For part 1 you will be reading a letter and responding to that. Here are the things to include in your response letter. In your introduction, list at least 5 points to be discussed in the response letter. (10 points) Describe the main interpersonal communication problem in detail. (10 points) Summarize two other specific interpersonal problems from that letter. Relate the interpersonal communication problem to at least two of the interpersonal communication principles explored in Week 5-7 of the course content. (10 points) Dear Shannon I am currently in a pickle. I cannot seem to hold my tongue. To give you a little background I am the kind of person to always speak my mind. I always have and I always will! It is who I am, and who would I be if not myself? Anyways, I always find myself in situations where this seems to be a problem. Can you believe that?! For instance, there was this one particular time where I was taking the bus to go downtown. You know, the real big grey buses you see all over. I find myself a seat and mind my business when all of a sudden a stranger sits next to me. Now I usually don’t mind having folks sit next to me on public transportation, but that wasn’t the problem. The problem was he started singing his poor ugly heart out! To some wretched song he had going on through his headphones. Now me being me, I tell him his singing is lousy and he needs to stop. Of course, he doesn’t take too kindly to this and begins to tell me he can do whatever he likes. Again, me being me I had to tell him he’s wrong and that when it comes to his singing how could he like it because it’s honestly just horrendous. Then suddenly I am the bad guy and everybody on the bus tells me to leave him alone. I just don’t understand, my opinion definitely matters and it needs to be heard. That’s exactly why I always speak my mind! I know communication is irreversible, so that’s exactly why I have been having a hard time recently. There was another instance. I remember this fairly vividly, it just happened the other day. I was with some ‘friends’. Let’s call them Smiles Too Much and What’s Deo. Smiles Too much I just met recently, I thought he was a decent human being but that all changed rather quickly. Yesterday was the second time we hung out and I don’t know how I didn’t notice this before but this guy just smiles all the time! It doesn’t matter what I am talking about, it could be something grim or happy he would just keep smiling. I brought this up to What’s Deo but he just brushed it off as ‘he’s just a really positive person’. Obviously, I couldn’t take it anymore and I had to say something. I told him something along the lines of his smile is creepy and I don’t care how positive you are. You can go be positive in a padded room because that’s where you belong! So you see, I just can’t help myself. I suppose communication is inherently relational. Maybe that’s why I can always speak my mind. I am typically better than most people so why wouldn’t they want to hear my opinion. If anything I’m doing them a favor. Let’s get started on What’s Deo. Honestly the problem is in the name. The guy just always smells. Forget about deodorant, he outta bathe himself in boiling soap water! I don’t mean to ramble but I really need help. Sincerely, Talks Freely Purchase answer to see full attachment Explanation & Answer: 500 words Tags: conflict and poor listening in interpersonal relationships communication terminologies Family Communication and Mealtimes User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following our company’shonor code & terms of service.
