction is a result of “verbal and non-verbal communication, expressed emotions and attitudes, and behavior between or among persons” (Kirst-Ashman, 2007, p. 67).
One important issue in studying communication is to learn how individuals manage to open conversations or how people may address one another in a given language (Aliakbari & Toni, 2008). Oyetade (1995) defines address terms as words or expressions used in interactive and face-to-face situations to designate the person being talked to. Address terms in different speech communities are worthy of study, address terms seem to be influenced by culture (Fitch, 1991; Morford, 1997).
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As social beings, people are expected to be capable of managing their relationships with others. To maintain their relationships, people can use language as a means of communication
This theory has been subject to many articles and studies in the communication and social departments. Indeed, studying this theory can help us understanding human relations in interpersonal communication. Each of us has been one day confronted to uncertainty, whereas in initial encounters, or moving to a new a new place, or beginning a new work.
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In interpersonal communication there are many theories that are similar yet different in many ways. The theories can be combined to describe people and how those people interact and communicate with each other. Many of these theories help explain how people in society form impressions of others, how they maintain these impressions, why people interact with certain people in society, and how people will use these impressions that they have formed later on in life. These theories also help people to better understand themselves, to better understand interpersonal communication, and to better understand people in general. There are two theories in interpersonal communication that, despite their differences, can go hand in hand. The first is interaction adaptation theory and the second is emotional contagion theory. These two theories’ similarities and differences and their relevance to my everyday life will be discussed in this paper. These two theories are very important in understanding how people interact with others and why people do the things they do sometimes.
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“Social interaction refers to any relationship between two or more individuals. It is the result of the environment where this relationship takes place and it has an impact on people’s behavior.” (Holster, 2016) Social interaction exists everywhere in the world. And with the advanced technology, the ways we interact with others are changing rapidly.
My perception of myself as being introverted and lacking confidence shows in my behaviour and mannerisms during communication with others. In my everyday life I show signs of nervousness while engaging in conversation or other types of communication. For example, I avoid confronting others because of uncertainty of the situation that may arise following confrontation. My nonverbal communication suffers in some areas because of my self-concept as well. In feedback I received during the lab activity “speed dating”, I need to work on making and maintaining eye contact and keeping open body language. According to Belcher, eye contact is especially important because it can either reinforce or diminish our verbal communication (2014). Another common comment was that I need to work on trying the “confrontation” skill. This is consistent with my own observations. Feedback from seminar activities states interpersonal communication skills I am good at include active listening (clarifying and repeating what someone has said), asking open ended questions, and making sure the “client” knows I comprehend them. In communication with others, I need to work on my nonverbal communication cues. However, I am able to engage in active listening, and convey a good understanding of what is being said to