Communicator

I wasn't surprised at the results because I've always been told I'm friendly and great to be around. Whether it's in the professional field or personal my bubbly personality is the same. I'm happy to meet new people and happy to work with others in the community. I gained more information on how communication can be improved by taking the time to get to know other's and how they respond to you during communication. Also appearances don't give us much information on the person we are communicating with, the exercise where we had to answer questions based on a picture was the perfect example of not knowing a person and assuming that you know about them.

Cultural Diversity

Being that my family is very mixed with different cultures, I don’t find myself talking differently to others with different backgrounds or cultures. I’ve always talked to everyone respectfully and acknowledge everyone’s culture and beliefs. I love meeting new people and learning about them because it makes me aware of people who are different from me and my family and I take it as a learning experience.

Nonverbal Communication

The show I used for this post was the Big Bang Theory with the sound off. The interaction I saw with the characters are they're friends judging by the laughter and expressions on their faces while they talked during the scene. They all seem to be happy and enjoying being in each other's presence. With the sound on my assumptions were correct they were all friends and enjoy talking with each other. Their expressions were the same in a joking friendly manner. Since this is my first time watching this show I did judge my responses off their body language and facial expressions. If this was a show I regularly watched my answers would have been the same. What I learned from this assignment is that expressions and body language do tell a story, you can tell when a person is happy, sad, or mad by their facial expressions and body language. It's something I've looked at whenever I'm talking to someone that way I can judge what type of mood they're in and if their happy with the conversation or not.

Blog Assignment

A person I picked for this post is my mother. I admire her ways of speaking to people no matter the situations. I've witness her being yelled at and threatened and she still talked to the person with so much respect and peaceful with no anger at all, Having that kind of composure is very important because regardless of how that person is talking to you, you want to remain professional. I definitely would like to model this behavior, because I want to remain professional at all times. Being in the childcare field you do encounter people who may be upset and they tend to lash out at you, you still want to remain respectful at all times. This is something I've been working on and I know one day I will face this and I want to be prepared.