UNIT II: INTERPERSONAL

COMMUNICATION

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Chapter 7Understanding Interpersonal

Communication in Relationships

Marital Problems

Managing Conflict

Communication Principles

Be aware of your

communication

Appropriatelyadapt yourmessage to

others

Effectively use and

interpret verbalmessages

Listen and respond

thoughtfully to others

Effectively use and

interpret nonverbalmessages

Understanding Interpersonal Communication

What Is Interpersonal Communication?

Initiating Relationships

Maintaining Relationships Through

Interpersonal Communication

What Is Interpersonal Communication?

Interpersonal communication is a special form of unmediated human communication that occurs when we interact simultaneously with another person and attempt to mutually influence each other, usually for the purpose of managing relationships.

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What Is Interpersonal Communication?

IPC involves quality. impersonal communication

IPC involves simultaneous interaction between individuals.

IPC involves mutual influence between individuals.

IPC is the fundamental means we use to manage our relationships.

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IMPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Initiating Relationships Interpersonal Attraction Defined

degree to which you desire to form or maintain an IP relationship

Short-Term Initial Attraction potential for development

Long-Term Maintenance Attraction sustains relationships

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Elements of IP Attraction Similarity Physical and Sexual

Attraction Proximity Complementarity

inclusion control affection

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Communicating Our Attraction

Direct and Indirect Strategies

Immediacy

Verbal and Nonverbal Cues

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Getting That First Conversation Going

Reducing Uncertainty

uncertainty reduction theory

passive, active, interactive strategies

What Do You Say First?

The Art and Skill of Asking Great Questions conversational narcissism/self-absorbed

communicator style

The Art and Skill of Giving and Receiving Compliments

Getting That First Conversation Going

Maintaining Relationships Through IPC

Self-Disclosure Defined we voluntarily provide information to others that

they would not learn if we did not tell them

Reciprocity in Self-Disclosure

Appropriateness in Self-Disclosure Assessing the Risks of Self-Disclosure Self-Disclosure, Intimacy, and Gender

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Models of Self-Disclosure

Social Penetration developed by Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor

illustrates how much and what kind of information we reveal in various stages of relationships

circles represent breadth and depth of penetration

each relationship represents a degree of social penetration

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Models of Self-Disclosure

The Social Penetration Model

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Superficial

Early in a relationship

Intimate

VeryIntimate

As the relationship develops

VeryIntimate

Models of Self-Disclosure

Johari Window reflects various stages of relational

development, degrees of self-awareness, and others’ perceptions of us

square window represents yourself

the self encompasses everything about you, including things you don’t realize

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Models of Self-Disclosure

The Johari Window Model

OPEN BLIND

HIDDEN UNKNOWN

Known to

Others

Not Known to Others

Known to Self

Not Known to Self

Checking Out Our Interpersonal

Hunches