Communication

How to understand others, how to make yourself understood, and how to handle disagreement.

8 terms

Listening

Listening in a way that leaves the other person feeling understood.

Active listening 积极倾听
A way of listening that tracks both content and feeling and checks understanding by reflecting it back.
OARS OARS 技巧
Four basic MI skills: open questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries.
Empathy 共情
Sensing and understanding what another person feels while keeping clear that the feeling is theirs.

Expressing yourself

Putting observations, feelings and needs into words.

Nonviolent Communication 非暴力沟通
Marshall Rosenberg’s four-step way of speaking: observations, feelings, needs and requests.
Satir communication stances 萨提亚沟通姿态
Satir’s four incongruent ways people cope under stress, plus the congruent alternative.
Mehrabian’s 7-38-55 rule 梅拉宾法则
The popular claim that words carry only 7% of meaning, drawn from a narrow set of experiments.

Handling conflict

Different strategies for dealing with disagreement.

Thomas–Kilmann conflict modes 托马斯-基尔曼冲突模式
Five ways of handling conflict, sorted by how much you pursue your own concerns versus the other’s.
Positions and interests 立场与利益
A position is what a party demands; interests are the needs and reasons behind that demand.