Interpersonal Communications Concept Analysis Paper

Katie Latimer November 1st, 2012 COMM 218 Concept Application Paper Communication takes place in any and all locations, intentionally and unintentionally, and it can be positive or negative. Many of our personal traits and character qualities can affect how we communicate with other people, and how they communicate with us. Recently, I had an experience that further proved this point to me in a very real and tangible way. Growing up, I have been known as levelheaded and optimistic. I don’t let a lot of distractions or emotions change or affect the way I act around others. As an athlete, my coaches always knew that if they called me into a game I would handle the pressure and play to the best of my ability, so I decided to change†¦show more content†¦I realize now, what I was feeling was a result of social comparison. According to Alder, Rosenfeld amp; Proctor (2013), social comparison is â€Å"†¦evaluating ourselves in terms of how we compare with others. We decide whether we are superior or inferior and similar or different by comparing ourselves to what social scientists call reference groups...† (p. 69). Social comparison, in this instance, brought upon feelings of inferiority, as I was displaying undesirable qualities. After a very disheartening day at class, I went home. By the time my mom came home, my attitude had worsened. First she asked me â€Å"What happened?†. I responded by saying, â€Å"Nothing, I’m fine.† Which she took literally, by the content of my words, when I was hoping that she would take them in a relational sense and see that I wasn’t really â€Å"fine†. In this instance, my mother was hearing my words in a contextual form, so when I said, â€Å"I’m fine.†, she heard me saying that I was okay and nothing was wrong. If she had realized that I was communicating with her relationally, she could have been able to tell by the tone of my voice and my non-verbal communications that I was not really â€Å"fine†. 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