Unpacking Our Conversations
Interpersonal Needs
Exercises
- Review the types of individuals from Schutz’s theory
described in this section. Which types do you think fit you? Which types
fit some of your coworkers or classmates? Why? Share your opinions with
your classmates and compare your self-assessment with the types they
believe describe you.
- Think of two or more different situations and how you
might express your personal needs differently from one situation to the
other. Have you observed similar variations in personal needs in other
people from one situation to another? Discuss your thoughts with a
classmate.