...SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM COM 200 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT Week 2 Article Critique Talking StylesArticle Critique: Talking Styles. Use the ProQuest database to locate and read the article entitled,“Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance.” Then, visit the Language Style Matchingwebsite and, using sample written communication between you and another person, follow thedirections on the website to retrieve your language style matching score. Write a two-page paper(excluding title and reference pages) about your thoughts on this article and your language stylematching score. In your paper, be sure to address the following:a. Do you think the results provide by the Language Style Matching website are accurate? Why orwhy not?b. Do you believe that language style matching is a comprehensive way to predict the quality ofinterpersonal relationships? Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of COM 200 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT in order to ace their studies. COM 200 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/com-200-week-2-assignment/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM COM 200 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT Week 2 Article Critique Talking StylesArticle Critique: Talking Styles. Use the ProQuest database to locate and read the article entitled,“Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance.” Then, visit the Language Style Matchingwebsite and, using sample written communication between you and another...
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...Language Style Matching COM 200 Interpersonal Communication Instructor: May 4, 2014 In this write up one will talk about ones own thoughts on the article of Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance In Dating Game, Conversationally Aligned Players Often Pair Up. Then after having a conversation with a co-worker have it graded with the language style matching website with ones own feed back whether or not one agrees with the website. Along with whether or not language style matching is a comprehensive way to predict the quality of interpersonal relationships. In the article of Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance In Dating Game, Conversationally Aligned Players Often Pair Up is about a research project that tests the level of language style matching up between two people. This article is interesting because one has never thought of how a simple conversation between someone would determine whether or not that person is willing to see or hear from you again. For instance with two people arguing at one another they are more prone to have a better language match then someone who is having a general conversation. Ones own opinion of language matching is more of how much you pay attention to that person and the conversation you have having with them. If anyone would have a conversation but no interested in hearing it then that conversation will not be compatibles between the two. Just like the example in the text where they studied forty conversations...
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...COMMUNICATION Latoryia Sanders Com 200: Interpersonal Communication Lisa Rollins June 3, 2013 I never know the choice of words between two people determine the way they communicate. I read the article “Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance”. It really taught me a thing about communication in my own relationship. Since I started on this chapter I have learn how to communicate better and the words I use or different. I don’t use I, me, or my it’s us, we, our words that let you know u in a relationship. I like a part of the article when it said if a couple lock in a bitter fight and tend to yell in a similar way it means that’s a connection there. I relate to that right now because the guy that I am with vocabulary and mines are to different things. Mines are short words I don’t use long paragraphs and big words just to get my point across. I am the opposite I am simple, sweet, and straight of the point. I don’t see no difference in sitting here trying to take for every in a day to get a person to understand you. When all you have to do is just choose your words carefully. I also did the Language Style Matching to that was amazing to me. I had a friend on a social site ask me do you know what it means when a person answer a question in short words. I said, no what does it means he said you’re not interested I laugh but I continue to text other people and notice that. My LMS was a .61 it said my writing was under fifty words. Do I think this is current...
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...Talking Styles New studies are showing that key words can determine if people are more compatible. They also show talking styles with people whom talk similarly communicate better. Are these claims real or is it just happenstance? Communicating is how we let our words convey or thoughts and ideas. Being on the same page can bring people closer. People, who talk similar, communicate with each other similar. This can affect the closeness of friends or help in romantic relationships (Bower, 2010). Bruce Bower wrote an article titled: Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance. In this article claims are made that talking styles that are alike between people can predict lasting romantic interests. Researchers call this language-style matching (Bower, 2010).It measures how much people pay attention to one another. It states that even people who do not get along may have similar skills amongst themselves. Examples are given with speed daters: citing that those with the same language skill sets are more likely to get better results in longer lasting relationships. Another example is crisis negotiators. . We all communicate with each other based on our self-image and self-concept of our selves. Our listening skills and language skills change over time and depending on the person we are communicating with how we express ourselves (Sole, 2011). We adapt and change our language skills to meet the desired affect we want. Word manipulation is a skill...
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...Talking styles and language style matching are two very interesting topics. Talking styles not only teaches us about the way we communicate with others, it also teaches us to understand other peoples talking styles and the way that they are communicating. Language style matching, gives us an insight as to how we communicate with certain people and when our communications with them are more effective. When I first submitted an email to the Language Style Matching website, my husband and I scored a 0.69 which is low according to their reported outcome. The email consisted of my husband informing me that he would be home late and that if I had a chance, I should meet him up there to visit with everyone. My response was short, sweet, and to the point. After reading about the reasoning’s as to why we could have scored so low, I learned that when it comes to certain conversations with few words, scores may be lower compared to those which are more in depth. James Pennebaker stated in an article written by Bruce Bower, "Two people locked in a bitter fight tend to talk, or yell, in similar ways." (Science News) After contemplating the meaning behind this statement, I resubmitted an argument that my husband and I had via text messaging, and the way we not only expressed our emotions, but also how we worked it out. To my surprise, our Language Style Matching scored much higher because we were communicating on a much different level. A lot of our arguments start with misinterpretation...
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...Talking Styles Com 200 Interpersonal Communication Talking Styles Communication has been a very important key in the presence in our world and always will be. Good communication is vital for personal and professional success, and they are vital to forming or maintaining a relationship (Sole K, 2010). When you think about it without this innocent ability our people would probably not be able to persist. In the article, “Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Relationships,” the author, Bruce Bower signifies that people you are friends with have a chance to last for a longer period of time if the language style is the same. I also think that the friendship is strong, that their language styles will match. The article,, was very interesting, yet quite impersonal. While I might go as far to say that a shared talking style can interest the intellectual side of me, I find feelings and emotions are more adept at fanning the love flames. The article claims that the use of function words hint as to the attentiveness that each person is giving to what is being said. This writer believes that when two people are involved in an interpersonal relationship and are closely connected, words are often not needed for effective communication. Communication experts generally agree that when two people are engaged in face-to-face conversation, only a small fraction of the total message they share is contained in the words they use. A large portion of the message...
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...relationships. Let me first begin by giving a definition for communication that I found in our textbook titled “Making Connections: Understanding Interpersonal Communications.” Sole, 2011, chapter 1, section 1.3 defines communication as” A process by which we share ideas or information with other people.” With that said let’s look at the views of one a graduate student by the name of Molly Ireland and psychologist James Pennebaker both of the University of Texas at Austin who reported in an article written by Bruce Bower for Science news titled” Shared Talking Styles herald new and lasting romances” that “ Conversation partners related use of function words such as pronouns, articles, conjunctions, prepositions and negations- augers well for mutual romantic interest and stable relationships.” Ireland and her colleague proposed in an upcoming Psychological Science article that “Unconscious verbal coordination of this sort, dubbed language-style matching by the researchers, signifies not how much two people like each other but how much each is paying attention to what the other says.” I happen to disagree with these findings because the study that the researchers did with 40 pairs of speed daters of the opposite sex who talked using similar types and frequencies of function...
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...The article “Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance” gives an overview of how different elements such as function words play an instrumental role in determining the compatibility between men and women. In my opinion, this article represents both consistent and inconsistent information. According to Bruce Bower 2010, two people who hat one another will often exhibit a high amount of language-style matching. I believe this to be a true statement due to the fact that both individuals are experiencing the same feeling, so the language will be similar. Friendships are formed from characteristics such as language-style matching. Positive relationship stems from combining the two elements together. I am also a firm believer that communication is a two-way entity, and both parties must be willing to compromise certain aspects for the overall success of their relationship. The language style matching exercise is a great tool in measuring the compatibility but must not be set in stone. I’m also a firm believer that opposites do attract. An old cliché that states “men are from Mars, women are from Venus” gives a clear description of the differences between men and women. Men approach conversations with a distinct set of rules and interpretations of talk. Men focus on status and independence; women focus more on intimacy and connection. Not only do men and women communicate differently but they think, feel, perceive, react, respond, love, need, and appreciate differently...
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...I read the article, “Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance” by Bruce Bower. He talked about how the length of relationships can be based on your styles of communication. Bower also discusses how the use of function words such as; pronouns, articles, conjunctions, prepositions and negations”(Bower) can have an affect on conversation partners. He goes own to explain how language style matching “signifies not how much two people like each other but how much each is paying attention to what the other says”(Bower). After reading the article, I went to the Language Style Matching website and took the test. In this essay I will talk about my score and my thoughts about the Language Style Matching test. When I first read the directions to the Language Style Matching test, I was wondering what kind of results I would be given based on single conversation. I use a conversation between my best friend and I, through via text message and the score we received was 0.72. My best friend and I have been close since we were in the second grade; I believed the way that we used our words affected our score. I do not believe the website score was accurate because of the closeness that we share, and the understanding that we have with each other. There are times we can finish each other’s sentences because we know each other thoughts on certain subjects. I thought that we would get a higher score than what we received. I do not know how they come up with the scoring on this test...
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...Article Critique Julie Cobia COM 200 Interpersonal Communication Instructor: Jacey Coy December 23, 2014 The article “Close relationship Sometimes Mask Poor Communication” In my opinion is an excellent example of how we as couples communicate. We believe that the other person knows us well and we expect our spouses to understand or read in between the lines certain things we communicate to them. Since we have been together for so long, it should be too difficult. One spouse should have a perfect understanding of what the other one is trying to relay. It is very surprising to know that the statistics showed that strangers understand us just as equally as our spouses. My mind was blown away, by this finding. It is so true that with our busy lifestyles we tend to lose sight on what the other person is trying to convey to us. I have had many miscommunication incidents but I will limit myself and share this one incident. I had made arrangements with my Son to pick me up from work on Tuesday. I assumed he heard me and acknowledged the fact that I was going to be waiting on him that day. I figured I didn’t need to remind him that morning since we had spoken about this before. As you might have guessed, I ended up waiting for my son that Tuesday for fifteen minutes. I had several thoughts in regards to his tardiness and assumed that he either was stuck in traffic, stopped to get gas, or had stopped for milk or...
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...language style matching were accurate. My family members and I were using a lot of communication between us. Our verbal communication was that we didn’t pay attention to the words we were using. We just talked everyday like we usually do. In the article, “Functions words tap into verbal coordination between two people because these words are independent of conversation topics and require shared knowledge to be used effectively.” Bruce Bower, U.S. News & World Report, Washington: Nov 2010, pg.1. Because we communicate with others, and they understand us, the word must mean the same to everyone else as it does to us. (Kreidler, 1998). My language style matching score was 0.86, which was an average score. Interpersonal communication; we communicate with people. I don’t think that language style matching is a thorough to predict the quality of interpersonal relationships. Why? Interpersonal communication is a social process. I think it is within people we communicate with others constantly. Once you have conversation with others you learn, listen, and observe people and he world around your. This is how we build and maintain relationships with others and meet our personal needs. Language style matching diminished as each relationship soared. Bruce Bower, Nov. 2010, pg. 1. Reference Bower Bruce, 2010 interview with Pennebaker J. science news 2010 U.S. News & world Report LP retrieved from htto://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/11/12/shared-talking-styles-herald-new-and-lasting-romance...
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...with what this article says about couples and how they choose to use language styles amongst each other. After all using language is how we meet each other and grow closer together. As I have learned from this course so far, my communication skills with my significant other definitely should improve. However I do not agree with the results from the language style matching application. According to the site our communication was a .64 out a 1.00 which basically says that our communication styles are not that compatible (Bower, 2010). I think that there is more to being compatible with your mate then language styles alone. Although being able to share interests and being able to communicate are important, I just think that there is more to a successful marriage then what the author points out. One part of the article addressed a scenario involving speed dating and it reminded me of what the textbook labeled as trigger words. Trigger words are words that create an immediate emotional response when you hear that particular word (Sole, 2011). When you are in that type of setting you are only given a short amount of time to make a connection with a person and attempt to build on what you have learned from that brief conversation. So these trigger words are what helps a person gain momentum with the other party in hopes of starting a relationship with someone. The author suggests that language style matches can help predict how successful a relationship can or won’t be. I do...
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...LANGUAGE STYLE MATCHING: Can it Predict Lasting Relationships? Patricia Cochran COM 200: Making Connections: Understanding Interpersonal Communication Dr. Andree Swanson November 7, 2011 LANGUAGE STYLE MATCHING: Can it Predict Lasting Relationships? People may develop many different relationships during their lifetime. These relationships may range from family, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, bosses, and lovers. “New research has pointed out that people match one another’s language styles more during happy phases of their relationship, and this phenomenon is called Language Style Matching or LSM.” (Muppala, 2010) It is believed if two people are similar in their speech patterns and their use of function words, they are psychologically compatible. Researchers are using this technology to evaluate natural speech to determine this compatibility. This paper will discuss whether language style matching is accurate and can predict lasting relationships. “A study published in Psychological Science says that people with similar language styles stay in relationships longer than those whose styles are dissimilar.” (Castillo, 2011) This study is referring to the use of function words. “Function words are highly social and they require social...
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...relationships The article Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance was a very interesting article. I do believe that language style matching is a thorough way to predict the quality of interpersonal relationships in some cases. The LSM test examines the verbal connection between two people which also signify how much attention each person is paying to one another when they are conversing. As stated in the article language style matching is a form of using function words and words in other categories that relates to one another in some form or fashion. One thing I found very interesting about the article was that two people who truly hate one another will often exhibit a high amount of language-style matching,” stated by Pennebaker. He also states that “Two people locked in a bitter fight tend to talk, or yell, in similar ways.” Just based on real life experiences I would have to say this is very much true in many situations I have been faced with. There have been numerous times I have met someone and it seemed as if we were just on the same page. We thought the same way had the same outlook on life to a certain extinct and we seemed to be friends instantly but I never thought that having high language-style matching had anything to do with it nor did I know what it was until taking this course. I now understand better why two individuals who just click as stated in the article just click! It’s almost as if people with high language matching-styles are so compatible with...
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...Article Critique: Talking Styles Elaine Tate COM200: Interpersonal Communication Instructor: Robert Strain March 30, 2014 When we have good communication skills it will lead to a happier life, learning to communicate with others is to convey messages, thoughts, and emotions. In this assignment we will compare results acquired from utilizing the Language Style Matching website to see if they are accurate, and also to find out if the beliefs regarding the quality of an interpersonal relationship are based on the quantity of language match. What got my attention was the one sentence, “If you just click with somebody but can’t put your finger on why, there’s a fair chance that high language-style matching is going on”. (Bower, 2010). My score for the site was .75, I met this friend of mine at work she is younger than I but for some reason we just clicked, why I do not know because we have totally different lives, but we did click and now she calls me mom. “ If one friend works in an office building and another in a rock quarry, the two will use different nouns and verbs to talk about their work days but similar function words if they like and understand each other” (Bower, 2010). The friend I was discussing works as an RN with a Master degree; she was a Clinical Director which was my boss. Our jobs and lives were very different we understood one another and were very close. “You become a more effective communicator when you become a more responsible creator of messages. And...
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