rs, “how people are going to react towards me?”. I constantly ask myself, “How will they react if I ask them wrongly? What will think and do? How will they feel?” So what I try to do is to think “rationally” of how I am going to react towards them instead, because in my opinion, my impression is what influences their reactions, thoughts, feelings, and behavior. This means that self-awareness must also come into play. I will have to be concerned about the way I present my ideas, as well as my behavior; otherwise, it will be perceived negatively. So far, my self-concept has changed positively and in time, it will improve (optimists). The only difficulty that I have been facing is the ability to defend myself against negative comments from others. Because of my thinking process speed, it takes time for me to acquire comments and how to say them immediately. In addition, I found that it is not necessary to give a response back to negative comments in order to defend yourself, except in courtrooms. Nonverbal expressions are also as powerful. For example, ignoring critical comments create a serious climate between you and the speaker –sending a message that the comment was unnecessary and offensive. But in some cases, verbal messages are necessary, such as that in debates over issues. In conclusion, I would have to say that what has been written are only a scratch on a big surface of interpersonal communication skills that I have learned from this class. This concept just happened to be the most important for improvement. REFERENCESTerremce A. Doyle, Ph. Dhttp://novaonline.nv.cc.va.us/eli/spd110td/interper/self/selftheories.htmlhttp://mentalhelp.net/psyhelp/chap14/Adler, Rosenfeld, Proctor“Interplay – the process of interpersonal communication”, Eight Edition, 2001...
