Week 4 Assignment 2

             After taking the test, my answers would have been different if I had known it pertained to family, work, or outside extracurricular activities. In knowing this beforehand my results would surely have been different each time. The similarities of all tests were that I am a people-oriented person. The definition is spot and identifies me as empathetic and concerned with the emotions of others. The listening style helps you to build relationships, but it can interfere with proper judgment because you tend to be very trusting of others (https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_stand-up-speak-out-the-practice-and-ethics-of-public-speaking/s07-02-listening-styles.html). There were no differences between how I evaluated myself and how others evaluated me. It showed me that I surround myself with people that read me the same way I read myself.

             An explanation for being time-oriented had me a bit taken back because it too was so correct. It stated, your day is tightly scheduled, and you carefully allocate your time for listening. You prefer that others respect your time limitations, and you can appear efficient but impatient (https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_stand-up-speak-out-the-practice-and-ethics-of-public-speaking/s07-02-listening-styles.html ). As if it knows I am married, with 6 children, working part-time, caring for a mother, all while in Grad school. My people-oriented listening style is correct because, as a child, I never had the opportunity to state my case. I was taught that children are to be seen but not heard, and adults were always right. This is why I adopt such a listening style to my well-being because it stems way back to my childhood and not being able to have a voice. Time-oriented listening correlates with my people-oriented style because my time is limited, and every second counts outside of the classroom.

           When I was asked a question by Dr. Cara, do you see the connections between cultural humility and cultural myopia? To answer this question, I first had to confirm my understanding that both were correct. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines cultural humility as a lifelong process of self-reflection and self-critique whereby the individual not only learns about another's culture, but one starts with an examination of her/his own beliefs and cultural identities (Sufrin, 2019). Cultural myopia occurs when information entering into the colonized mind is focused solely through a limited worldview, and anything existing outside of that limited worldview cannot be seen with clarity (https://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_cultural_myopia). Do I see the connections, yes, because they both focus on what the individual knows and nothing else? The individual's culture, beliefs, and identity are the only things prioritized. This is similar to people-oriented individuals, not hearing what’s trying to be said.

            To reiterate, people-oriented listeners pay attention to the personal details of a speaker and not to the speaker's actual message. Time-oriented listeners pay attention to messages that are short and concise as a result of limited attention spans or limited time commitments (https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_stand-up-speak-out-the-practice-and-ethics-of-public-speaking/s07-02-listening-styles.html). In my professional work and personal life, I do hope the comment of how people-oriented individuals do not listen to a speaker's actual message will never apply to me. I want to have mindful competent communication so; the speaker understands that I hear what they are trying to convey. 

References

(n.d.), from https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_stand-up-speak-out-the-practice-and-ethics-of-public-speaking/s07-02-listening-styles.html

Sufrin, J. (2019, November 05). 3 Things to Know: Cultural Humility. Retrieved from https://hogg.utexas.edu/3-things-to-know-cultural-humility

What is cultural myopia? (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_cultural_myopia