Chapter 1 Universal of Interpersonal Communication

The Aviator

The life of Howard Hunghes, one of the most interesting and eccentric people of all time and his relationships with very different people are the subjects of the film The Aviator. In many ways The Aviator covers just about all the topics discussed in this text- the importance of the self, verbal and nonverbal messages, interpersonal relationship and perhaps especially conflict and power.

Contents

Part 1 Interpersonal Communication Preliminaries

Chapter 1 Universals of Interpersonal Communication
The Nature of Interpersonal Communication
*Characteristics of Interpersonal Communication
- Dyadic Primacy
- Dyadic Coalitions
- Dyadic Consciousness
* Forms of Interpersonal Communication
* Purposes of Interpersonal Communication

Elements of Interpersonal Communication
* Source- Receiver
* Encoding- Decoding
* Messages
- Feedback Messages
- Feedforward Messages
* Noise

Chapter 2 Culture in Interpersonal Communication
*Culture and Interpersonal Communication
- The Nature of Culture (Enculturation, Ethnic Identity and Accultration)

*How Cultures Differ
- High Power Distance Culture
- Low Power Distance Culture
- Masculine Culture
- Feminine Cultur
- Individual Culture
- Collective Culture
- High Context Culture
- Low Context Culture

Chapter 3 The Self in Interpersonal Communication
*Dimensions of The Self
- Self- Concept - Self- Awareness - Self- Esteem

*Self- Destructure

*Self- Disclosure

- Advantages of Self- Disclosure

- Disadvantages of Self- Disclosure

* Communication Apprehension

- The Nature of Communication Apprehension

Chapter 4 Perception in Interpersonal Communication
* Stages of Perception

- Selection

- Organization

- Interpretation

- Negotiation

- Stimulation

* Perceptual Processes

- Self- Fulfilling Prophecy

- Implicit Personality Theory

- Perceptual Accentuation

- Primacy- Recency

- Consistency

- Attribution

Part 2 Messages: Nonverbal Messages

Chapter 5 Universals of Nonverbal Messages

The Interaction of Verbal and Nonverbal Messages

* Nonverbal Communication and Culture

- Significance of Color in Culture

- Significance of Touch in Culture

- "Facial Expression"

- "Time" (Social Clock)

- "Silence"

Part 3 Interpersonal Relationships

Chapter 6 Universals of Interpersonal Relationship

* Characteristics of Interpersonal Relationship
- Psychological Data
- Explanatory Knowledge
- Personally Established Rules

* Stages in Interpersonal Relationships
- Contact
- Involvement
- Intimacy
- Deterioration
- Repair
- Dissolution

Growth of Interpesonal Relationship
* Relationship Maintenance
- Reasons for maintaining Relationships
- Rules for maintaining Relationships

Chapter 7 Interpersonal Relationships: Love

* Love

- Love Types

Chapter 8 Conflict in Interpersonal Relationship

* Principles of Interpersonal Conflict

- Online Conflict

- Relationship Conflict: Healthy and Unhealthy

* Conflict Styles

* Conflict Manegement

Chapter 9 Power in Interpersonal Relationships

* Types of Power

- Referent Power

- Legitimate Power

- Expert Power

- Information or Persuasion Power

- Rewards and Coercive Powers

* Communicating Power