Argyle's and Tuckman's Theories of Communication.

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Glodie Musuele                                                                                                        unit 1 p2

Argyles theory

Michael argyle was a psychologist born on august 11th 1925. He was one of the best known social psychologist who spent most of his career in the University of Oxford. Later on he gained a first experimental degree in psychology from Cambridge University in 1950 and later became the first lecturer in social psychology at the University of Oxford, also with London school of economics.

The communication cycle.                                                                                                                                 The communication cycle is when we understand what is being said, reflect and check out what the person you are communicating with is saying. When communicating to people we have to make sure they understand what we are saying and respond to it accordingly. The communication cycle has 6 steps.

Step one- an idea occurs

-Have you idea of what you are going to communicate                                                                        -Who you are going to communicate with, for example if they are older or younger than you and if so how much are they, or a work colleague                                                                                               -What the person on the recovering end should do with the information for example if a parent asks the chid a question they are expecting an answer                                                            -What is the best way to communicate the certain information, for example if a doctor is telling a patient they are terminally ill they should say it in a gentle, caring tone and show that they care                                                                                                                                            -Should I have used diagrams, charts, pictures or any other sign language  for example if you are communicating with someone who has a speech, visual and hearing disability

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Step two-message coded                                                                                                                                                     The second step is that you need to code the message. You should think about what language you are going to talk to ...

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