An Interpersonal Relationship between my Grandma Scott and me This essay is demonstrating what I have learned and can apply to everyday life using interpersonal communication taken from the book, Inter-Act: Interpersonal Communication: Concepts, Skills, and Contexts, Fourteenth Edition written by Kathleen S. Verderber; Erina L. MacGeorge. I am writing this relationship analysis reflecting on three separate occasions of meeting face-to-face and talking with my grandma. Since the day I was born, our relationship has been very close probably because I am her first grandchild. The first meeting took place on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Presbyterian Manor. This is an assisted living facility where my grandma was going through short-term rehabilitation …show more content…
My grandma has contributed to this concept all throughout my childhood and adulthood. When I was a child, she would say positive things to me such as “you’re so smart!” I always thought “smart” was a good thing to be, so I incorporated “smart” into who I thought I was. I started to behave in ways that demonstrated I was a smart kid and figured out that I really loved learning. That same character trait is still sticking with me today. My perception of how this conversation was going to begin and end is that she is proud of how well I am doing. When I met with my grandma at Presbyterian Manor following knee …show more content…
My grandmother has been a big influence in who I am today in regards to continuing my education and making progress towards my career goals of becoming a degreed engineer. Her predictions date back a little over ten-years ago after I began filling the void my grandpa left ever since he passed away. It all started as I helping my grandma out from repairs around the house to putting new pieces of furniture together. She always said that because of my mechanical aptitude and a love for airplanes, she always believed that someday I would be an engineer. I always look forward to receiving these service calls from my grandma as a way of paying her back for the years of positive self-concept she has given me in building a stellar resume. Just this past Tuesday, I stopped by her apartment to assemble a new trash/recycling cart. As I sat there on her living room floor surrounded by parts and redlining the instructions, she started our conversation off by reminding me of how my analytical and detail-oriented skills are of what an engineer would be. I recognize her contribution to my positive self-esteem, which depends heavily on experiences and interactions with people who we feel close to and respect that inform us about our worth and our talents. Just about the time I finished tightening the last bolt and trimming cotter pins, my phone rang. A woman on
Interpersonal communication is a multidimensional relational vehicle used to promote shared understanding, build community engagement, problem solve collectively, influence decision making, and develop a realization of self-awareness. It is a fundamental element deeply embedded in the social construct of our existence and is defined as part of the interactive process by which information, feelings and thoughts are exchanged between individuals. This exchange of information is inescapable as we are constantly involved in transmitting and interpreting verbal and non-verbal cues between each other simultaneously every day. Even in our perceived exhibition of momentary objective silence, we are still communicating through non-verbal expressions.
Communication skills are very important to help develop friendships and to help building a strong social support network. Communication skills also help you take care of your own personal needs, while also being respectful of other people’s needs. Communication skills are learned through trial and error. The three areas of communication which are needed and should be practiced are nonverbal communication, conversation skills and assertiveness.
Communication is imperative for human survival, either for physical needs or mental health requirements. Some people require more stimuli than others; some people are more communicative than others. I noticed, I began my day on a negative note; my attitude was not the best that could have been. This sole reason affected my work ethics, the tone of voice I communicated with, and how much I would be communicating that day. Weather it was a simple eye rolls, shake of the head, or a quick text, I communicated.
I spent the weekend, as I often do, on the sidelines of several soccer matches. With apologies to the rest of the world I will utilize the term soccer as that is what we call it in the US; we can save that discussion for a less formal and less professional arena. This weekend I watched the officials, and subsequently the parents of the opposing team, begin to focus on the actions of one player. As the focus shifted to that player she became viewed as more aggressive and more physical than other players on the field. She was called more frequently for penalties, and those calls seemed to cause more frequent and heightened reaction from the parents of the opposing team. The team member in question was not my daughter, nor was she the most physical player on the
Interpersonal relationships are specific relationships that form between individuals that share a connection or bond and these relationships can be short lived or can last a lifetime (Mack, 2017). A lot of interpersonal relationships begin and develop in the work place between coworkers and colleagues who work side by side and interact with one another daily. These interactions can be both positive or negative and these interactions are the building blocks of interpersonal relationships. With most full-time employees working upwards of forty hours a week it is completely natural for these employees to build bonds and relationships with each other given the amount of time spent together. Interpersonal
My family used to be really easy to explain. I had one mom, one dad, and one brother. As I got older of course my life has taken some turns complicating the family tree for me. These changes have allowed me to see how the interpersonal relationship continuum works. More than that I’ve been able to see firsthand how it classifies and works relative to personal relationships. My parents divorced at the beginning of my high school career. During this time it was no doubt hard, because my parents were tied up in court it felt like they couldn’t be there for my brother and me. This caused me to seek the attention elsewhere.
She raised her daughter to be respectful. “You never know where you might end up and who will get you there,” Gran said. Instilling this discipline in my mother, she intern instilled it in me and my other siblings. Therefore, because of my Gran Ma, I am where I am today.
The relationship my grandfather and I have is a very precious gift to me. He has been one of the few of my family members to always support my decision to become a teacher, and he and grandmother were the ones who took care of me when I was younger. Their values and way of life have greatly affected me in who I am today. They taught me the values of hard work, focusing on education, and caring for others. Now that my grandpa is no longer able as independent as he used to be, my dad and I take shifts doing what we can between our schedules to prepare food, upkeep his apartment, and assist with other daily tasks so that my grandpa can stay where he lived with my grandma. My dad has always been a gifted caregiver in his past careers, and this definitely a trait I share with him. Now we both use this skill to return the favor to my grandfather. This is a humbling task that we would not entrust to anyone else.
The majority of grandkids consider their grandma a loving figure. Grandma always has the cookies ready for holiday homecomings, she gives kisses and hugs when the grandkids hop out of the car onto the doorstep, and she provides relaxation for the parents. On the other hand, a few Grandmas work their magic a little differently. My grandma, Emma Brunswig, grew up in tough times. Emma’s mother passed away just after Emma’s ninth birthday, causing her to stand as the mother figure for her five younger brothers and sisters. Emma has not had a very easy life, but she has chosen to overcome every rock in her path. Grandma Emma stands as a true inspiration to me, not with her bitter, demanding side; but with a caring, loving side.
Every single day, I am presented decisions. It has taken years for me to handle the understanding of this straightforward idea. For a considerable length of time, I would settle on the choice to lessen away valuable time doing things that I have lamented to have done. It is the knowledge of losing my grandma that swayed and incited me to no more proceed with this behavior. I have been talented with all the fundamental instruments to push ahead which are; the capacity to learn, impulse, and inspire. For these qualities, I thank my grandma for imparting each of them in me.
Interpersonal communication is an extremely important aspect of the relationships in our lives. We work everyday to maintain numerous relationships and some of them could use improvement. For me, the relationship with my mother is the one that I chose to take an in depth look at because it is one with the greatest significant in my life. My mom and I have had our ups and downs and most of the downs are attributed to our communication. Taking a deeper consideration of these problems and applying the knowledge that I have learned in this class would greatly improve our relationship and lead to more productive communication. The most substantial problems in our communication come from our misbehaviors in listening, lack of empathy and understanding for the others point of view and our lack of communication.
What is a career? A career is defined as a course through life or profession, but in my case it hasn’t existed until now. My career goals are just now coming into focus. When I was younger I really did not know what a career was all I knew is I wanted a job and I usually found me one with no problem, not realizing how good of a job I was working, and that I should have been working to keep it for long as I could. My motivation back then was my family; my children to keep them feed, clothed and happy. To have a career meant going to college for 4 years and this was something I didn’t want to do, instead I opted for vocational training, which would train me in a skill in one year or less and I would
did result, this could have affected their performance in the office and the way they treated each
I grew up living through several life crises not knowing what to do about them, only that my grandma could make things better. My grandmother is the heart and soul of my huge family. At age six, my parents divorced and my mother got remarried, leaving my siblings and I behind to my half sister and grandmother’s care. The day I turned seven, my father passed away, leaving behind my eleven siblings and I. Although my dad had passed away, my grandma always said “it’ll be okay. You all still have us.” My mother signed paperwork making my half sister our legal guardian. Before she left, she told my siblings and I: “You are all like your dad. You won’t get anywhere,” but she was wrong. Because of my grandma’s pushy attitude, we’ve
The aim of the present research is to provide a link between the impact of significant others on self and how they affect interpersonal behavior even when they are below conscious awareness. In the study of Baldwin, Carrell and Lopez (1990), they argued that the way people experience self is highly dependent other people. People engage in many thoughts about others’ perception of themselves. Accordingly, how one evaluates himself or herself depends on how his or her significant other is probably evaluating them. In the study, they investigated subconscious priming of disapproval by significant others, and showed the effects on participants’ evaluations regarding self-related aspects, they found a consistency of facial expression and participants’ judgment when significant other (compared to unfamiliar other) is primed.