Choose a relationship where you have experienced disconfirming messages. Describe the relationship and tell us about the overall climate of that relationship.

  • View the YouTube video Gibb’s Communication Climate by Patricia Harris-Jenkinson.
  • View the YouTube video Interpersonal – Disconfirming Messages by Rick Hogrefe.
  • View the media located in this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Consider the climate in your different relationships. Think of times you have experienced disconfirming messages.

Post by Day 3, 1–2 paragraphs that address the following:

  1. Choose a relationship where you have experienced disconfirming messages. Describe the relationship and tell us about the overall climate of that relationship.
  2. Describe the disconfirming communication that took place.
  3. What was the outcome of it? What can you do in the future to help create a positive communication climate?