The Spitzberg & Cupach Interpersonal Communication

The Spitzberg & Cupach Interpersonal Communication Competence test is a self-assessment instrument developed at Austin Community College. It is useful in identifying an individual’s communication skills in key areas including: adaptability, conversational involvement, and conversation management.

1. Click here to open the assessment in Excel. Save this file to your desktop and use it for typing in your scores.
2. Once you have completed the assessment, In a Word document list your scores for:
   • Overall Total
   • Motivation
   • Knowledge
   • Skill
3. Then, pick one of the 6 competency evaluations that was most surprising to you and write several paragraphs explaining why this competency was surprising and the steps you would like to take as a result in order to improve your communication skills. Please incorporate ideas taught this week in your personal analysis.  Include a minimum of 2 references and corresponding in-text citations. (The six competency areas are located in the lower half of page two.)