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Interpersonal Communication Barriers

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Barriers and Strategies of Interpersonal Communication and Culture Diversity of culture, language and religion are the most important factors in today’s society on how we communicate (Beebe, Steven A. 2014). Within that, there are a lot of misunderstandings and even conflict that arises which damage our relationships with others. For example, in different cultures there are ways on how people communicate through expressions and gestures and hand and eye coordination. The way people from Great Britain greet is much different from the way people in India greet. For instance, in Great Britain, when a person interacts with another person they would shake hands and maintain eye contact which is a sign of respect and acknowledgement, compared to how people greet each other in India is through hugs and for the elderly they would touch the feet as a sign of …show more content…

Some areas to improve would be to grow as you expand your experiences, to communicate about your perceptions with others and to seek out and consider other’s perception of you (Beebe, Steven A. 2014). As mentioned previously in the text, there are two processes that individuals can improve in order to understand other cultures without stereotyping, that would be social decentring and empathy. Understanding these helps to understand the circumstance that the other person is feeling as well as you get an understanding of whom that person is. Overall, I still believe culture and communication is a big issue in today’s society because individuals need to learn how to communicate with other cultures without offending them, as well as not stereotyping or overgeneralizing the information given, that being said, people still unintentionally stereotype one another based on their skin tone or race, as well as language can portray a benefit and downfall depending on whom their speaking

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