Reflective Journal on Group Work and Psychological Skills

This self-reflective journal entry details a student's experience working in a group, highlighting the development and application of psychological skills in communication and teamwork. The student discusses the importance of understanding perspectives, effective communication, and maintaining a positive attitude within a team setting. The journal reflects on challenges faced, such as unequal effort distribution, and the skills gained, including patience and time management. The student references articles that emphasize positive group interactions, such as maintaining eye contact and valuing each member's ideas. The journal also discusses the application of psychological principles in communication, emphasizing the significance of non-verbal cues and maintaining a positive demeanor. The student concludes by summarizing the importance of maintaining a comfortable environment during communication. The journal also includes a reference list of supporting articles and books.

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REFRENCES.....................................................................................................................3

REFLECTION
While working in a group I lean as well as analysis many things which will help
me in my future career. During this I determine that, a person required specific
psychological skills while they are communicating or conducting work in a team or
group. This is so because through this I can understand perspective and view points of
other in effective manner. This is so because by it I can identifying and understanding
their need, requirement, message and information which he/ she want to convey.
Moreover through proper psychological skills I can set my goal in effective way which
will help me and my team members in conducting work in properly as well as due to this
we can understand each other properly. Such as while I am working in a group in order
to prepare poster I go through several issues like not every members of group putting
their 100% efforts. Due to which we are not able to design poster in effectively. Along
with this, during working in a group I also enhance my various skills such as I become
more patient, understanding, time management and so on. But after all these up and
down we are happy that we done our work in proper way and within time. I also learn
that effective communication in team reduce the chance of conflict in a my team and
this will also leads to accomplishment of yours work properly. Along with this, as per the
view point of Todd Smith, 2017, there are various ways which help an individual in
interacting in a group in positive way and this will also make a person confident. For
example a person must dressed accordingly what they want to view themselves
because it will make individual feel confident (20 Tips for Positive Group Interactions,
2017). A person should also keep their phone silent or vibrated mode while they are
communicating in a group because this will make a person involve in the topic which is
going on in a team . Moreover it is also necessary for a person to greet every member
of team while working in a group, through this they also feel connected and this may be
done through smile, handshake and other (Kato, 2012). Through this article I can
understand that while interacting in a group I should follow these factors so that I can
effectively connect with my team members and communicate in proper way.
Along with this there are several ways which will help me in interacting me my
team members in effective manner. As per the view point of Drew Fortin, 2019, there
are some ways that help a person interacting in group such as he/ she must adopt
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proper language so that no one feel bad. For which an individual must maintain
consider various factors like such as maintain proper smile and body language, make
eye contact, give fist bumps, shake hand, high fives and so on (8 tips on how to best
interact with your team members, 2019). This is son because through it peoples will feel
connected. In addition to this it is necessary that while communicating in group every
member should value other member's idea as well as they must also respect each
other. It is also essential during interacting in team that a person should show
appreciation to other by this he/ she and other feel connected (Nesbit, 2012). By this
article I will understand that while communicating in a group I need to take care as well
as consider several things so that I can effectively communicate in my group. I n this
respect when I am giving presentation I feel nervous to speak in public but at this time
my team members support me and give me confidence that I can do this. For this I also
conduct proper practice of public speaking so that I can conduct presentation
effectively.
There are also requirement of psychology while communicating with others
because through it I can communicate with others in effective manner by understanding
them properly. As per the article given on Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2019, from world
war II, psychology is consider with the occurrence of communication because in it is
necessary to understand other behaviour (The Psychology Of Communication, 2019).
This is so because through it a person able to provide stimulated respond and this will
also help in building effective relationship. Along with this, psychologist identify that
while an individual interact in a group there are various factors which are consider or
recognised by other such as gesture, behaviours, ego, language and many other. So it
is necessary for peoples to always be positive as well as maintain proper smile while
communicating with other or in a group (Rice and Pollack, 2014). Through this an
individual able to understand each other in effective manner and this will also help in
developing effective relation. By this I can underground that maintaining proper
psychology in taken into consideration from word war time. Moreover it is also essential
for me to maintaining proper psychology as well as behaviour while communicating in
my group. This is so because through it I will able to understand other perspective and
make other understand what I want to convey. At last I want to summarise that during
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communication it is necessary for everyone that they maintain proper simile and gesture
so that other feel comfortable while communicating with them.
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REFRENCES
Books and journals
Kato, S., 2012. Professional Development for Learning Advisors: Facilitating the
Intentional Reflective Dialogue. Studies in Self-Access Learning Journal. 3(1).
Nesbit, P.L., 2012. The role of self-reflection, emotional management of feedback, and
self-regulation processes in self-directed leadership development. Human
Resource Development Review. 11(2). pp.203-226.
Rice, K. and Pollack, S., 2014. Developing a critical pedagogy of service learning:
Preparing self-reflective, culturally aware, and responsive community
participants. In Integrating service learning and multicultural education in
colleges and universities (pp. 131-150). Routledge.
Ross, C. and et.al., 2014. Evaluation of nursing students’ work experience through the
use of reflective journals. Mental Health Practice. 17(6).
Online
20 Tips for Positive Group Interactions. 2017. [Online]. Availbale
through:<http://www.littlethingsmatter.com/blog/2010/05/13/20-tips-for-positive-
group-interactions/>.
8 tips on how to best interact with your team members. 2019. [Online]. Availbale
through:<https://www.predictiveindex.com/blog/eight-tips-on-how-to-best-
interact-with-your-team-members/>.
The Psychology Of Communication. 2019 [Online]. Availbale
through:<https://www.britannica.com/topic/communication/The-psychology-of-
communication>.
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