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B> Written by two well-respected researchers and authors in the field, this book offers the most comprehensive and widely-used developmental and analytical approach to communication in close relationships. It focuses on the role of communication in the coming together and the coming apart of relationships. This accessible book introduces readers to relational communication theories by using common examples relationships with roommates, friends, and parents to help readers better understand concepts. Furthermore, the book's core model, introduced in Chapter 2, can be applied to the diverse range of relationships that readers have experienced or will experience throughout their lives. A classic for more than twenty years, Interpersonal Communication and Human Relationships retains all of its highly-praised features in the fourth edition, including the latest research from communication and social psychology; thorough coverage of dialogue, speech, and interaction patterns; interesting boxed inserts, cartoons, and diagnostic tests; and an effective writing style that engages readers and holds interest. For readers interested in communication as it relates to various close relationships.
Table of Contents
| Every chapter includes Summary |
| Selected Readings |
| Notes |
| I Human Communication In Developing Relationships |
| 1 Communication: The Lifeblood of Relationships |
| Relationship Messages |
| Five Important Misconceptions About Communications in Relationships |
| How Communication Changes as Our Relationships Develop |
| Dimensions of Communication: Patterns and Variations |
| 2 Stages of Coming Together and Coming Apart |
| Types of Relationships |
| A Model of Interaction Stages in Relationships |
| Interaction Stages |
| Movement: In, Out, and Around Stages |
| II Factors Affecting Human Communication Behavior In Relationships |
| 3 The Nature of the Communicators |
| The Influence of Interpersonal Needs |
| Interpersonal Needs Across the Lifespan |
| Interpersonal Needs of Females and Males |
| 4 The Communication Environment: Cultural and Physical |
| The Influence of the Cultural Environment |
| The Influence of the Immediate Physical Environment or Setting |
| III Interaction Patterns For Coming Together |
| 5 The Genesis of Dialogue |
| Getting Together |
| Sizing Up the Other Person |
| The Many Faces of Attraction |
| 6 Interaction Rituals |
| Communication Rules |
| The Rhetoric of Hello |
| Forms of Address |
| Relationship Openers |
| Small(?) Talk |
| 7 The Foundations of Intimate Dialogue |
| Loving and Liking |
| Foundations of Intimacy |
| IV Interaction Patterns And THe Maintenance Of Relationships |
| 8 Maintaining Relationships through Dialogue |
| Disclosures, Lies, and Fights |
| Self-Disclosure, Confidentiality, and Trust |
| Lying |
| Constructive Conflict |
| 9 Maintaining Relationships Through Dialogue: Commitment and Intimacy |
| Commitment and Commitment Talk |
| Personal Idioms |
| Giving Compliments and Gifts |
| Giving Comfort |
| Persuasion |
| Sex Talk |
| Intimate Play |
| Intimacy Without Words |
| V INteraction PAtterns For Coming Apart |
| 10 Communication and the Process of Relationships |
| Terminating Relationships |
| Communication During Relationship Decan: Return of the Stranger |
| 11 The Dialogue of Distance and De-Escalation |
| Some Potentially Destructive Patterns of Communication: An Interpersonal Chamber of Horrors |
| VI Toward More Effective Communication In Relationships |
| 12 Evaluating and Developing Effective Communication in Relationships |
| The Relativity of Effective Communication |
| Perceptions of Effective Communication |
| Rx for Effective Communication |
| Becoming an Effective Communicator |
| Writing Your Own Story |
| Communicating Effectively Together |
| Author Index |
| Subject Index |