Relationship Analysis
Jon Mayer
Mrs. Elwood
SPCH 2713 Sec-030
Growing up I’ve always had a great relationship with my parents and have been blessed to always have both my mom and dad around. We are a pretty open family and talk all the time even while I’m away at school. I am very close with both of them but my mom and I are probably the closest and talk the most, which is why I will be analyzing our relationship and communication through different listening barriers, nonverbal messages, and interpersonal conflict. Listening barriers are virtually everywhere and have negative effects on the relationship if they are not dealt with properly. My mom and I definitely encounter many types of barriers and things that cause our relationship to weaken in a sense. Some main barriers that always seems to play a role are the distractions around us, more specifically the TV or background noise. When we eat dinner we often have the television on and playing some show, or when I am on the phone with her often times I will be on the couch watching some show or be around friends. This sometimes causes problems when one person is more interested in the show than the conversation at hand because full attention isn’t there and therefore information is missed, which could in turn be important. I’ve never really thought about all the times that the TV has distracted me but it causes me to almost completely tune out what she is saying until she is done speaking. This is not only rude but makes it more difficult to have good in depth conversations. A specific example of this is her telling me one time that I needed to call my aunt for her birthday, well it was also while a good basketball game was on, one that I was very into, so I didn’t hear that part and ended up not calling my aunt. This definitely had a negative effect on us because it upset my and disappointed her that I didn’t take the time out of my day for such a simple task that should have been done anyways. It
Mrs. Elwood
SPCH 2713 Sec-030
Growing up I’ve always had a great relationship with my parents and have been blessed to always have both my mom and dad around. We are a pretty open family and talk all the time even while I’m away at school. I am very close with both of them but my mom and I are probably the closest and talk the most, which is why I will be analyzing our relationship and communication through different listening barriers, nonverbal messages, and interpersonal conflict. Listening barriers are virtually everywhere and have negative effects on the relationship if they are not dealt with properly. My mom and I definitely encounter many types of barriers and things that cause our relationship to weaken in a sense. Some main barriers that always seems to play a role are the distractions around us, more specifically the TV or background noise. When we eat dinner we often have the television on and playing some show, or when I am on the phone with her often times I will be on the couch watching some show or be around friends. This sometimes causes problems when one person is more interested in the show than the conversation at hand because full attention isn’t there and therefore information is missed, which could in turn be important. I’ve never really thought about all the times that the TV has distracted me but it causes me to almost completely tune out what she is saying until she is done speaking. This is not only rude but makes it more difficult to have good in depth conversations. A specific example of this is her telling me one time that I needed to call my aunt for her birthday, well it was also while a good basketball game was on, one that I was very into, so I didn’t hear that part and ended up not calling my aunt. This definitely had a negative effect on us because it upset my and disappointed her that I didn’t take the time out of my day for such a simple task that should have been done anyways. It