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