Rate yourself using Burleson and Samter's definitions of interpersonal skills. Briefly identify at least four of the seven skills, and describe how it applies to you.
What will be an ideal response?
- Responses will vary but must include at least four of the following interpersonal skills:
* conversational skill (the ability to initiate, maintain, and terminate enjoyable casual conversations)
* referential skill (the ability to convey information clearly and unambiguously)
* ego supportive skill (the ability to make another person feel good about himself or herself)
* comforting skill (the ability to make others feel better when depressed, sad, or upset)
* persuasive skill (the ability to sway people to modify their thoughts and behaviors)
* narrative skill (the ability to entertain through jokes, gossip, stories, and the like)
* regulations (the ability to help someone who has violated a social custom to fix the mistake effectively)
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