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Interpersonal Communication

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CHAPTER 2:
Coming Together & Coming Apart
Affinity   The degree to which persons like or appreciate one another  
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Channel   The medium through which a message passes from sender to receiver  
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Cognitive Complexity   The ability to construct a variety of frameworks for viewing an issue  
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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  
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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  
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Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)   Communication between two individuals that is conducted via computer channels such as e-mail, chat, and instant messaging  
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Content Message   A message that communicates information about the subject being discussed  
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Control (conversational & decision)   The social need to influence others  
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Decoding   The process in which a receiver attaches meaning to a message  
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Dyad   Two individuals communicating. The interaction may or may not be interpersonal in nature.  
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Encoding   The process of putting thoughts into symbols, most commonly words.  
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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.  
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Immediacy   The degree of interest and attention that we feel toward and communicate to others.  
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Impersonal Communication   Behavior that treats others as objects rather than individuals.  
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Instrumental Goals   Goals aimed at getting others to behave in desired ways.  
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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  
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Linear Communication Model   A Characterization of communication as a one-way event in which a message flows from sender to receiver.  
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Message   Information sent from a sender to a receiver.  
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Metacommunication   Messages that refer to other messages: communication about communication.  
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Noise (external, Physiological, psychological)   External, physiological, and psychological distractions that interfere with the accurate transmission and reception of a message.  
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Receiver   One who notices and attends to a message.  
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Relational Message   A message that expresses the social relationship between two or more individuals.  
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Respect   The social need to be held in esteem by others.  
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Self-Monitoring   The process of attending to one's behavior and using these observations to shape the way one behaves.  
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Sender   The creator of a message.  
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Transactional communication Model   A characterization of communication as the simutaneous sending and receiving of messages in an ongoing, irreversiable process.  
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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?  
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Two levels of infomation MESSAGE contains   Relational and Contextual  
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Relationship Message   Tells how to INTERPRET the content. i.e. sending a message about a message  
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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  
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Ways people talk about their relationship?   Work, commitment, involvement, unique or special, manipulation, consideration, respect, game, dangerous, uncontrollable  
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The involvement themes?   Communal, individual themes, and impersonal themes (outside forces that effect rel'ship)  
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Blending Style of Comm   Mutually confirming and overlapping shared rules, interpretations, activities, backgrounds & experiences  
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Differentiating Style of Comm   unintegrated sicussion of indiv. characteristics  
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Balanced Style of Comm   Discussion of indiv. characteristics balanced by integrative hierarchies  
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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)  
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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  
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Ideal Relationship   Rel'ships in which the participants understand and appreciate the necessity of pos and neg messages  
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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.  
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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  
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Communication Interdependence   Need for approval, Response matching  
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The Assumption of Obvious Causation   "Can't fool me. Know why u said that" Motivations and causes are complex and well hidden.  
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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  
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Stylized-Unique Comm Dimension   Rel'ship evolve in recognizing as UNIQUE individual rather than part of society  
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Narry Broad Comm Dimensions Evolved: Breadth of Interaction   During closenees comm increase amt of talking & variety of topics explored.  
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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  
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Difficult-Efficient Dimension   As rel'ship grows increased accuracy, speed and efficiency of communications.  
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Rigid-Flexible Dimension of Comm   Number of different ways ideas communicated. ex: frown, silence, grunt, etc.  
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Awkward-Smooth Dimension   Other person increases predictability and synchronization of interaction  
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Hesitant-Spontaneous Dimension   New people naturally with hesitancy, caution. Greater "latitude of understanding"  
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Overt Judgment Suspended-Over Judgement Given Dimension   First impression = covert judgments, neg response = little interest acquaintance. Increase closeness increase frequency pos.neg feedback  
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Empathic Accuracy (stable/varied patterns of comm)   The ability to accurately infer the specific content of a partner's thoughts/feelings  
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Communication Patterns Interdepedency   Interdepency means dimensions change in BOTH people  
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1 Initiating CT   "Hi, how are ya"  
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2 Experimenting CT   "You like to ski too?"  
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3 Intensifying CT   "I really like you"  
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4 Integrating CT   "I feel so much a part of you" "Like one person"  
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5 Bonding CT   "Let's get married" "Always want to be with you"  
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6 Differentiating   "Don't understand you" "Don't like social gatherings"  
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7 Circumscribing   "What time will dinner be ready" "Did you have a good time on your trip" Limit breadth and depth  
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8 Stagnating   "What's there to talk about"  
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9 Avoiding   "I'm busy. Don't know when I'll be able to see you"  
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Staircase Model of Interaction Stages   All Stages in Staircase, Movement May Be.....Systematic/Sequential, Forward, Backward, W/in stages,  
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