Essay - Communication 1.a. Sally is Making the Irrational Assumption that Her...

Communication

1.a. Sally is making the irrational assumption that her supervisor shares ***** feelings about messiness, and that her system of asking her coworkers to place their work on her desk and stapling it together is helpful to her supervisor. Sally's fallacy is that she is unable ***** separate her ***** from ***** **********. Sally also makes the irrational assumption that because she prefers order ***** tidiness, everyone else should prefer order and tidiness.

b. These assumptions cause Sally to feel as if people are being unfair ***** her and to her boss when *****y appear to be complying w*****h the supervisor's requirements.

c. Sally needs to assume that ***** ***** and supervisor do not share her concerns about tidiness.

2.a. Jill is making the irrational assumption that she is unable to meet the demands of planning the budget.

b. ***** assumptions cause ***** to feel as if she is unable to complete ***** budget, which makes her put ********** the project, and causes it to ***** less likely ***** she will succeed.

c. Jill ***** to ***** that she would not have been assigned the budget ***** she could not tackle ***** project.

3. a. John is m*****king the irrational assumption that a person's failure to respond to h***** greeting was because Jo*****n is unattractive and not liked. The ***** is that a str*****nger's reaction to him had anything to do with John.

b. ***** assumptions make John feel negative because he has unrealistic expectations of strangers.

c. John needs to assume that a stranger's failure ***** greet ***** ***** to ***** with that person's approach ***** ***** rat***** than to John.

4. Dan is an intensive-care paramedic technician and ***** constantly depressed and worried about whe*****r he can do his job competently. For every decision that has to be made, he asks ***** supervisor what he ***** do. One day he came into work & found that his supervisor had quit. "What will I do now?" he thought. "***** can't handle the job without her."

4.a. Dan is making the ir*****ional assumption that because he relies upon ***** supervisor for assistance at *****, he will be unable to handle ***** job ***** *****r. There are two fallacies; first, that he cannot make decisions on his own, and sec*****d, that his work will fail to hire anot*****r competent supervisor.

b. Because he feels as if he ***** not ***** able ***** ***** decisions, Dan ***** hopeless and depressed.

*****. Dan needs to make the assumption that his work will hire a competent *****.

5.*****. Jane is making the irrational ***** that smart ***** do not make mistakes. The fallacy is ***** a mistake makes her stupid ***** that people will believe she is stupid ***** she makes a m*****take.

b. The assumption that a mistake equals stupidity ***** Jane feel as if ***** boss pointing out that she made a ***** means that her supervisor is upset with her overall performance.

c. ***** needs to *****sume that ***** supervisor