Confirming or Disconfirming Communication Example

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November 2, 2020
Communication Climates
Answer the following:
1 Which climate is being shown? (on pages 234-243 below)
1 The climate that is being shown in the short clips is mostly disconfirming. This is because it uses language and expressions that seem to invalidate other individuals’ knowledge and emotions. For example, in the scene in Good Will Hunting between Will (Matt Damon) and Sean (Robin Williams), it could be seen how the latter have degraded the former’s ideas and personal opinions despite his calm manner. He noted how Will is ‘incomplete’ and ‘inexperienced’ despite his genius mind, which is an example of evaluative communication. Another good example would be the scene of Sex and the City where each of them was trying to spy on the nanny. It could be seen how Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) has spoken to her friend while saying that she should “obsessing about the nanny”. This is a clear example of controlling communication rather than a problem-oriented one.
2 Is it confirming or disconfirming? (the chart on p. 237 should help you with this)
2 Most of the scenes in the short clips are disconfirming. This is because of the fact that almost all of the scenes seem to invalidate what other people are feeling. This creates a negative tension between the characters themselves. One exception that could either be confirming or disconfirming is in the scene between the ex-spouses in Kram...