UNIT 1

UNIT 1

1. Communication

   • Intrapersonal communication
     • The way we communicate with ourserlves, how we perceive and identify who we are
     • Examples
       • Self esteem
       • Perceptions
         • Perception process
           • 1. Selection
             • Mental process of choosing which data in a field of perceptual data we will attend to
               • Influences
                 • Stimuli
                 • Contrast or change
                 • Internal factors
                 • Emotional state
           • 2. Organization
             • We use organizational structures to make sense of what we selected to notice
               • Physical constructs
               • Role constructs
               • Interaction constructs
               • Psychological constructs
           • 3. Interpretation
             • Obtain a particular understanding based on how you organized the data you selected
               • Factors that can cause us to interpret
                 • Degree of involvement
                 • Relational satisfaction
                 • Personal experience
                 • Assumptions
       • Characteristics about us
   • Interpersonal communication
     • Non-verbal communication
       • Has communicative value
       • Primarily relational
       • Is ambiguous
       • Functions
         • Repeating
         • Substituting
         • Complementing
         • Accenting
         • Contradicting
         • Deceiving
       • Types
         • Body movements
         • Voice
         • Touch
         • Space
     • Verbal communication

2. Language

   • Collection of symbols governed by rules and used to convey messages between individuals
   • Rules
     • Phonological
       • How words sounds when pronounced
     • Syntactic
       • Structure of language
     • Semantic
       • Meaning of specific words
     • Pragmatic
       • How people use language

3. Job Interview

   • Conversation between a job applicant and a representative of an employer
   • Questions
     • About you
     • About salary
     • Leaving a job
     • Qualifications
     • Job performance