Instructions
The Communication Problem Analysis is a written assignment that asks you to write about a problem you are having in communication with another person in your life. It can be a large problem or a small one. Read through the instructions on the assignment sheet below. I have also included a Communication Problem Analysis student sample below, which should give you a good idea what I am looking for.
This assignment asks you to analyze one aspect of the communication skills you have learned this semester. Please follow the steps below. See the sample for an idea how long and how detailed your answers should be.
Communication Problem Analysis
Choose one problem that you currently have with communication with one person in your life.
THE PROBLEM
1. Who the person is you have chosen?
just the name goes here
2. Briefly describe your relationship with that person
You have two questions to answer here: How do you know them? What is your relationship like?
3. Describe (with examples) the communication problem you are having with that person.
4. Write out a sample dialogue, a typical conversation you have had with that person that illustrates the problem you are having.
it doesn’t have to be an actual word for word conversation. Just give an example of what a typical conversation that illustrates the problem would sound like
name statement
________: ______________________________________________________________
________: ______________________________________________________________
Etc.
5. Choose one communication topic from this class that relates to the problem you are having and list it here.
For example, it could be one of the following topics: (please choose only one).
distorted self concept
self fulfilling prophecy
perception checking
difference between hearing and listening
why humans are poor listeners
types of nonlistening
Self Disclosure
Knapp’s Stages of Relationship Development
Johari Window
Communication climate
Confirming and disconfirming communication
Defensiveness
Defense mechanisms
Conflict styles
6. Relate that topic (the same one listed in #5) to the communication problem you have described in #3.
in this section, you want to show me that you know that topic from class and what it means. You also need to show how it relates to your own experience
7. How could the problem be improved?
What can YOU do to help solve the problem, even if it is not you that is primarily at fault? It can be something you have learned in class, or an idea you have the might work. Don’t tell me what the other person should do, like “Bob needs to stop being a jerk.” This isn’t Bob’s paper. It is true that he is being a jerk, but what can you do to facilitate a better relationship? In an extreme case, the only thing you might be able to do is leave the relationship.
8. Write out a sample dialogue, how the conversation might go in its
improved form.
name statement