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Reflection Paper On Communication Style

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Communication Style Journal
Effective interpersonal relations are important factors in my life. I strive to make the most out of all my encounters with others. This journal will reflect my own place on the dominance and sociability scale, as well as an example of a barrier that has been created in my life. Also I will discuss my communication style that is derived from the dominance and sociability scale. A person’s personality is relatively stable, on the other hand, their communication style is an acquired behavior (Reece & Reece, 2017).
I don't necessarily want to think of myself as a dominate person, but when I answer the questions I fall closer to the higher side of the dominance scale. A self-assessment is sometimes inaccurate because we tend to have poor self-awareness (Reece & Reece, 2017). I remember a specific time when things didn't go as smoothly as they should. At a work function, we were playing a team building game. There were many people with a high dominant communication style. To win the game, the tower needed to be the tallest. We had to make it strong enough to build it high. Two of …show more content…

When I look at my closest group of five friends, many of us are very social with the exception of one. There is only one situation I can think of when a barrier had been created pertaining to interpersonal relations. My good friend Amanda brought one of her friends to our ladies’ night out. At dinner, there was just something that did not seem right about Amanda’s friend, she was a little quieter than the rest of us. To make a long story short, the next day Amanda texted me telling me her friend did not have a good time with our awesome group of ladies. When I look back on it, it was probably because we did not include her like we should’ve. Next time never happened again with that specific person, but the last thing we want to do is make someone feel

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