TRUTH IN HUMAN

COMMUNICATION
 WHAT IS TRUTH IN COMMUNICATION?

•
-Simply stated, the successful
communicator is one who knows exactly
how much of his information and
intentions to communicate to others.
WHY IS TRUTHFULNESS ESSENTIAL
IN COMMUNICATIONS?

• Access to reliable an accurate facts is critical for

making decisions about how to communicate and act
ethically.
• Without facts being as reliable and accurate as
circumstances allow communicators are more likely to
do harm or create injustice than do good and act fairly.
 Some common problems in
communications and its mistakes
• Low empathy. Empathy is putting ourselves in the shoes of another to
understand how they feel.
• Lack of assertiveness. Many people have difficulty asserting their needs.
• Emotion-driven reactivity.
• Not listening actively.
• Making assumptions.
 Some common problems in
communications and its mistakes
• Low of empathy – someone with low empathy may have trouble
connecting to other people’s circumstances. They may believe that a
certain event would never happen to them, or that they could handle the
situation much better.

• Lack of assertiveness – a non- assertive person is one who is often taken

advantage of, feels helpless, takes on everyone’s problems, says yes to
inappropriate demands and thoughtless requests, and allow others to
choose for him or her.
• Emotion-driven reactivity – refers to the tendency to experience frequent and
intense emotional arousal. You feel that you have no control over what happens or
what you say.

• Not listening actively – being distracted- fidgeting, doodling, looking at a watch,

yawning. Inappropriate expressions and lack of head nods.

• Making assumptions – we assume that people know exactly what we mean. We

assume that people interpret things the same way we do. We assume that we have
been clear enough, emphatic enough, frequently enough to get our point across.
 Ways how to fix
communications problems
• Process your feelings first.
• Thinking about timing.
• Focus on being both being heard and listening.
• Set clear boundaries.
• Regularly check-in throughout the day.
• Start with “I” statements and feelings.
• Leave notes to your partner.
Ways how to fix communications
problems
• Process your feelings first – processing emotions is about learning to
understand, make sense of and deal with emotions I healthy productive
ways. Learning to process emotions takes time.

• Thinking about timing – it provides an opportunity for the listener to

accept that it’s a right time to discuss, o reject the timing and take a
raincheck on it for later. Next, gauge their mood. Be receptive to how
they are feeling. Be mindful of what’s going on their life at the moment.
• Focus on being both being heard and listening - that is fully concentrating on
what is being said rather than just passively hearing. Actively listening requires
being fully present in the conversation this is enable you to concentration on what
is being said.

• Set clear boundaries – gives you the ability to express your thoughts and feelings
in a way that clearly communicate your needs. Healthy boundaries helps you
achieve the following in both your personal and professional life.

• Regularly check-in throughout the day – provides the opportunity to build our
emotional intimacy and express ourselves more authentically to ourselves, and
our partners.
• Start with “I” statements and feelings – “I” messages are most simply explained as
a way of expressing our thoughts and emotions about a specific experience or
interactions using a soft voice and a statement that often begins with “I feel”.

• Leave notes to your partner – express your feelings to your partner by giving a note
or text and it should be clear what you want to communicate. Make your message
clear so that your partners read accurately and understand what you mean.
 WHY DO WE NEED TRUTH IN
COMMUNICATION?
• Virtually all creatures living on earth communicate with one another. It is
evident today that animals communicate with one another at every level of
development. The scientific discoveries of the last few years have proved
that plants also represent an intelligent form of life; they behave
altruistically and “think”.
Importantly, the communication system of the non-human world, i.e. the
world animals and plants, are solely based on truth. No dog or cat would
ever think of pretending to love someone just to gain some benefit from the
relationship.
• In human world , everything seems to be out of order. Human are masters of
deception. Not only ca they pretend to love or be loyal to others, but they are also
very good at lying to themselves. Actually, they sometimes end up believing their
own lies. I would venture to say that the more developed the level of
communication, the less truth and the more manipulation.
• We are usually very reluctant to know the negative truth. We repress the truth in
various ways, rationalize it, deny it, or even express feelings opposite to what we
really feel even in health issues and our relationships.
 EXAMPE AND RELEVANCE
IN TRUTHFUL COMMUNICATION
• BEING STRAIGHTFORWARD
• TELLING THE TRUTH
• GIVING COMPLETE INFORMATION
• SHOWING INTENT TO BE UNDERSTOOD
• BEING SINCERE
• CHOOSING NOT TO CHEAT
 CONCLUSION ABOUT TRUTH IN
COMMUNICATION
• Truth telling is imperative for authentic communication
to occur, and makes genuine interaction between
people possible. That is, if truth were not expected, it
would not be long before communication would
entirely break down. Imagine what it would be like
living in a society in which no one expected the truth.
Prepared by:
RUTH MALIC VILLADAREZ

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ANNIE MAE B. MARINO

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