Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal Communication

1. Defining

   • Interpersonal
   • Personal
   • Quantitative Approach
     • Limiting issues :
       • Tech advances have
       • Not all 2-person comm is
   • Qualitative Approach
     • • Impersonal comm
       • Dialectical distinction
       • Relationalcomm—
       • Miller & Steinberg’s social-cognitive orientation
   • Which Approach?
     • Qual—
     • Quant—

2. Relationships & Human Comm: Inextricably Linked

3. Communication & Self-Knowledge

   • deff
   • Self-concept:
     • Reflected appraisal
     • Social comparison
     • Cultural Messages
   • Self-Disclosure
   • SD is key to building, developing, & maintaining relationships
     • How we allow others to get know us
     • Also how we get to know them—SD is reciprocal
       • Norm of reciprocity
       • Dyadiceffect
     • SD changes in nature in a developed relationship, but it is
   • Altman & Talyor’sSocial Penetration Mode
   • Johariwindow

4. Forming Relationships

   • Many factors can serve as a catalyst for forming a relationship