The evaluation process for me was quite enlightening I had
one of my colleagues from work and my husband to evaluate my communication
effectiveness. Strangely enough in regards to Communication Anxiety my husband
and I both hit within the 34-46 score and my coworker placed me in the 21-33
range. The Verbal Aggressive Scale through the evaluation my coworker and I
rated me in the 53-68 range however my husband rated me in the 69-85 range. I
was surprise by that because I usually try to pick my words so that I want be
insulting to others. I expected the numbers to be the same across the board. In
terms of listening all three evaluations placed me in group 1 which is people
oriented. The insight I gained this week
is that people oriented listening are sometime too trusting. I realize that I
have call attention to myself to make sure that facts I need are not getting by
me. Although usually I can tell when someone is trying to pull a fast one on me.
Kvonya,
ReplyDeleteI also found this assignment to be an eye opener. I actually thought I would score differently in the three areas based off of the reflection from 3 of my friends. It was interesting to me to see how my one male friend evaluated my communication skills verses my two female friends. In a sense, I do find myself speaking to him more openly about certain things where as I will put up a guard around female friends for some reason. I too was surprised to learn that people orientated persons are said to be too trusting; I personally think I do not trust enough! Great post.
Tasha
Kvonya,
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that many of our classmates fell into Group one in what type of listeners we are. I wonder if it is a characteristic of many early childhood educators to be trusting of others. Most of us are in this profession to help others; not only the children, but the families as well. This makes us want to believe that there is "good" in everyone. I think we all try not to let the negative things we see and hear bring us down. We are people-oriented because we like to help people. While I agree with you that we cannot be too trusting, I still try to see the honesty in others. Thank you for your post.
Kvonya,
ReplyDeleteThis assignment was super interesting. I also fell in group one (and what a good point by Amanda above). I know I am too trusting with people. I choose to do that, so that I can do my best to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. Sometimes it ends in disappointment, but I feel that disappointments can be learning experiences. Thanks for your insights!
Abby