Tomas, Yaser C.

1) How does communication take place?

 Communication take place when people exchange or share ideas with one another.
Communication occurs when a sender expresses an emotion or a feeling, creates an idea, or
senses the need to communicate. The communication process is triggered when the sender
makes a conscious or an unconscious decision to share the message with another person—the
receiver. The communication process is the guide toward realizing effective communication.
It is through the communication process that the sharing of a common meaning between the
sender and the receiver takes place. Individuals that follow the communication process will
have the opportunity to become more productive in every aspect of their profession. Effective
communication leads to understanding. The communication process is made up of four
key components. Those components include encoding, medium of transmission, decoding,
and feedback. There are also two other factors in the process, and those two factors are
present in the form of the sender and the receiver. The communication process begins with
the sender and ends with the receiver. The sender is an individual, group, or organization who
initiates the communication. This source is initially responsible for the success of the
message. The sender's experiences, attitudes, knowledge, skill, perceptions, and culture
influence the message. "The written words, spoken words, and nonverbal language selected
are paramount in ensuring the receiver interprets the message as intended by the sender. All
communication begins with the sender. Communication can best be summarized as the
transmission of a message from a sender to a receiver in an understandable manner.

2) In what ways does your communication meet your relational needs?

a. Communication meets our physical needs by helping us maintain physical and

psychological well-being.
i. Physical Needs Physical needs include needs that keep our bodies and minds
functioning. Communication, which we most often associate with our brain,
mouth, eyes, and ears, actually has many more connections to and effects on our
physical body and well- being.At the most basic level, communication can alert
others that our physical needs are not being met. Even babies cry when they are
hungry or sick to alert their caregiver of these physical needs. Asking a friend if
you can stay at their house because you got evicted or kicked out of your own
place will help you meet your physical need for shelter.There are also strong ties
between the social function of communication and our physical and
psychological health. Human beings are social creatures, which makes
communication important for our survival. In fact, prolonged isolation has been
shown to severely damage a human.

b. Communication meets our instrumental needs by helping us achieve short- and long-
term goals.
 i. Instrumental needs Include needs that help us get things done in our day-to-day
lives and achieve short- and long-term goals. We all have short- and long-term
goals that we work on every day. Fulfilling these goals is an ongoing
communicative task, which means we spend much of our time communicating
for instrumental needs. Some common instrumental needs include influencing
others, getting information we need, or getting support rewards punishment
Altruism Esteem expertise liking.

c. Communication meets our relational needs by helping us initiate, maintain, and terminate
relationships.
i. Relational needs include needs that help us maintain social bonds and
interpersonal relationships. Communicating to fill our instrumental needs helps
us function on many levels, but communicating for relational needs helps us
achieve the social relating that is an essential part of being human.
Communication meets our relational needs by giving us a tool through which to
develop, maintain, and end relationships. In order to develop a relationship, we
may use nonverbal communication to assess whether someone is interested in
talking to us or not, then use verbal communication to strike up a conversation,
From spending time together, to checking in with relational partners by text,
social media, or face-to-face, to celebrating accomplishments, to providing
support during difficult times, communication forms the building blocks of our
relationships.

d. Communication meets our identity needs by allowing us to present ourselves to others in

particular ways.
i. Identity needs Include our need to present ourselves to others and be thought of
in particular and desired ways.What adjectives would you use to describe
yourself? Are you funny, smart, loyal, or quirky?Your answer isn’t just based on
who you think you are, since much of how we think of ourselves is based on our
communication with other people. Our identity changes as we progress through
life, but communication is the primary means of establishing our identity and
fulfilling our identity needs. Communication allows us to present ourselves to
others in particular ways. Just as many companies, celebrities, and politicians
create a public image, we desire to present different faces in different contexts.