Evaluation Time
test
This week our assignment was to evaluate ourselves in 3 areas of communication, then have 2 other people answer the same questions about us…
Anxiety
When I evaluated myself on communication anxiety, I was a 26 which is low. I do feel comfortable in all social settings and feel confident in anticipating conversation opportunities. I know this is an asset to the classroom, because of the one-on-one talking we do, as well as the big and small group speaking, and public speaking (Rubin, Palmgreen, & Sypher, 2009).
My husband and best friend both evaluated me on communication anxiety and surprisingly we all had roughly the same score.
Verbal Aggression
The verbal aggression scores were not surprising at all. I scored myself a 62, it is moderate and means that I claim to have a good balance between respect and consideration for others’ viewpoints and the ability to argue fairly by attacking the facts of a position rather than the person holding the position (Rubin, Palmgreen, & Sypher, 2009).
When my husband and best friend evaluated me on verbal aggression, we again had roughly the same score.
Listening Styles
The listening styles test breaks it down into 4 areas, people oriented, action-oriented, content-oriented, and time oriented. Because my score was 43, it reads that I am people oriented, this means that I am empathetic and concerned with the emotions
of others, this kind of listening style helps to build relationships cut can interfere with proper judgment because of the level of trusting others. I believe that having a balance in all listening styles would benefit the classroom the most, and I suppose this gives me a great goal to reach.
The scores from my best friend and husband were very close to my personal score. I suppose I know that I am pretty consistent in my communication styles.
References:
Rubin, R. B., Palmgreen, P., & Sypher, H. E. (2009). Communication research measures: A sourcebook. New York, NY: Routledge.
Antonietta D
These quizzes were interesting. I wonder if anyone got so far results between their results and people they know. That’s great that you do not have high anxiety. Is there something you do that helps with that? Curious to know because my anxiety was moderate and I am trying to learn to bring it down.
crystal
My action oriented was so dead on. I like to be clear and I like when people are clear with me. I don’t have time to fiddle faddle. Let’s get to the point and keep it moving. I am getting older and I’m about taking care of business if that’s the situation.