How do I do on communication??????
This week I took 3 different communication assessments, Communication Anxiety Inventory, Verbal Aggressiveness Scale, and Listening Styles Profile. I also had my husband; Kelly and a coworker; Emily take the assessments on my behalf as well.
The only real similarity between all three of us was that we scored me in group one on the listening styles. The differences were the range of scores on the other two tests. On the verbal scale I scored myself higher than Kelly and Emily did. The verbal test is the one that surprised me the most. I don’t feel that I am that aggressive verbally. I tend more to back down instead on standing up to fight. I attributed the differences in scores on the communication anxiety to the fact that Emily does not know me as well and nether one of them knows what I am physically experiencing.
Insights to communication this week
I don’t really see this as an insight but more of a confirmation of how the media influences our self- concept. The images that are projected through the media are pretty far off from reality. I can only assume that visitors or immigrants from other countries gain a large shock when they actually meet us. All women in the US are not 6’7 white, with long legs, fit body and beautifully flowing hair. I can use this information to work with the students in my care. I can show them that we are all different and beautiful in our own way. We don’t have to conform to the Medias perceptions of us. In order to teach this I have to accept that I don’t meet the Medias criteria and that is OK.
Assessing our self-perceptions is a continual process. We are constantly assessing our abilities whether they are our strengths or weaknesses. This is not always a cognitive process but just something we do.
Leslie,
ReplyDeleteThats interesting that both of the people you had evaluate you actually scored you differently then you did yourself, especially your husband. Both of my individuals evaluated me the same as i did myself with only a few points different but still in the same level. I found these assessments to be very insightful and educational.
Leslie,
ReplyDeleteInteresting that the results were different. The biggest difference in my scores were the with the verbal aggressiveness assessment. Like you I consider myself to the least confrontational person. I like your point that we continually assess our skills/perceptions.
Tamara