...Listening Barriers Latasha Cleveland Com/200 April 20, 2012 Amy Bailey Listening Barrier Listening is a way of showing someone hospitality and respect. It does not only consist of a person exchanging words after hearing what the other person has to say. Listening consists of each person paying full attention to what is being said and able to accept the message without putting their personal desires first. Although everyone wants to be listened to when having a conversation with others, it does not always happen that way. There are listening barriers that cause conflict during interpersonal communication. Listening barriers are things, people, situations, or environments that keep an individual from listening effectively during a conversation. Some of these barriers include Self Absorption (only concerned about them self), unchecked emotion (cannot listen because emotional arousal), criticism of the speaker (more focused on who giving the message than the message), differing speech and thought rate (being able to think as fast as someone speaks), information overload (distracted by technology or not being in the mood for conversation), external noise (distractions in an environment), and listener apprehension ( fear of being unable to understand, comprehend, interpret, or adjust during conversation) (Beebe, Beebe, & Redmond, Chapter Chapter 5, 2011).A prime example when more than one of these barriers are displayed is when I come home from work and each one of my...
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...is nearly always a temporary problem. A 14 year old girl took her life after she was voted for Queen for her upcoming Fall Festival. Sarah Lynn Butler, took her life because of cyber bullying, she got some bad messages on MySpace saying she was a whore. She got teased every day at school. Cyber bullying is a cruel way of saying things to a person. Sarah Lynn Butler had a bright future and a wonderful road ahead of her. That all got taken away because of messages that weren’t true. Sarah Lynn Butler is very pretty and according to a family member she was sweet and helpful to others. Cyberbullying causes 4,500 kids to take their life at their own hands because of what people tell them over the internet that’s 99% not true. Signs...
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...One-to-one interaction In my one-to-one interaction one of my weaknesses was that I spoke quietly and softly, when I was talking about what I want to be when I am older and why I chose Health And Social Care as a subject for year eleven. To overcome this I need to become more comfortable within myself and when talking to other people, I need to become more confident with what I am talking about and not to be shy. Another weakness is being very nervous and my body posture. When talking to Mrs Langford I get very shy and nervous around people when talking about myself, and what I want to do when I am older. To overcome this I need to be more confident in myself and talk to people in confidence. During the one-to-one conversation my strength was that I kept good eye contact with the teacher. It’s good that I kept good eye contact because it proved I was listening to the teacher. Role Play. In the role play when I was performing with Karys and Tia, we weren’t very focused on the play and didn’t know what to say, this is because we haven’t rehearsed it and didn’t have a script. In the play us three only memorised the scenario and said things at the top of our heads. It didn’t work well because we done it in a very short time and we had to change it to make room for a third person in the scenario. To overcome this I think we could have made a script and rehearse the role play so it can be better. Another weakness us not being able to manage distractions, this was because students...
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...Memoir Writing If I could share one memory with any person, I would share the memory of seeing my older brother’s first improvisational comedy show. I didn’t know it at the time, but this memory would change me as a person and shape my personality forever. I would share this memory with my older brother, since he was in the show and I would want to show him the impact the memory had on me. I would share this memory with him by writing a story about it, since I like to write down my thoughts rather than speak them aloud. The memory of seeing my brother’s first improv show had a major impact on me. I remember it like it was yesterday. I’m sitting in the back row of seats to the stage in the Sadler Center at the college of William and Mary. It’s my brother’s freshman year at William and Mary, was accepted into the IT (Improvisational Theater) comedy group at the college a week ago. People cram into the room, filling all the seats and even standing to see the show. The smell of food from the food court and the sound of people chattering makes the room seem like a carnival. I’m bursting at the seams with excitement to see the show. I’m bouncing around in my seat like a kid in a candy store....
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...Assignment 5: A Problem Exist Professor March 16, 2015 Research and Writing Should Cell Phones be Ban from Driving or Do Away With? Over the last few years, there has been an up rise in car accidents and the probable cause is the use of cell phones. At one point drunk driving was the biggest cause of car accidents but now cell phone users are at risk as well. In some states across America, a law was made to ban cell phone use while driving but what about the other states. The probability of drivers talking on the cell phone and getting into accidents is only getting higher. The Government should ban cell phone use while driving in all states. In the past five years, cell phone use while driving has become the next biggest problem for the government to handle. Even though some government officials feel it is not causing that much of a problem. In a recent study done at the turn of the century by Robert W. Hahn and Paul C. Tetlock, cell phone use in cars will have caused about 10,000 serious accidents that year, leading to 100 fatalities. In 2002, another study was made by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. In their study, they found that drivers using cell phones are responsible for about 6 percent of U.S auto accidents each year, killing an estimated 2,600 people and injuring 330,000 others (Pickler, 2002). As you can see, within two years of research, the percentile has grown and something needs to be done. The cell phone industry has very little defense against...
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...emotion about what the ads are saying. In these ads it is suggested that if Goldwater is elected, the United States could be lead to nuclear destruction. When this is paired with the images of children, the viewers feel that they must vote against Goldwater to ensure the safety of the children of America. 3. I believe these ads are far more effective for older people than for younger audiences. This is because older people, and especially parents, would feel more emotion after watching these ads and learning that voting against Johnson might put their children in danger. As a young person, I didn't find these commercials as effective as I might have if I were older. 1976: Gerald Ford “Children/Achievements.” 1. The purpose of this commercial was to inform viewers of the progress that Gerald Ford had made as President so far, and that he should be the man to continue to lead America forward. 2. Children are a part of this commercial because it makes the viewers feel like Gerald Ford is a kind, trustworthy person. When viewers see Ford talking to and teaching children, it makes them feel like he is an honest, responsible person who deserves their vote. 3. 1996: Bob Dole “The...
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...evaluate were: (1) Hours spent on the internet; (2) Hours spent watching television; (3) Hours spent talking on cell phones; (4) Number of cigarettes smoked daily. I chose each of the independent variables because I was curious to see if there would be a relationship between the dependent variable “age” and each of the independent variables. I suspect that age will play a major factor in each of the variables chosen. Using the Data Analysis Tool in Excel will help me determine if my speculations are correct or incorrect. Speculations I expect that the amount of time spent on the internet would decrease as the age increases. It seems to me; the younger you are the more reason you have to use the internet, for example: for school, for social sites, and just because it seems that this is what most young people do today. I would expect that the amount of time watching television would increase as age increases because younger people tend to spend more time with other activities such as sports as opposed to older persons. I would expect the use of cell phones would increase as the age of the respondents decrease, although cell phone usage among older adults is definitely on the rise today. I would expect that the number of cigarettes smoked in a day would decrease as the age of the respondents increased due to the fact that older adults seem more health conscious than younger persons today. These...
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...surrounding the non compliance of prescribed medication taking in the elderly and the implications of caring for such patients within the community setting. The model of reflection that I have based my writing upon is Gibbs’ model of reflection (Gibbs 1998) which I feel allows me best, in a methodical and logical way, to explore my thoughts and feelings, to evaluate the care delivery and to reflect upon my actions and those of others. Lily (pseudonym NMC, 2008) was referred to the Rapid Response Team by her General Practitioner with pneumonia; Lily has longstanding respiratory and mental health problems. Rapid Response Teams are part of Intermediate Care, formed as a result of the implementation of the National Service Framework for Older People (DOH, 2002) to prevent unnecessary hospital admission during episodes of acute illness. Lily’s GP had requested that we visit to prompt medication and generally provide assistance during this time. I visited Lily with a colleague, prompted her medication as prescribed and asked if she had taken her other medications that morning. Lily’s other medications were in a dosette box, an aid memoir to medication administration used when multiple drugs are prescribed; each box contains an entire weeks medication and is prefilled by a registered pharmacist (McGraw, Dennan 2001). Lily had two such boxes, one which she had started that morning and had taken the wrong day and one from the previous week that still contained various amounts...
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...married couples were the only people on earth to have sexual relationships. My parents were not open to neither talk about sex nor teach my sibling and me anything about sex. Talking about sexuality or anything to do with our bodies was like an embarrassment to them they were ashamed to talk to us. The communication lines between us were really slim. “A child can learn to express her or his affection and sensual feelings through activities such as kissing and hugging the child receive these expressions of intimacy can have a strong influence on the manner in which he or she express sexuality in later years.” (Cook, 2011, p.346) My parents did not show us any affection no hugging, kissing good night, no saying I love you, no nothing. Growing up I thought it was strange to see other parents kiss their children, hug their children and even tell them that they love them. Playing outside we would play games like “hide go get it”. “Usually around the ages of 5-7, children became interested in the other sex, their own bodies, and inquiries as to where babies come from (Cooks & Baur, 2008). One day I asked my Mom why she didn’t hug or kiss us, she said it doesn’t take all that to show you that I love you. My parents thought that providing a stable home and food and clothing was enough. As I grew older I began to tell my parents that I love them and try to hug and kiss them I only received rejection. Maybe this was a learned behavior that they received as a child. I am totally...
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...Reading the two short stories “Country Lover” who was written by Nadine Gordimer (1923), and “The Welcome Table” whom was written by Alice Walker (1970). these two stories I enjoyed reading because it shows feelings, pain, hate, and two women older and younger go through these emotions and the struggled that they had to go through. Even though one is younger and the other is older it shows that no matter how old you are it does not matter what kind of racism you face because it was a lot of that going on. With comparing these two stories it has a few things that are the same, like they both deal with interracial environment. In Country Lover this two kids had feelings for each other and knowing what the outcome would be but they made love and had a baby knowing that they could not see each other because of what color they were. In The Welcome Table this older women just wanted to attend church and she did not know what kind of church it was she just wanted to go to church even though that church was an all white church only. Country Lover when finding out that Thebedi was pregnant, when Paulus did not want that baby because it was mixed and that could not happened, so he decided to kill his baby and threatened Thebedi to kill her if she said...
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...reason why we must take every culture serious and learn to understand and respect the difference of others. However, there are always something we will take for granted, as we “think” the person that we are communicating with see things the same as we do. The first thing we always take for granted is language, the second thing is eye-contact and body movement, the last thing is the way we talk. Due to English is a global language and therefore we except everyone that we are communicating with in the United State of America to know English. However, we do have some English as second language speaker here in the United State, therefore we will have to take that into account whenever we encounter them, and avoid using slang or jargons that they do not understand. Even though the same language, English are the main language of the United State, Canada and England. But they do not use it in the same way, as in vocabulary, spelling and dialect, they...
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...amazed at how times have changed. I am one of the “older” students. When I was working on my bachelor’s degree, computers were in the early stages. I would have never thought that I could sit at home in St. Louis and take classes in Phoenix! The idea of not having a physical classroom to go to once or twice a week is a lot different than having classes on campus. Another way that my graduate experience will be different from my undergraduate experience is that instead of having an instructor remind me that my assignments are due, I now have to check the computer and make sure that I get my assignments in on time. I guess the old saying; “older and wiser” would apply here, too. I think that communication will be different this time around. Rather than talking face to face with classmates, I will be “communicating” with my classmates via the computer; a lot less personal, but hopefully just as stimulating. I’m not really sure how I would define a graduate culture, but I believe it would involve older students, more focused on their studies than on “college life”. I think that graduate students are more goal oriented and know what they are trying to accomplish with a graduate degree. Graduate students are already professionals and have decided to further their careers through more education. Communication is one of the key components of the graduate culture. The exchange of ideas is very important to the growth of a person. I’m not really sure what another key component...
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...hometown of Bicol province. She was born on November 18, 2008, four years younger to her older brother who is now 11-year-old. She is with her 19-year-old cousin during the interview who is also the one who answered all the questions. She informed us that their home is only within from the school community, which is also part of the reason Jelay is enrolled there. The clients home is consist of eight (8) family members including her father, grandmother, cousins, and aunts.The clients parents were seperated and she is now living with her 45-year-old father, a college graduate now working as a contructor along with other family members mentioned earlier. It was also reported that the client owns a pet fish and loves to play “luto-lutuan” and is especially fond of her ball toy. TV shows that the client loves to watch includes “High 5” and other kiddie shows. The clients activities during the whole week includes going to school from Monday to Friday, 8:00-11:00 am or 9:00-12:00 pm depending on the day of week. When the client gets home the usual daily activity would be to eat, play and take a nap. The client usually wakes up at 5:30 am to take her medication and sleeps at around 9:00 pm every night. On weekends when there is no school to attend to, client still wakes up at 5:30 am again due to medication as mentioned earlier. And would usually play indoors, either by herself or with her older brother and cousins rather than outside as reported by her cousin. The client was diagnosed...
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...My Talking Angela Cheats, Tips & Hack for Diamonds & Coins My Talking Angela is a free app game aimed at children created by Outfit7 Limited that allows your child to create a virtual pet kitten, which is aptly named Angela. Specifications You can my My Talking Angela on both iOS and Android, although each different Operating System has different requirements needed to run the game. If you are going to play the game through Apple iOS, you will need iOS 6.0 or later. This game is compatible with iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and is 88.3 MB. The current version of this game is at 1.2, so it’s still a relatively new game out on the market. You can get the game in English but it also comes in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Ko, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. If you want to play My Talking Angela on Android, then you will need Android version 4.0.3 or later and it takes 65 MB of room. This game is currently on version 1.2.1 and is rated for everyone, although it’s aimed at kids. Whether you are going with iOS or Android, there are quite a few in-app purchases you can make, which can add up to a lot of money if you don’t have access to that restricted from your children. In-App Purchases While on the subject of in-app purchases, it might be a very good idea to disable in-app purchases on this game. There are a lot of subtle persuasions within the game to try and get you to purchase extra items, such as diamonds, and some of this persuasion...
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...may or may not be an ethical dilemma. “Eavesdropping is secretly listening to the private conversation of others without their consent… This is commonly thought to be unethical and there is an old adage that “eavesdroppers seldom hear anything good of themselves, eavesdroppers always try to listen to matters that concern them.”” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eavesdropping) Twice I had to participate in eavesdropping and observed notes about language, gestures, expressions, etc. Recently I acquired the task of eavesdropping on the people around me. The first conversation I observed was an interesting conversation. This person was face timing a plethora of women just so he could get them to order him some food. At first his body language was calm and completely normal. He was talking rather slow at the start of the conversations. To me I felt like he was talking different because the group of women he face timed for food were Caucasian women. He would start out the conversation asking about their day to make them feel like he cares. Then after a while he would get directly to the food. At first his body language or gestures didn’t change. He was still pretty clam because at the time he felt as though the females were joking and was still going to get him the pizza. Then when he found out they were not joining his whole mood, body language, and gestures changed. When he kept getting denied he eventually stood up and got in almost a fighting type stance. Then he started moving his...
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