Please answer the discussion board question and respond to 2 students, Please be sure to include terms and concepts with proper in-text citations and Reference from the text in your response.
Describe a time when you found it difficult to confirm another person’s idea or opinion when you disagreed with him or her. Considering the information from this unit’s reading, answer the following questions using the text reading to support your points: Why is it important to confirm others? How could you apply the concepts of recognition, acknowledgement, and endorsement to your example? What is the difference between confirming others as people and endorsing particular ideas or behaviors?
from Laqwauna Amos
Hello Prof. and Class,
A time when I found it difficult to confirm another person’s idea or opinion when I disagreed with them is a time when a friend of mine was explaining to me how she thought that it was a good idea to provoke a situation that was already in a bad place. Her decision could have potentially landed her in jail and suggested that she just clearly was not thinking with a level mind. We went back and forth about why and why not her decision was not an intelligent choice. “Buber (1957) believed that all of us need confirmation to be healthy and to grow. The essence of confirmation is feeling known and validated as an individual.” (J. Woods, 2016). I could have applied the concepts of recognition, acknowledgement and endorsement to my situation mentioned by agreeing the fact that I understand how she felt. By Acknowledging her feelings, maybe she would have understood where I was coming from and see that I was the one who was thinking with a level head. The difference between confirming others as people and endorsing particular ideas or behaviors, is allowing the other person to know that they exist and that how they feel also matters. Not agreeing what what they want when it is detrimental to them is not endorsing particular ideas or their unhealthy behaviors.
Reference: Interpersonal Communication, Everyday Encounters 8th Edition. J. Woods, 2016. Retrieved From: https://kaplan.vitalsource.com/#/books/97813055488…
From Alyssa Rojas
Hi everyone,
A time when I found it difficult to confirm another person’s idea or opinion when I disagreed with them was with my brother and his drinking habits. My brother is 19 years old and was friends with a guy that worked at a liquor store that would always allow my brother to buy beer. Every time he drank it was to get drunk, and when he would he became very verbally abuse sometimes physically abuse to anyone who got in his way. I disagree with him drinking especially not even being able to legally that comes with more problems. I do realize its important to confirm his feelings and let him know I care and I am there for him. I could apply the concepts of recognition, acknowledgement, and endorsement to my situation. I can use recognition by showing him not just verbal communication but non verbal communication I can hug him or smile and tell him its for the best to stop. Acknowledging him by keeping eye contact with him while talking to him can help. I don’t think I would be able to endorse his reasoning why he was drinking. The difference between confirming and endorsing is when you are confirming their ideas or feelings you are taking them into consideration and when you are endorsing their ideas or feelings it means you are accepting them.