Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Conversation Blockers
After observing yourself for nearly a week, please (DUE OCT 19 FRIDAY by MIDNIGHT)
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
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Nabila Cos. 2010-5099
ReplyDelete1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
I used most of them: interrupting, ignoring, sarcasm, blaming, contradicting, always/never statements, negative language, talking too much and you statements. I used them in different situations but with the same person.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Yes, i consider that ignoring, interrupting and sarcasm were the ones i used the most.
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
I think that a way to prevent myself from using them is respecting other people´s opinion, trying to think before talking and putting myself in other people´s shoes so I´ll try to stop using conversation blockers because I wouldn´t like people using them with me.
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
By becoming more self-aware of my communication style I can know what things I do right and what things I should correct and by correcting or preventing them I can become a better communicator.
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used
ReplyDelete• Interrupting: when a person start talking but i have something to say, it’s difficult to me, wait my turn.
• Name calling: I used to called my names with nicknames, since i was a kid
• Sarcasm: when a person say an obvious thing, or did a bad joke, I used to do it.
• Always/never statements: when I want to say something that must of the time is in one way, I used always/never statements.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Yes, the most used conversation blocker is interrupting
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
Yes, I knew before this assignment my conversation blockers, but with the exercise I really have an idea about how many time I repeat this blocker, I will prevent trying to listening more than express my idea, to understand another point of view of my family or friends.
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
Well I think that I will be better communicator, because i will have a real connection with others and I can express my idea but understand and respect others ideas.
Pedro Senior
Delete2010-6615
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
•Interrupting
•Sarcasm
•Insults
•Name calling
•Contradicting
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Yes, I used sarcasm so many times.
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
Try to respect the others and to be more careful before speak.
Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you.
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
You’ll have a better communication with others persons because you can express better ideas and transmit you message clear.
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
ReplyDeleteI believe I used the worst ones in the amount of time we had to observe ourselves: ignoring, sarcasm, negative language, insult, blaming, always/never statement. Most of them used when talking to friends not really intentionally, except the insult blocker.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Yes, I use sarcasm more than any other blocker. Sometimes I don’t mean to express myself with a sarcasm but I am so used to use it that it just comes out and I end up regretting that I used it, because someone can get offended.
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
Thinking in what I’m about to say, to make sure it won’t be offensive or stop the course of the conversation. Also not letting an emotion like anger affect the way that I communicate, I realized that I use blockers like insults and negative language when I am angry, to later regret what I said.
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
When you take conscience on what you do while communicating you can change the thinks that doesn’t help you to keep a healthy communicative relationship with others, and improve the ones that do help you. That’s the importance for me of being self-aware of your communication style and the thinks you often do, to improve yourself.
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
ReplyDeleteInterrupting: when someone is talking about a topic, with me or another person, and I introduce another conversation with a different topic without a permission.
Sarcasm: when someone say something stupid or joke
Contradicting: when I think a specific way about an accion, topic or something, and I act totally opposite about it.
Always/never statements: when someone acting or saying the same thing maybe for couples times, and maybe one day I would be in a bad humor and I say to that person that the always do that behavior, or the opposite way, never do that behavior.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Yes, I used to interrupting and use sarcasm
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
I consider the most important thing to prevent using conversation blockers is to respect the diversity and differents points of view, also not giving opinion as fact or judge always/never statements, waiting for my turn and try to not act with emotions.
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
After you recognize that you have a problem, is more easy to change that behavior, so you'll have a better comunication with others person by using tools to help you to improve a better comunication style
Interrupting: When someone is talking, and i have an idea of what he/she is talking, i start talking, but ti isn't intentional.
ReplyDeleteSarcasm: i used when someone said an obvious or stupid thing.
Ignoring: When someone is talking to me, and i'm driving in the street with a lot of traffic, sometimes i don't pay attention of what he/she is telling to me.
insulting: Principally while i'm driving.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Yes, interrupting.
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
Well, i will treat my impulsiveness, and with that i think i will wait my turn to talk.
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
Some professionals says that when you are conscience of your problem you have the half of the problem solve, because it's goint to be easier to change that behavior
Isaura Baez
ReplyDelete2010-5233
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
•Sarcasm: when a person say a bad joke or something ironic.
•Interrupting: when a person is talking about a topic and other person starts to talk at the same time.
•Ignoring: when a person is talking and I refuse to pay attention.
•Blaming: when a person accused another person of being guilty about an action.
•Always/never statements.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Yes, specially interrupting when I am talking with my friends and ignoring when I’m talking with my parents.
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
•Be receptive to what others say
•Respect the person and the opinions
•Maintain eye contact
•Don't interrupt the person (unless there is good reason)
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
The first step to self-awareness is to look at past issues you've had with people and be honest with yourself and this could help you to transmit better a message and at the same time to improve our relationships.
Carlos A. Cano
ReplyDelete2010 - 7045
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
Interrupting, ignoring, insults, contradicting, you statements, giving unsolicited advice.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Sarcasm is the most blocker that I use. Most of the time I try to do it for fun and make the other people laugh.
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them? [Soft Break]
Try not to offend the person who I am talking, not precipitate and being calm while I´m listening the other person. But I always try to respect the other person´s turn and opinion.
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
Understand the other person a listen what he or she is saying. That makes me think what the person is trying to transmit so I can process more calm what I will respond.
But I know how I speak to the persons and know how they will receive it because I usually have a good conversational control and I think how my actions affect other people.
Paola Certo 2010-6857
ReplyDelete1. I use a lot of conversation blockers. Usually I use them when I know de person who im talking very well. For example I ignore my mother when she is complaining about something. I use “call name” to call my little brother, I call him stupid.
Sometimes I use the “always and never statements” to generalize something that bothers me.
2. Yes, I did. For example I ignore people a lot, especially when someone tells me what to do. I hate that so I ignore that person.
3. Maybe I can learn to be more patient with other person. Another thing that I can do to prevent use conversation blockers is to be more careful before speak.
4. Maybe if I talk less I can become more self aware. Also if I don’t interrupt the other person and, if I listen and try to understand without judging.
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
ReplyDeletethe conversation blockers that I`m used are: sarcasm, name calling, always and never statements, talking to much, judging and giving unsolicited advise.
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
yes, for example I used so much sarcasm, name calling and giving unsolicited advice.
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
I think the key to this is to learn to respect the point of view of people different from us and becoming more self-aware about the conversation we use.
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
well I think that if you becoming more self-aware you will have a better way to communicate your ideas to others without misunderstandings.
jeimy rodriguez marte
2010-5665.
1) Describe the conversation blockers you used.
ReplyDeleteThe conversation blockers that I use more common are: sarcasm, name calling, always and never statements, talking to much, and judging.-
2) Did you notice that there were certain blockers you used more than others?
Yes, the more common that i use are sarcasm, name calling and specially talking to much, I think i talk way to much.-
3) Now that you have an idea of your conversation blockers, what can you do to prevent yourself from using them?
I think a way to ME to prevent this is trying to pay more attention when people talk to me, because i get distracted really easy or bored, and just respect the opinion of others even if I dont agree.-
4) How can you become a better communicator by becoming more self-aware?
In my cause will be "Having more ears and less mouth" :D
1) I use a lot of name calling and sarcasm in my everyday talks. I cant live without those two things.
ReplyDelete2) Yes, name calling and sacasm are over any other blockers of my personal list.
3) Control myself with the name calling. Sarcasm cant be taken away from me, even trying really hard because is part of my way of thinking.
4) Becoming more self-aware will help to avoid any blockers and will make you a better conversation partner for anyone. Fluid conversations will be there and people will be more social to you.