Discuss Theories of Communication Htsc L3 Unit 1

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Discuss theories Of Communication Michael Argyle was English Social Psychologist of the 21 century who was born on 11 August 1925 and died in 6 September 2002. He studied at Oxford University and worked on several topics. Throughout his career he has demonstrated an intense interest for experimental methods in social psychology. The Communication cycle was first invented by Charles Berner in 1965 and then was modified by Argyle in 1972. The Communication Cycle involves 6 Stages and below is the example of each one. Argyle has said that the Communication Cycle explains that to have effective understanding of each other and to have successful communication, this process must work both ways. We transfer messages to others in specified and understandable ways. People that do Health and Care jobs have to be able to respond to verbal and non-verbal communication. So to have successful communication, each member of the discussion (both the sender and the receiver) must take part in it. Example of effective communication Presentations and Lectures: When being at college or school you review certain topics with your teacher and to understand it well you need to have good communications with your lecturer. When the teacher tells you something you need to listen for the reply if you do not understand something you need to immediately ask her or him to explain it in another way, As the teacher finishes his or her speech you ask more questions in order to understand the topic or to give different points of view. Each time you do, you are receiving an answer, which means that you are building up the conversation and your communication flows. This means that you work in Cycles. The teacher talks, you ask questions, she answers, you ask more questions, afterwards someone else joins in your conversation and then you form groups and this makes effective
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