EVALUATING COMMUNICATION                                          

 

I decided to ask my husband and friend to do an assessment on how; they feel about how I communicate. Upon taking the test my husband said, I project myself very well and very well understood but, sometimes come off harsh at times. My colleague agreed with him as well. As they finish the test it stated just what, my husband and colleague applied. They both scored me in the Verbal Aggressiveness Scale level as being “Moderate level”. What surprise me was score in Communication Anxiety Inventory when, I took the test myself.

I scored a 59 which is at the “Moderate level. In reading the reason why, it states, that I’m somewhat concern about a number of, communication contexts, but probably not all of them. Also, stated this level was the mid – point level of, communication anxiety and it is called “Situational”. Therefore, I need further information on “Situational Anxiety” to find out what it meant. In reading a short article it stated, Situational Anxiety “is the communication apprehension created by a unique combination of, influences generated by audience, time and context McCroskey, J. C., & Beatty, M. J. (1984). For example, I know what to present to my audience but, would stand straight in front of, then and be nervous but, with a small group I’m alright, and I believe this was a result of , me waiting for other speakers to come whom were running behind schedule. Therefore, this was and consider being “Situational Anxiety for me but, I made it through with the presentation. The insights I learn was ones should attempt to get acquaint with others first due to making assumptions because, him / her can be seen in a different light. This statement to me it’s better to have a face to face contact. I also, took the quiz in our text O’Hair & Wiemann (2015, p.46), which, was the Cognition Scale, and I scored a 52score meant I am thinker and self – motivated and capable of applying thinking skills within a variety of situations.

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