Communication styles

13. In this forum, discuss some weaknesses and strengths you possess as a communicator and as a critical thinker.

First, discuss the way and style that you communicate with people. Do a little analysis of your communication style and talk about the successful things for you in the way you communicate and also some of the shortcomings that occur with your particular style. What one thing would you like to improve in your communication style?

Finally, consider your strengths and weaknesses as a critical thinker. Use the “Cognitive and Perceptual Errors in Thinking” (pages 119-129) and the “Social Errors and Biases” (pages 130-134) sections of the text to inform your response. What areas are your strengths and in what areas do you need to improve?

Everyone has their own method of communicating and exchanging information with other people, which is called their communication style. Communication can be done in four basic ways: passively, aggressively, passively-aggressively, and assertively. Knowing the various styles of communication and the motives for the use of each is essential (Smith and colleagues. 2010). Because it blends the best characteristics of the different styles, assertive communication for instance, has been shown to be most efficient. We’ll be able to understand the characteristics that each one has, the idioms and what makes their distinctive as we analyze the four styles. Cont…