One of the topics I felt were a good one to talk about was
the rules of communication. It determines how we communicate with other people.
This is put together as cultural level, sociological level, and psychological level.
Cultural level rules are how we communicate with people we
do not know. Our culture of being polite and using what we know is proper ways
to address strangers. In this area our topics are limited, we wouldn't tell
strangers our personal information we tell family and friends.
Sociological level rules are how we communicate with group
membership. In the book it uses college campus as an example and how we use
slang to say hello. We may say “What’s up” instead of Hi as a greeting. Nothing
too formal here.
I saw this very cool because of how people can move into
these rules of communication. Especially since someone we don’t know may get
greeted through the cultural rules, but go on to become a great friend and we
will communicate with them on a psychological level later on in life.
I was thinking about this too when I read that part. I thought it interesting, but more for the reason that we have to label it. I'm hoping this doesn't come off as offensive, but I kind of hated the idea of having to label our every day interactions. We tend to just know what friends we trust and can have deeper conversations with; it just seems that its a subconscious thing. I guess to me it was just so natural that I didn't need to think about it. Now I'm going to wonder what kind of conversation I'm having and what that means for the relationship.
ReplyDeleteHi Adrienna, I also think that this topic is very interesting. The things that we say and the way in which we behave can be very different, depending on whom we are communicating with and with how many we communicate at that time. I agree that it is amazing to realize that we capable of constantly adjusting ourselves. I a way we constantly adjust to be in balance with the environment (It similar to many biological system that constantly and automatically are being adjusted based on the environment, a good example can be body temperature.) It is also interesting to go back and remember the levels and stages that my relationship with close friend went through on their way to be personal.
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