Interpersonal Communication Analysis

My single major strength in the area of interpersonal communication is my ability to observe and understand other people’s emotions. I display this skill when trying to interact with my friends; if I see signs of them feeling a certain way emotionally, including having different actions, I will notice it and ask about it. Another way I display this is when I come home and notice when my parents are in a bad mood. In this case, I typically try to stay out of their way because it may end in them assigning me chores.
When communicating face-to-face, I am strong at noticing the underlying tone that others try to communicate, such as sarcasm. Normally I can tell whether others are being serious or not. Over social media, I’m strong at seeing how others may respond before sending out a tweet or before making a post on Instagram. …show more content…
When they have certain emotions, I try to understand the reason why, and I communicate with them based off it. When communicating face-to-face, I am able to use the rich non-verbal cues of face-to-face communication in order to know other people’s intentions, then I react based off that. My strength over social media is the adaptability needed to communicate effectively to all audiences. My weakness in interpersonal communication is my lack of having a “Large Repertoire of Skills”. If I can expand this, I can be skilled enough to take different approaches in the different conversations that I’m involved in. To improve my face-to-face communication, I simply need practice with the asynchronous communication methods, which will positively impact my ability to perform skillfully in any conversation. Lastly, I believe my habit of becoming slightly angry from social media relates to the concept of flaming; although I am skilled at keeping myself from taking part in the actual act of flaming, I still generate certain negative

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