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    This document discusses communication style and identifies 12 variables that influence a person's communication style: animated, attentive, contentious, dramatic, dominant, friendly, open, relaxed, precise, impression-leaving, communicator image, and style profile. It explains each variable in 1-2 sentences. For example, animated refers to how nonverbally active one is, attentive refers to how alert and encouraging a listener one is, and contentious refers to a quarrelsome personality. Most people use a combination of these styles depending on the situation.

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    This document discusses communication style and identifies 12 variables that influence a person's communication style: animated, attentive, contentious, dramatic, dominant, friendly, open, relaxed, precise, impression-leaving, communicator image, and style profile. It explains each variable in 1-2 sentences. For example, animated refers to how nonverbally active one is, attentive refers to how alert and encouraging a listener one is, and contentious refers to a quarrelsome personality. Most people use a combination of these styles depending on the situation.

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    This document discusses communication style and identifies 12 variables that influence a person's communication style: animated, attentive, contentious, dramatic, dominant, friendly, open, relaxed, precise, impression-leaving, communicator image, and style profile. It explains each variable in 1-2 sentences. For example, animated refers to how nonverbally active one is, attentive refers to how alert and encouraging a listener one is, and contentious refers to a quarrelsome personality. Most people use a combination of these styles depending on the situation.

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    Lecture 3

    COMMUNICATION STYLE

    11 COMMUNICATION STYLE
    Each of us has a communication style or social
    style that is identifiable by habitual ways in
    which we behave toward others. The style we
    adopt helps others interpret our messages.
    Communication style your consistent way of
    relating to others based upon your personality,
    self concept and self esteem.
    As they get to know you, other people begin to
    expect you to behave in certain way, based
    upon previous associations with you.

    Robert Norton has identified these variables


    that explained communication style were:
    animated, attentive, contentious, dramatic,
    dominant, friendly, open, relaxed, precise,
    impression-leaving, and lastly communicator
    image.
    In reality most of us use several of these
    communication style, depending upon the
    situation; we do, however, develop a style
    profile that includes two or more related styles.

    Animated: This attribute refers to how


    nonverbally active a person is as a
    communicator. A person who actively uses facial
    expressions and physical gestures is animated. A
    person whose eyes tend to reflect a great deal of
    what they are feeling is animated.
    Attentive: This attribute refers to how alert a
    person is as a communicator. An attentive
    communicator tends to be encouraging to
    others, listening carefully to what they have to
    say. Such a person deliberately reacts in such a
    way that people know they are being listened to.
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    Contentious: This attribute refers to a person who


    constantly quarrels and disputes with others. Such a
    person may be thought of as belligerent and the cause of
    much interpersonal unrest.
    Dramatic: This attribute refers to how verbally alive a
    person is. A person whose speech tends to be very
    picturesque is dramatic; a person who frequently
    exaggerates to emphasize a point is dramatic; a person
    who vocally acts out what is being communicated is
    dramatic.
    Dominant: This attribute refers to the tendency to come
    on strong in most social situations. A person who takes
    charge of things when with others is dominant; a person
    who generally speaks very frequently in social situations is
    dominant.
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    Friendly: This attribute refers to a person who


    usually demonstrates kindly interest and goodwill
    toward others. This person is seldom hostile
    towards others and is usually regarded with high
    esteem by others.
    Open: This attribute refers to how self-disclosing
    a person is as a communicator. A person who
    readily reveals personal things or openly
    expresses feelings and emotions is an open
    communicator; when other people generally know
    the persons emotional state even if the person
    does not say anything, the person is open.
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    Relaxed: This attribute refers to how much at


    ease a communicator appears to be. A person
    who is not conscious of any nervous mannerisms
    in his speech is relaxed; a person who is calm
    and collected when talking is relaxed; a person
    whose rhythm or flow of speech is not affected by
    nervousness is relaxed.
    Precise: When the precise communicator argues
    with others, he or she expects that all of the
    disputants will define their terms precisely, make
    accurate claims, and provide evidence in support
    of their claims.
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    Impression-Leaving: This attribute refers to how


    affecting a person is as a communicator. What this
    person says as well as how he says it often leaves an
    impression. If people react to this person when they
    first meet and tend to remember him, this person is
    impression-leaving.
    Communicator Image: This attribute refers to how
    good a communicator a person is. If a person finds it
    easy to talk on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
    with strangers, he has a good communicator image.
    A person who finds it easy to maintain a
    conversation with a member of the opposite sex has
    a good communicator image.
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