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Week#1 Speech3
Interpersonal Communication
| CHAPTER 2: | Coming Together & Coming Apart |
|---|---|
| Affinity | The degree to which persons like or appreciate one another |
| Channel | The medium through which a message passes from sender to receiver |
| Cognitive Complexity | The ability to construct a variety of frameworks for viewing an issue |
| Communication | A continous, transactional process involving participants who occupy different but overlapping environments and create relationships through the exchange of messages, many of which are affected by external, physiological, and psychological |
| Communication Competence | The ability to accomplish one's personal goals in a manner that maintains a relationship on terms that are acceptable to all parties |
| Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) | Communication between two individuals that is conducted via computer channels such as e-mail, chat, and instant messaging |
| Content Message | A message that communicates information about the subject being discussed |
| Control (conversational & decision) | The social need to influence others |
| Decoding | The process in which a receiver attaches meaning to a message |
| Dyad | Two individuals communicating. The interaction may or may not be interpersonal in nature. |
| Encoding | The process of putting thoughts into symbols, most commonly words. |
| Environment | The field of experiences that leads a person to make sense of another's behavior. Environments consist of physical characteristics, personal experiences, relational history, and cultural background. |
| Immediacy | The degree of interest and attention that we feel toward and communicate to others. |
| Impersonal Communication | Behavior that treats others as objects rather than individuals. |
| Instrumental Goals | Goals aimed at getting others to behave in desired ways. |
| Interpersonal communication (Quanitive and Qualitive) | In a quanitive sense, communication between two individuals. In a Qualitive sense, communication in which the parties consider one another as unique individuals rather than objects. It is characterized by minimal use of stereotyped labels; unique, idiosyn |
| Linear Communication Model | A Characterization of communication as a one-way event in which a message flows from sender to receiver. |
| Message | Information sent from a sender to a receiver. |
| Metacommunication | Messages that refer to other messages: communication about communication. |
| Noise (external, Physiological, psychological) | External, physiological, and psychological distractions that interfere with the accurate transmission and reception of a message. |
| Receiver | One who notices and attends to a message. |
| Relational Message | A message that expresses the social relationship between two or more individuals. |
| Respect | The social need to be held in esteem by others. |
| Self-Monitoring | The process of attending to one's behavior and using these observations to shape the way one behaves. |
| Sender | The creator of a message. |
| Transactional communication Model | A characterization of communication as the simutaneous sending and receiving of messages in an ongoing, irreversiable process. |
| PURPOSE OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION (3 reasons) | 1) Identify and Define regualr and systematic patterns of communication through stages of rel'ship 2) Identify comm strategies that attract & repel during building, maintaining, breaking down rel'ship 3) Determine what causes the pace of rel'ship? |
| Two levels of infomation MESSAGE contains | Relational and Contextual |
| Relationship Message | Tells how to INTERPRET the content. i.e. sending a message about a message |
| When are you ALWAYS AWARE of messages | 1. Drastically violates our expectations 2.Relationship w/ high levels of intensity eg engaged couple 3. When disagreement & conflict arise |
| Ways people talk about their relationship? | Work, commitment, involvement, unique or special, manipulation, consideration, respect, game, dangerous, uncontrollable |
| The involvement themes? | Communal, individual themes, and impersonal themes (outside forces that effect rel'ship) |
| Blending Style of Comm | Mutually confirming and overlapping shared rules, interpretations, activities, backgrounds & experiences |
| Differentiating Style of Comm | unintegrated sicussion of indiv. characteristics |
| Balanced Style of Comm | Discussion of indiv. characteristics balanced by integrative hierarchies |
| MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT COMM IN REL'SHIP | 1. Assumption of Consistency 2. Assumption of Simple Meaning (u said it so u mean it) 3. Assumption of Communicator Independence (it wasn't my fault) 4. Assumption of Obvious Causation (i kno y u said that) 5. Assumption of Finality (that settles it) |
| The Assumption of Consistency | Having others "be consistent' highly valued in society. Assists in making predictions of future behavior.Want to be able to change our OWN opinion or behavior; to be both ind and dep. EYE OF THE BEHOLDER |
| Ideal Relationship | Rel'ships in which the participants understand and appreciate the necessity of pos and neg messages |
| The Assumption of Simple Meaning | Pay too close attention to WORDS. Words are used to describe only a small part of the many ideas we associate w/ a mesage. WHO, WHEN, RELATED CONDITION AND HOW IT WAS SAID are Factors. |
| The Assumption of Communicator Independence | "it wasn't my fault" Rel'ships with people as if we had no relation or connection with them.SUCCESS related to interdependence |
| Communication Interdependence | Need for approval, Response matching |
| The Assumption of Obvious Causation | "Can't fool me. Know why u said that" Motivations and causes are complex and well hidden. |
| The Assumption of Finality | "That settles it" If something is "finished" no longer needs attention, effort, concern. Act as if true to set prioiities for available time & energy |
| Stylized-Unique Comm Dimension | Rel'ship evolve in recognizing as UNIQUE individual rather than part of society |
| Narry Broad Comm Dimensions Evolved: Breadth of Interaction | During closenees comm increase amt of talking & variety of topics explored. |
| Public-Personal Comm Dimension: Social Penetration Process | "Depth" of Social interaction. Initial communication reflect public personality. Higher breadth & depth w/ greater frequency direct relation to intimacy. Ex husband/wife, friend, acquaitance |
| Difficult-Efficient Dimension | As rel'ship grows increased accuracy, speed and efficiency of communications. |
| Rigid-Flexible Dimension of Comm | Number of different ways ideas communicated. ex: frown, silence, grunt, etc. |
| Awkward-Smooth Dimension | Other person increases predictability and synchronization of interaction |
| Hesitant-Spontaneous Dimension | New people naturally with hesitancy, caution. Greater "latitude of understanding" |
| Overt Judgment Suspended-Over Judgement Given Dimension | First impression = covert judgments, neg response = little interest acquaintance. Increase closeness increase frequency pos.neg feedback |
| Empathic Accuracy (stable/varied patterns of comm) | The ability to accurately infer the specific content of a partner's thoughts/feelings |
| Communication Patterns Interdepedency | Interdepency means dimensions change in BOTH people |
| 1 Initiating CT | "Hi, how are ya" |
| 2 Experimenting CT | "You like to ski too?" |
| 3 Intensifying CT | "I really like you" |
| 4 Integrating CT | "I feel so much a part of you" "Like one person" |
| 5 Bonding CT | "Let's get married" "Always want to be with you" |
| 6 Differentiating | "Don't understand you" "Don't like social gatherings" |
| 7 Circumscribing | "What time will dinner be ready" "Did you have a good time on your trip" Limit breadth and depth |
| 8 Stagnating | "What's there to talk about" |
| 9 Avoiding | "I'm busy. Don't know when I'll be able to see you" |
| Staircase Model of Interaction Stages | All Stages in Staircase, Movement May Be.....Systematic/Sequential, Forward, Backward, W/in stages, |
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