Intrapersonal & Interpersonal Communications

What kind of PERSONALITY do you have?

The particular combination of a person's emotional, attitude-based, and behavioral response patterns.

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Why are relationships so important?

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• On the next several slides, there will be personality traits written.
• Each slide contains traits that are similar to each other, so they collectively explain one personality type.
• As you read the statements, you will write down the number of statements that agree with you (example: if three statements from the "D" slide agree with you, write down "3" in the "D" # square on your notes).
• More instructions will be made after you read the next few slides.

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DISC Personality Quiz

"C"

"D"

"S"

• Your priority is the details.
• You are organized.
• Your standards for work and relationships and friendships are EXACT, not shaped by whatever happens.
• You approach tasks and people with steadiness.
• You don't mind research and analyzing.
• You prefer operating within guidelines and rules.
• You complete tasks thoroughly.
• You focus your attention on ONLY the immediate task at hand.
• You want accuracy.
• You make decisions, and make them regularly.
• You value standard procedures highly.
• You approach work systematically.
• You need to plan for change.

• Your priority is supporting others.
• You enjoy assisting others.
• You approach people and tasks with quiet and caution.
• You have difficulty saying no.
• You value co-operation over competition.
• You are eager to get on with others.
• You are willing to show loyalty.
• You calm excited people.
• You listen well and attentively.
• You prefer others to take the lead.
• You give priority to secure relationships and arrangements.
• You prefer change to be steady and not sudden.

• Your priority is to achieve results.
• You seek challenges.
• You approach tasks and people with clear goals.
• You are willing to confront people and conflicts.
• You make decisions easily.
• You love progress.
• You feel a sense of urgency, or that stuff must happen NOW.
• You act with authority.
• You like to take the lead.
• You enjoy solving problems.
• You question the status quo.
• You take action to bring about change.

People who work together are interdependent. They must depend on one another and combine their tasks and skills to see that work is done efficiently.

People who have social/personal lives

together are also interdependent.

They must depend on one another, with their skills and tasks, to get along.

"I"

"C" = Conscientious

"D" = Direct

Got your scores?

Introvertive (keep emotions really to themselves)

& task-oriented (all about getting the work done)

BEHAVIORS

Reserved

Approached work systematically

Pays attention to details

Focuses attention on immediate task

Prefers to stick to established guidelines and practices

Like to plan for change

• Your priority is to create a friendly environment.
• You like an informal style.
• You approach people and tasks with energy.
• You emphasize people enjoying themselves.
• You rate creativity highly.
• You prefer concentrating on the big picture rather than the small details.
• You like participating in groups.
• You create a motivational environment.
• You act on impulse, or without fully thinking first.
• You are willing to express feelings.
• You enjoy discussing possibilities.
• You are open to change, and love it.

NEEDS

High standards

Appreciation

Quality work

FEARS

Criticism of work

Imperfection

Not having things adequately explained

Extrovertive (express their emotions out to people)

& task-oriented

BEHAVIORS

Outgoing

Challenges status quo

Keen to get things done

Resists authority

Likes to take the lead

Takes action to bring about change

• Posted in four corners of the room are signs that each read D, I, S, or C.
• Whichever letter (D, I, S, C) scored the most "agree with" statements with you, move and sit at a desk closest to that letter.
• Once you have moved, then we will continue with our notes, and we will see what personality style each box represent

NEEDS

Results

Recognition

Challenges

FEARS

Challenges to their authority

Lack of results from others

"S" = Steady

"I" = Influencing

Extrovertive & people-oriented

BEHAVIORS

Outgoing

Leading by enthusing others

Prefers a global approach

Steers away from details

Acts on impulse

Keen to promote change

NEEDS

Security

Acceptance

Teamwork

Introvertive & people-oriented (all about who is involved, rather than what is involved)

BEHAVIORS

Reserved

Works well in a team

Accommodates others

Maintains status quo

Recovers slowly from hurt

Prefers steady rather than

sudden change

FEARS

Disapproval

Stagnation

Detailed work

FEARS

Isolation

Standing out as better or

worse

Unplanned challenges

NEEDS

Change

Acknowledgement

New trends and ideas

Why study intrapersonal communication?

Interpersonal

Communication

In order to SUCCESSFULLY communicate with others,

you must first learn to communicate with yourself.

Intrapersonal communication is the most basic level of communication.

You must understand who you are, and what you think of yourself.

The Perception Process

Intrapersonal

Communication

The process you use to assign meaning to data about yourself or the world. People seldom share the same perceptions because each human is unique.

Research on Self-Talk's Impact

Positive self-talk increases performance, concentration,

and focus.

It's the "I know I can" phenomenon.

Physically taking in data through the senses.

Q: How do you know when to go to school? When to wear a jacket?

Self-Talk

1. Sensory Perception

2. Selective Perception

3. Personal Perception

Mentally selecting which stimuli/data to focus on, out of all the stimuli/data that is available for us to focus on at any given moment.

Q: If it's intense, unique, repetitive, or relevant...you focus on that, don't you?

Your own understanding of the world around you. How you act, dress, speak, move, and behave is a reflection

of how you perceive the world around you.

Personal Perception Influences

Values (what's important), Beliefs (what's true), Cultures (society), Biases (consistent point of view), Prejudices (preconceived judgment), Attitudes (feeling), Expectations (expected outcome rather than actual outcome), Knowledge (what you know), and Communication Skills (how you say)

The inner speech that includes questions

and comments you make to yourself.

You use it to:

- think things through;

- interpret events;

- interpret messages of others;

- respond to your own experiences;

- respond to your interactions with others.

Self-Concept

Real, Perceived, Ideal, Public, Private, Professional, Social, Intellectual, Emotional, Physical, and Artistic

Who you really are.

The few know.

The brush knows.

The mirror knows

School knows.

The body knows.

Friends know.

Work knows.

The ambition knows.

The heart knows.

The everyone knows.