Ch6 interpersonal communication power point
- 1. Ch6 Interpersonal Communication MARIA SUBERT
- 2. Defining Interpersonal Communication Interpersonal communication is the process of using messages to generate meaning between at least two people in a situation that allows mutual opportunities for both speaking and listening.
- 3. Interpersonal relationship •Interpersonal relationships are associations between at least two people who are interdependent, who use some consistent pattern of interaction, and who have interacted for a period of time. •Our interactions with strangers, salespeople, and waiters is NOT interpersonal relationship. •Interpersonal relationships are important because they allow us to fulfill our needs for inclusion, affection, and control.
- 4. Types of interpersonal relationships Complementary relationship: in which each person supplies something the other person(s) lack. Symmetrical relationship: in which participants mirror each other or are highly similar.
- 5. Conflict Conflict is inevitable and normal in interpersonal relationships; it can be constructive and creative. Conflict management involves remain calm, too be specific about what is bothering you, avoiding words such as never and always; not exaggerating; and establishing ground rules to adopt by both part.
- 6. Self-disclosure Self-disclosure: making intentional revelations about yourself the others would be unlikely to know and that constitute private, sensitive, or confidential information. 117. Self-disclosure tends to be reciprocal. 118. Reciprocal disclosure generally does not occur in families. 119. Partners in romantic relationship report greater feeling of security after an honest and intentional self-disclosure. At least one-fifth of sexually active college students purposefully misrepresent their sexual history to their sex partners 119 Disclusure varies across cultures.119.
- 7. Extreme Self-disclosure Self-disclosure, affectionate communication, and mutual influence can become unhealthy when they become extreme. We might avoid self-disclosure: for self-protection; relationship protection; partner unresponsiveness; social appropriateness.
- 8. Friendship •Changes over time •New types of friendships: online friends, friends with benefits, cross-cultural relationships. •Friends with benefits: are those who are not romantically involved but who agreed to have a sexual relationship.
- 9. Stages of relations Relational development: the initial stage that moves a couple from meeting to mating. Relational maintenance: the second stage after the has bounded and in which they engage in the process of keeping the relationship together Relational deterioration: in which the prior bond disintegrates . It is marked by differentiating behaviors.
- 10. Dialectic Dialectic refers to the tension that exists between two conflicting or interacting forces.
- 11. Interesting fact: Researches show that close relationship can be maintained through texting and messaging
- 12. Motivations Motivations for initiating a relationship: proximity, attractiveness, responsiveness, similarity, complementarity. Motivations for maintaining relationships: predictability and certainty; additional personal info; to be involved in empathic and caring relationship. Motivation for terminating relationships: messages that creat emotional pain (hurtful mess.) the practice of deliberately making somebody to believe things that are not true (deceptive comm) aggressiveness, argumentativeness and defensiveness.
- 13. Gender and cultural differences Women use more maintenance strategies Asian Americans emphasize caring while African Americans respect and acceptance
- 14. Compliance gaining & Compliance resisting oCompliance gaining: a person’s attempt to influence a target to perform a desired behavior that the target otherwise would not perform. oCompliance resisting: The refusal of the targets of influence messages to comply with request.
- 15. Idioms and bargain Personal idioms help to develop a unique relationship. Bargain: in which two or more parties attempt to reach an agreement on what each should give and receive in a transaction between them.
- 16. Dark side of the interpersonal relationship Obsession jealousy misunderstanding gossip conflict and abuse