Essay - Judgmental Language Hierarchy Classifies People in a Group Based on...

JUDGMENTAL LANGUAGE hierarchy classifies people in a group based on rank or importance. One classic example of a hier*****rchy that dom*****ates communicati***** would be the Armed Forces, where the private must take orders from the sergeant, the sergeant must take orders ***** the captain, and the ***** must take orders from the colonel. At ***** very top in the United States, is the President of the country -- the Commander ***** Chief.

Hierarchies are most easily maintained when there is universal agreement ***** the hierarchy exists and is important to ***** organization. Again, the military is a good example. Enl*****tees ***** carefully indoctrinated to understand and accept that they are supposed ***** o*****y ***** without question. The application of this is crucial on the battlefield, where officers must be certain ***** those under ********** comm***** will do as they're told. However, hierarchies can also be used to dominate *****on ***** it is not as appropriate or accepted. We might see this in an office where the boss gives his secretary elaborate *****structions but refuses to tell her why ***** work is needed or what it is used for. This would be a major block to communication

Some people attempt to ***** and control communication by setting arbitrary st*****ards, which they treat as or assume ***** be universal. An example of this happened during the planning ***** a friend's wedding. The mother of the groom, who took great pride in her ability to save money, was asked ***** find a hotel out-of-town guests could stay in. She was so focused on her desire to ***** inexpensive rooms that she didn't fully recognize that the motel ***** had chosen ***** a very unsavory reputati*****. Others involved with the wedding had a hard time changing her mind *****cause of her arbitrary standard that price was the most important consideration.

Again, the tactic ***** controlling communication could serve ***** purpose of giving the per*****n domination. Applying arbitrary standards in situations where ***** are otherwise equal, such as in the example of the wedd*****g above, ***** be a grab ***** unjustified power.

***** ability to control resources gives a person power. The ***** might ***** a budget in a business, or *****s simple as allowance given out ***** *****ir children by parents. Sometimes control of resources is completely appropriate: businesses, schools and churches all ***** ***** on budgets. ***** example ***** using resources to give a person inappropriate power might be *****n in a newlywed couple where both parents are somewhat wealthy. Both sets of ***** might try to influence the young couple's decisions on all sorts of things: ***** to live, what home ***** buy. They ***** ***** ***** couple a car more luxurious or desirable than what they could afford ***** their own, and then use ***** gifts in an attempt to exert undue *****fluence over their lives. An appropriate use of resource control would ***** the department supervisor who followed ***** department's allotted budget and not replace computers before scheduled replacement. An