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Small Group Member Communication and Personality Traits

Small Group Member Communication and Personality Traits. Comm. Trait vs. Personality Trait Four Comm. Traits Three Personality Traits How Traits impact Group Work. Some Definitions. Trait- relatively enduring behaviors that people tend to use consistently across their life span

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Small Group Member Communication and Personality Traits

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  1. Small Group Member Communication and Personality Traits Comm. Trait vs. Personality Trait Four Comm. Traits Three Personality Traits How Traits impact Group Work

  2. Some Definitions • Trait- relatively enduring behaviors that people tend to use consistently across their life span • Communication trait- an individual’s consistencies and differences in message-sending and receiving behaviors • Personality Trait- an individual’s psychological makeup comprising attitudes, values, beliefs, experiences and behaviors

  3. Communication Traits • Communication Apprehension- an individual’s level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with other people • Trait Apprehension- a relatively enduring level of apprehension across a variety of situations • Context-based Apprehension- a form of apprehension tied to a specific context (small group, public speaking, interpersonal) • Audience based- linked to communicating with a specific audience • Situational Apprehension- when communicating with a given person in a particular situation

  4. Another Communication Trait • Communicator Style- the way an individual uses verbal and nonverbal communicative behaviors to indicate how literally others should take a message • 10 Attributes

  5. Another Communication Trait • Argumentativeness- an individual’s ability to defend his/her position on a controversial issue while simultaneously attempting to refute another person’s position on the same issue

  6. Last Communication Trait • Verbal Aggressiveness- the tendency for an individual to attack the self-concept of another individual for the purpose of inflicting psychological harm • Types of messages on page 59

  7. Personality Traits • Machiavellianism- an individual’s ability to manipulate a situation in order to influence and control it for their own purposes • Self-Monitoring- the extent to which a person pays attention to the social requirements of a situation and, striving for appropriateness and effectiveness, adapts their communication • Self-Esteem- a person’s overall self-worth

  8. Traits in the Small Group • Your Turn! • 7 Conclusions

  9. Final Thoughts • Which traits equals strong leadership and positive group membership? • Group time • Have a great weekend • Drafts of group norms, rules, etc. due Tuesday • Quiz 1 on Thursday

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