COM 220 Discussion 6: Communication Climate (Chapter 8)
Use as a source: Interpersonal Communication, Everyday Encounters by Julia Wood 9th edition IBSN: 0013581473 Publisher: Cengage
Q1: Describe the three types of dialectical tensions: novelty vs predictability, autonomy vs connection, and openness vs closeness. Come up with another dialectical tension in the family context or workplace that you have experienced. Specify strategies to cope with these tensions. (3 points)
Q2: What responsibility, if any, does one person have to inform another of his or her level of commitment to a relationship? If you perceive someone as falling for you when you do not feel the same way, do you owe it to the other person to disclose your feelings? (2 points)
Q3: Using descriptive language to develop skill in supportive communication, translate the following evaluative statements into descriptive ones (3 points)
Example: Evaluative: This report is poorly done.
Descriptive: This report doesn’t include relevant background information.
Note adjectives about the report are excluded, but it shares what the report does not have. Avoid evaluative adjectives.
a. Evaluative: You’re lazy.
. Descriptive:
b. Evaluative:
c. Evaluative: Stop obsessing about the problem.
Descriptive:
d. Evaluative: You’re too involved.
Descriptive: