Explain how understanding our own use of each of the following can help us understand how

we communicate interpersonally with others:

emblems, illustrators, affect displays, regulators,
adaptors.
What will be an ideal response?

* Noting how often we use emblems instead of words might help us recognize how important
they are to our relationships. We may use emblems that have unique meanings for us and the
people with whom we communicate.
* Monitoring illustrators can help us determine whether we are sending mixed messages that
confuse the people with whom we communicate.
* If other people have trouble reading our emotional state, then we may not be using affect
displays appropriately, thus not projecting our feelings nonverbally.
* If we don't use regulators, or use them improperly, we may not give others a chance to talk or
we may not let them know when we want to express something.
* If we misuse adaptors—scratching at the wrong time or wrong place, for example, we may
offend or confuse the people with whom we communicate.