Reflection on Giving Feedback. Psychology Essay Paper

Reflection on Giving Feedback
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Introduction
Gibbs' Reflective Cycle was developed by Graham Gibbs in 1988 to give structure to learning from experiences. The Gibbs reflective cycle gives an individual a framework to examine experiences and help them to learn from experiences whether they were positive or negative CITATION Gib88 \l 1033 (Gibbs, 1988). Gibbs reflective cycle has 6 steps; description, feelings, evaluation, analysis conclusion and action plan.
Description
The chapter on Giving Feedback detailed the role and importance of this process of communication. The course detailed content that explored why giving positive and negative feedback is important for people to fully understand the impact of what they are doing. The topic also explained in detail the core importance of feedback; to improve on an individual’s contribution and develop better moral mold. The course also explained why we need to concentrate on the positives while giving feedback. In explaining why concentration on positives is important, the topic covered the innate reasons why people crave positive feedback. Thus, we learned that in a feedback session we should always begin with the positives. We also learned that we have to make any praise sincere and judicious for maximum impact. The topic also covered some good practices to observe when giving feedback. We learned that it is important to keep feedback neutral and avoid the temptation to either make it good or bad. We learned to make sure that all criticism is constructive and it is aimed at providing value to the recipient. A safe strategy is to provide feedback that serves the needs of the recipients rather than our own and tailor the information to ensure that it is relevant, constructive and sufficient for the recipient for use.
Feelings
I felt that the topic helped me to be open minded whenever am giving feedback. To avoid my own biases and judgmental attitude from clouding my judgment and striving to structure my feedback to have a positive impact on the recipient. After learning the importance of focusing on the positives while giving feedback, I feel that I can give better criticism to people which is anchored on the value I can create for them rather than seeking to satisfy my ego. I feel that I have learned a lot on feedback and how I can use it to improve other people. I also feel I have learned a lot on how to give the feedback focusing on the positives even in the face of challenges. I feel I have learned a few strategies that can help recipients of my feedback appreciate it and help them to become better.
Evaluation
The topic was an eye-opener. It dived deep into a subject in the social sciences sphere that to me seemed unimportant and or unnecessary and changed my perspective about it. Understanding the value of feedback and how to do it for maximum efficacy is important. I feel I have learned safe practices and strategies to give better constructive feedback than I used to. The person giving the feedback is also a message ‘sender’ and choice of communication medium is very important CITATION Mar09 \l 1033 (Guffey & Almonte, 2009). The chapter has not extensively covered how to choose the most appr...