The Behavior of not Communicating

• avoidance of social interaction

• Inhibition and inability to respond in an engaging way

• Reluctance to talk, make eye contact, gesture and smile

• Childhood Reinforcement
• Heredity
• Skill Deficiencies
• Social Introversion
• Ethnic/ Cultural Divergence
• Communication Apprehension

• Occupation - Generally lower positions, Lower salary, Lack of promotion
• Lack of leadership
• Classroom (No correlation with intelligence, but neg correlation with grades)
• Less attractive
• Dating marriage 

(Internal Feeling) The fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons

Trait: When a person experiences anxiety about communicating in all situations

State/ Situational: When a person experiences anxiety only in a certain context or with a particular person or group

• CA in generalized situations regardless of who is present
• CA with a given person or group
• CA witha gives person/group in a given situation

• Skill Deficiencies
• Conspicuousness
• Unpredictable/unfamiliar situations
• Prior success or failure
• Learned helplessness
• Subordinate position
• Fear of evaluation

• Communication Avoidance  (Selective Exposure) 
• Withdrawal (Selective Attention)
• Communication Disruptions (stutter, forget what to say)
• Over- Communication (Over Compensate)

• Cognitive Restructuring
• Systematic desensitization Behavior Therapy
• Skills training

Based on the assumption that we have irrational thoughts about ourselves ahd behavior that increase anxiety about communication

Thoughts are dealt with rationally in order to restructure the way we think