Week 3

This week in our studies we were asked did we find ourselves communicating differently with people from different groups and cultures?
At times I do find myself communicating differently with different groups and cultures. I communicate differently with my family then I do with my coworkers. I communicate differently with my church family then I do with those I work with, and I also communicate differently with those who can not speak english.
 We were then asked If yes, in what ways do you communicate differently?  I believe that I am more comfortable communicating with family then those I have to work with, things are not so formal. Family doesn't care if you make a error or are politically correct but your coworkers do. My church family I don't let my hair down around them like I do with my family.
The three strategies that I could use to help me communicate more effectively with the people or groups that I  have identified are that I can 1) make use of the Platinum rule, Do unto others as they themselves would like to be treated.  2) I would also watch out for sterotyping, and 3) I would need to deconstruct my own schemas which means I would need to examine my own perceptions to see how I came to create schemas about different groups (O'Hair &Weimann, 2009).