For this week’s assignment, we were asked to take three
different assessments: communication anxiety, verbal aggressiveness and
listening style. Then, I was required to
ask two additional people to take the test and compare the difference between
my results and theirs. Therefore
I choose my Assistant Teacher in my classroom.
Although, we just met in August of this year, she has experience the way
I interact with the children as well as the parents of the children. The other candidate is a new friend that I
spend a lot of time with. He gets to see
how I react in the public, when I am shopping, eating or simply just relaxing
around family. The results were simply
amazing.
From the
communication assessment inventory the results surprised me the most. It was the most scattered results of the
three tests. My results ranked me at a
low score, and I just keep thinking that I am my worst critic. The comments for low says that I feel
comfortable and confident with my communication. My assistant’s results said that I was a mild
communicator. It states that I might
feel uneasy in some situations, and somewhat confident in others but I have no
real worries. Finally, my friend rated
me at a moderate score. His thoughts
stated that I am concerned about a number of contents. When I think about it, I can see how all
three might apply to my communication aspects, but the closets one to me is my
assistant’s score.
According to
the verbal aggressiveness test all three of us obtained the same result which
made me feel good. I am a moderate
communicator which means that I have a good balance between respect and
consideration for other viewpoints.
Also, when I argue I do it fairly by attacking only the facts. This is very true for my situation. I am very respectful, and when I argue I try
to have all of my ducks in a row.
Finally, the
listening styles test is another were all three of our answers matched. We all placed me to be in the group one which
states that I am people oriented. Some
of the characteristic for this is that I am empathetic, I build relationships easily
and I am very trusting. However, it says
that I allow my trust for people to interfere with me making proper judgments. I agree with this category for myself as
well.
For this
assignment I gained knowledge of how others view me, and even how it compares
to exactly what I think of myself. I
feel like I am a great communicator but just as others there are some
improvements that I could make. On a professional
level, my goal achievement is to ensure that the message that I am sending
matches my verbal and nonverbal body movements.
I want to ensure that I never have a cultural myopia moment, but when I
meet others who do I am aware of how to handle it. Also, I want to be sure that I am using my abstraction
ladder. I want to think tings through
before I say anything to ensure not to send the wrong message. On a personal level, I plan to be more
patient with others. I want to make sure
that people read my first impression experiences correctly, and also that I am
not too hard on others when I am making the first impression.
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