Sunday, July 13, 2014

Chapter 7 & 8

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Interpersonal communication is communication between sender and receiver; one to another or more than 1 person involved.
The essence of interpersonal communication is through conversations and dialogues.

(a)The conversation process:
1. opening
2. feed forward
3.business
4. feedback
5. closing

(b) Principles of conversation:
1. Principles of turn-taking
     - active exchange of roles of between speakers and listeners
2. Principles of dialogue
     - two person share messages to one another
3. The principle of immediacy
     - consideration the relationship and intimacy of one another, as well as adjusting to the environment and the context.

(c) Everyday conversations:
1. Small Talk
     - we slowly introduce ourselves into a bigger issue or message
     - a bridge to the conversation
     - very culturally based
2. Excuses and Apologies
3. Complimenting
4. Advice

(d) Relationship stages:
1. Contact
     - first stage of relationship
     - people become aware of one another's existence
2. Involvement
     - where people have tighten bonds and engagements with one another
     - at this stage, both testing and intensifying stages take place
3. Intimacy
     - people have a deep and committed relationship with one another at this stage
     - interpersonal commitment and social bonding take place
4. Deterioration
     - other communication factors such as temporal, cultural or societal context weakness the bond with one another.
     - both intrapersonal and interpersonal dissatisfaction become apparent
5. Repair
     - where those affected in this stage is try to work things out with one another
     - intrapersonal and interpersonal repairs take place
6. Dissolution
     - where bonds are broken or returned back to a platonic (before friendship or neutral level)
     - interpersonal and social separation take place

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