Lucy: “Mr. Smith is refusing to accept my science project because he says my paper isn’t long enough! I just don’t understand; I worked so hard on that and now it was all a waste of time.”Peter: “Don’t worry, you can always enter again next year.”Lucy: “I don’t know why I bother talking to you, you don’t listen to a word I say!”What adjustments can Lucy and Peter each make to their communication, in order to avoid misunderstandings like this in the future?
Write a brief dialogue that reflects how women generally prefer to communicate.
List the reasons women communicate.
Write a brief dialogue that demonstrates what men typically prefer to communicate.
Lucy: “Mr. Smith is refusing to accept my science project because he says my paper isn’t long enough! I just don’t understand; I worked so hard on that and now it was all a waste of time.”Peter: “Don’t worry, you can always enter again next year.”Lucy: “I don’t know why I bother talking to you, you don’t listen to a word I say!”What communication difference (or differences) led to the misunderstanding between Lucy and Peter?
Men tend to emphasize ____________ when communicating.
What is collaboration?
Write a summary of the communication differences between men and women.
List the reasons men communicate.
What does “content focused” mean?
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