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Essay / What is communication apprehension? - 703
Communication is an interesting area of study because we learn a lot about it in our everyday lives. As a class, we took the Communication Apprehension Personal Report created by Jim McCroskey in the 1970s. Communication apprehension consists of four parts: group, meeting, dyadic, and public apprehension. Each part relates to how one behaves in a social situation and how comfortable one can feel during certain social interaction scenarios. Through testing, we can see how comfortable they feel in different contexts. In a group, some people may feel uncomfortable, while I feel good in a group. I tend to get along with everyone in a group. If and when someone bothers me, I try to ignore them or express my feelings