Interpersonal communication
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Interpersonal communication
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Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1992
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xvii, 443 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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9780534165246
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Table of Contents
Each chapter ends with Skill Building and Process to Performance |
Preface |
Part 1 Introductory Perspectives |
1 Introduction: Communication and Competence |
What is Communication? |
Definitions of Human Communication |
Characteristics of Communication |
A Model of Communicative Competence |
Individual Knowledge and Communicative Competence |
Social Context and Communicative Competence |
The Link Between Process and Performance |
Box 1.1 Bonzo Goes to College: Attempts to Teach Language to Primates |
Box 1.2 Insulting the Meat: An Interpersonal Communication Ritual |
Research in Review: Communication Competence in the Classroom |
Screening Room: Meet the Parents |
2 Interpersonal Communication: Building Relationships |
What is Interpersonal Communication: The Nature of Dyads |
The Situational Approach to Interpersonal Communication |
The Developmental Approach to Interpersonal Communication |
The Role of Interpersonal Communication in Relationships |
What Is a Relationship? |
The Characteristics of Relationships |
Relational Paths: Intimacy and Distance |
Interpersonal Profiles: Private and Public Paths |
Independence vs. Conformity: A Basic Interpersonal Dilemma |
Building Relationships: What Does it Take to be Relationally Competent? |
Communication Competence and Relationships |
Some Characteristics of Healthy Relationships |
Box 2.1 The Neuroscience of Love: Why We Need Relationships |
Box 2.2 Mind Your Manners: Some Social Functions of Etiquette |
Research in Review: How Childhood Relationships Can Make Us Sick |
Screening Room: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
Part 2 |
3 Nonverbal Competence |
What is Nonverbal Communication? |
Spontaneous Communication |
Symbolic Communication |
The Power of Nonverbal Codes |
The Functions of Nonverbal Codes |
Expressing Meaning |
Modifying Verbal Messages |
Regulating the Flow of Interaction |
The Structure of Nonverbal Codes: Visual, Auditory, and Invisible Communication |
Visual Communication: Proxemics, Kinesics, and Artifacts |
Auditory Communication |
Invisible Communication |
Balancing Nonverbal Codes: Compensating and Reciprocating |
Expectancy Violations Theory |
Cognitive Valence Theory |
Compensating and Reciprocating in Everyday Life |
The Interplay of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication |
Box 3.1 A Nonlinear History of Handshaking |
Box 3.2 The "Guarded Self": How to Avoid Being Seen in Public |
Research in Review: Detecting Deception from Nonverbal Behavior |
Screening Room: Freaky Friday |
4 Verbal Competence |
What is Language? |
Differences Between the Verbal and Nonverbal Codes |
Characteristics of the Verbal Code |
The Functions of Language |
The Structure of Language: Three Levels of Meaning |
Semantic meaning: Language at the Level of the Word |
Syntactic Meaning: Language at the Level of the Utterance |
Pragmatic Meaning: Language at the Level of the Speech Act |
Language, Power, and Politics |
Linguistic Determinism: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis |
Language, Thought, and Action: Language and Naming |
Group Membership and Language Use: Discourse and Identity |
Box 4.1 Speaking with Names: An Apache Language Ritual |
Box 4.2 Talking Tough in Teamsterville: Male Role Enactment in an Urban Community |
Research in Review: Polite |
Wadsworth Pub. Co.,
Books
Trenholm, Sarah, 1944-
Trenholm, Sarah, 1944-
Jensen, Arthur, 1954-
1992
9780534165246
Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth Pub. Co., c1992
2nd ed.
SD_ILS:603059
GCMAIN 302.2 T792I
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal communication
Interpersonal communication
Trenholm, Sarah, 1944-
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