Communication Basics Answers
1.3 Communication Basics learning objectives
Describe how the communication principles and misconceptions in Chapter 1 are evident in a specific situation.
Assess the needs (physical, identity, social, and practical) that communicators are attempting to satisfy in a given situation or relationship.
Apply the transactional communication model to a specific situation.
Instructions
Use the case below and the discussion questions that follow to discuss the variety of communication issues involved in effective communication. Make notes on this page, add other pages on your own, or prepare a group report/analysis based on your discussion. Add your own experiences to individualize the analysis.
Case
Kristie and Jacob have been dating one another exclusively for four months. They both have part-time jobs and hope to complete their college studies within two years. Jacob thinks they should move in together. Kristie is reluctant to agree until she has more commitment from Jacob. Jacob doesn’t want to make promises he can’t keep. Kristie thinks that if they just communicate more they will be able to solve the problem, but Jacob thinks that talking about it more won’t help.
1. What needs (physical, identity, social, and/or practical) do Kristie and Jacob seem to have?
It seems that both need each others presence but Kristie wants more of a committed relationship than Jacob, she wants him to be all in but Jacob feels its unnecessary to communicate with Kristie & get and understanding he rather just make things happen than to talk about making them happen.
2. Identify one element of the communication model that might help explain some of the communication problems they are having and help them communicate more effectively.
A part of Kristie & Jacobs problem could be their separate environments channeling their miscommunication creating a window of bad noise. So maybe if they were in a positive environment together they’d have a better understanding of each
Describe how the communication principles and misconceptions in Chapter 1 are evident in a specific situation.
Assess the needs (physical, identity, social, and practical) that communicators are attempting to satisfy in a given situation or relationship.
Apply the transactional communication model to a specific situation.
Instructions
Use the case below and the discussion questions that follow to discuss the variety of communication issues involved in effective communication. Make notes on this page, add other pages on your own, or prepare a group report/analysis based on your discussion. Add your own experiences to individualize the analysis.
Case
Kristie and Jacob have been dating one another exclusively for four months. They both have part-time jobs and hope to complete their college studies within two years. Jacob thinks they should move in together. Kristie is reluctant to agree until she has more commitment from Jacob. Jacob doesn’t want to make promises he can’t keep. Kristie thinks that if they just communicate more they will be able to solve the problem, but Jacob thinks that talking about it more won’t help.
1. What needs (physical, identity, social, and/or practical) do Kristie and Jacob seem to have?
It seems that both need each others presence but Kristie wants more of a committed relationship than Jacob, she wants him to be all in but Jacob feels its unnecessary to communicate with Kristie & get and understanding he rather just make things happen than to talk about making them happen.
2. Identify one element of the communication model that might help explain some of the communication problems they are having and help them communicate more effectively.
A part of Kristie & Jacobs problem could be their separate environments channeling their miscommunication creating a window of bad noise. So maybe if they were in a positive environment together they’d have a better understanding of each