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personal relationships - ✔✔are central to being human, "through personal relationships, we may find our
most profound experiences of security and anxiety, power and impotence, unity and separation.
role relationships - ✔✔Like those with store clerks or tech help-line staff, possess few unique qualities,
are replaceable, and are relatively impersonal. Role relationships are functional or casual, and often are
temporary. These relationships are defined by the situation at hand.
interpersonal relationships - ✔✔interpersonal relationships require that two individuals influence each
other in meaningful ways. it is unique, is irreplaceable, and requires understanding of the partner's
psychological makeup. In interpersonal relationships, influence extends beyond mundane tasks to
activities that create connection at a social or emotional level rather than a task level. Interactions that are
limited in length or frequency rarely develop into interpersonal relationship.
close relationships: - ✔✔close relationships have all the features of interpersonal relationships plus three
more. (1) emotional attachment, (2) need fulfillment, and (3) irreplaceability. In a close relationship we
feel emotionally connected; the relationship Is the basis of why we feel happy or sad, proud or
disappointed. When a relationship is irreplaceable the other person has a special place in our thoughts
and emotions, as well as in our social network.
What is interpersonal communication? - ✔✔the exchange of nonverbal and verbal messages between
people, regardless of the relationship they share
what is relational communication? - ✔✔a subset of interpersonal communication focused on the
expression and interpretation of messages within close relationships. Relational communication includes
the gamut of interactions from vital relational messages to mundane everyday interactions.
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, 1st principle related to interpersonal communication: verbal and nonverbal messages - ✔✔interpersonal
communication consists of a variety of nonverbal and b=verbal messages that can be exchanged through
different channels, including face-to-face and computer mediated channels.
Some studies suggest that 60-65% of the meaning in most interactions comes from nonverbal behavior.
When emotional messages are exchanged, even more of the meaning may be gleaned from nonverbal
behaviors. Self-disclosure, a vital form of interpersonal communication is used to reveal personal
information to others.
2nd principle related to interpersonal communication: communication is inevitable - ✔✔the second
principle is that one cannot not communicate in face to face settings. Unless two people simply do not
notice each other, some communication is inevitable. Even silence can communicate a message, for
instance if a close friend stops calling you and fails to return your messages you will likely suspect that
something is wrong.
3rd principle related to interpersonal communication: the goal oriented nature of interpersonal
communication - ✔✔the third principle is that people use interpersonal communication to fulfill goals.
Communication helps people make good impressions, connect with others on a social level, and get
things done. Even mundane communication, such as saying "hi" to acquaintances when passing by them
on campus fulfills goals related to being civil and polite.
- Self-presentational goals: relates to the image we convey. Anderson claimed that the most common
objective of persuasion is selling ourselves. Others contend that people resemble actors on stage,
presenting themselves in the most favorable light. From an interpersonal standpoint, we are what people
think we are. Predictably people spend a lot of time trying to look and act just right for that big date or
that important interview.
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