Your Interpersonal Communication
Published on 22. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-205-49440-8 (ISBN)
Description
Debuting in its first edition, Your Interpersonal Communication provides students with the skills and knowledge they need to understand their own communication personalities and use this understanding to improve and influence their relationships with others. Personalized learning through interactive pedagogical features this text allows students to determine their personal communication style-and use that knowledge to improve all of their communication interactions, finding a communication balance between two very different people.
Reviews / Votes
An excellent, cutting edge book written by researchers that acknowledges the role that biology plays in communication while allowing students to garner an awareness of their own communication.Sean Horan
DePaulUniversity
Simply, this is the best introductory interpersonal communication book that I've read.
Alan K. Goodboy
BloomsburgUniversity
The "what can I do now" sections are great and I really appreciate the skills advice that is offered at the end of the chapters for the case studies! I think the information covered in each of the special theme sections is fascinating. This text encourages students to be cognizant of what they bring to communication situations and how to adapt their communication accordingly so they can be more competent communicators across a variety of interpersonal contexts. I'm excited for the book to be available!
Carrie Kennedy Lightsy
IndianaU/Purdue U
I would definitely recommend the text for an Interpersonal Communication Course. This text would perhaps be one of the first to really represent what an Interpersonal Communication course should focus on.
Trevor Fraser
Adelphi U
I do love assessments! This text has interesting assessments. Very thorough follow-up discussions. I just love these sections.
Laura Oliver
University of Texas San Antonio
There's definitely a need and a place for this text.
Kendra Burkey
HesstonCollege
Anything that helps us as human beings to understand ourselves and communicate more effectively with ourselves and others is useful, and I am intrigued by the possibilities of the personality approach.
Susan Hague
DelgadoCommunity College
A refreshing interpersonal communication textbook emphasizing gender and diversity issues, communication ethics, grounded communication theory and interpersonal communication skill development.
Marshall Prisbell
Universityof Nebraska, Omaha
This textbook provides a unique approach to developing one's interpersonal skills. By combining natural science with social science theories, the authors are able to provide a more holistic approach to interpersonal communication than other texts currently on the market.
Barbara Tarter
MarshallUniversity
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 202 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-49440-8 (9780205494408)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Timothy P. Mottet is Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Texas State University-San Marcos. Before returning to Texas State where he taught for several years, he chaired the Department of Communication at the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA). In addition to being an award-winning teacher, Dr. Mottet is a nationally recognized communication researcher whose work examines the relationships among communication, personality, and cognitive functioning. Between 2002 and 2006, Dr. Mottet was listed among the top twenty most prolific researchers in the Communication Studies discipline.
Dr. Mottet has been an invited summer scholar at North Dakota State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he taught graduate seminars in Communication, Learning, and the Brain. He is also a member of Harvard University's International Mind, Brain and Education Society. Away from the university, Dr. Mottet enjoys international travel, scuba diving, fitness, ballet, entertaining friends, and spending time with his partner Rick and two cats. If you have any questions for Dr. Mottet, please send him an email at tm15@txstate.edu.
Sally Vogl-Bauer is professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW). In addition to being an award-winning teacher, Dr. Vogl-Bauer has been recognized by the College of Arts and Communication at UWW for her research and service contributions. She is a former chair of the Department of Communication and has mentored numerous junior faculty members and students. She was one of the first Peer Coaches, a program designed to assist faculty and staff with their classroom instruction, as well as Scholar Mentors, a program designed to assist junior faculty in scholarly publishing, at UWW. Dr. Vogl-Bauer is actively involved in learning and assessment practices and implementing the ideals of liberal education through the LEAP initiative (Learning Education and America's Promise) adopted at UWW and across the country. On a personal note, Dr. Vogl-Bauer enjoys landscaping, home renovation, bargain hunting, watching professional football (especially the Green Bay Packers), hanging out with friends and family, and spending time with her husband and two beagles. If you have any questions for Dr. Vogl-Bauer, feel free to email her at voglbaus@uww.edu.
Marian L. Houser is an Associate Professor in the Communication Studies Department at Texas State University-San Marcos. In addition to receiving numerous departmental teaching awards, Dr. Houser was the recent recipient of the President's Award for Scholarly and Creative Activities. In 2010, she received the Eastern Communication Association's Past-President's Award for her contributions to research and teaching.
Dr. Houser's primary research interest is in the area of communication in relationships with a focus on teacher-student relationships (traditional versus nontraditional students and face-to-face versus electronic) and student learning indicators as well as interpersonal communication with a focus on dating initiation and relational conflict. She was selected by the Dean and College Chairs to present her research at the 2011 Dean's Seminar. Though Dr. Houser has published and/or presented over sixty research studies, she takes great pride in the twenty-plus manuscripts she has published and/or presented with her students.
When Dr. Houser is not researching or mentoring students, she can be found relaxing with her husband and two Yorkshire terriers in the Texas hill country, kayaking down the Guadalupe River, or scuba diving around the world (particularly with the whale sharks in the Galapagos Islands). If you have any questions for Dr. Houser, feel free to email her at mh53@txstate.edu.
Dr. Mottet has been an invited summer scholar at North Dakota State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he taught graduate seminars in Communication, Learning, and the Brain. He is also a member of Harvard University's International Mind, Brain and Education Society. Away from the university, Dr. Mottet enjoys international travel, scuba diving, fitness, ballet, entertaining friends, and spending time with his partner Rick and two cats. If you have any questions for Dr. Mottet, please send him an email at tm15@txstate.edu.
Sally Vogl-Bauer is professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (UWW). In addition to being an award-winning teacher, Dr. Vogl-Bauer has been recognized by the College of Arts and Communication at UWW for her research and service contributions. She is a former chair of the Department of Communication and has mentored numerous junior faculty members and students. She was one of the first Peer Coaches, a program designed to assist faculty and staff with their classroom instruction, as well as Scholar Mentors, a program designed to assist junior faculty in scholarly publishing, at UWW. Dr. Vogl-Bauer is actively involved in learning and assessment practices and implementing the ideals of liberal education through the LEAP initiative (Learning Education and America's Promise) adopted at UWW and across the country. On a personal note, Dr. Vogl-Bauer enjoys landscaping, home renovation, bargain hunting, watching professional football (especially the Green Bay Packers), hanging out with friends and family, and spending time with her husband and two beagles. If you have any questions for Dr. Vogl-Bauer, feel free to email her at voglbaus@uww.edu.
Marian L. Houser is an Associate Professor in the Communication Studies Department at Texas State University-San Marcos. In addition to receiving numerous departmental teaching awards, Dr. Houser was the recent recipient of the President's Award for Scholarly and Creative Activities. In 2010, she received the Eastern Communication Association's Past-President's Award for her contributions to research and teaching.
Dr. Houser's primary research interest is in the area of communication in relationships with a focus on teacher-student relationships (traditional versus nontraditional students and face-to-face versus electronic) and student learning indicators as well as interpersonal communication with a focus on dating initiation and relational conflict. She was selected by the Dean and College Chairs to present her research at the 2011 Dean's Seminar. Though Dr. Houser has published and/or presented over sixty research studies, she takes great pride in the twenty-plus manuscripts she has published and/or presented with her students.
When Dr. Houser is not researching or mentoring students, she can be found relaxing with her husband and two Yorkshire terriers in the Texas hill country, kayaking down the Guadalupe River, or scuba diving around the world (particularly with the whale sharks in the Galapagos Islands). If you have any questions for Dr. Houser, feel free to email her at mh53@txstate.edu.
Content
Chapter 1: Interpersonal Communication and Personality
Understanding Your Interpersonal Communication
Defining Interpersonal Communication
Identifying Nature/Nurture Intersections
Valuing Interpersonal Communication
Characteristics of Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Communication Creates Meaning on Content and Relational Levels
Interpersonal Communication Occurs on an Impersonal-Intimate Continuum
Interpersonal Communication is Irreversible and Unrepeatable
Personality and Interpersonal Communication
Understanding Your Personality
Connecting Personality, Communication, and Biology
Assessing Your Interpersonal Communication Motives
Gender, Culture, Technology and Interpersonal Communication
Gender and Interpersonal Communication
Culture and Interpersonal Communication
Technology and Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 2: Understanding Self, Personality, and Communication
Rick's Story
Understanding the Self
Self-Concept
Self-Esteem
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem Impact Your Communication
Enhancing Your Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
Understanding Communication Traits
Communication Apprehension
Socio-Communicative Orientation
Managing Your Identity
Identity Management Characteristics
Identity Management Influences
Identity Management Strategies
Chapter 3: Understanding Your Perceptions of Others
Shuntaro's Story
Understanding The Perception Process
Defining Perception
Identifying Perception Stages
Explaining Perceptual Attributions
Influences on Your Perception of Others
Personality and Self
Social Influences
Cultural Influences
Problems in Perceiving Others
Stereotyping and Prejudice Effects
Primacy and Recency Effects
Perceptual Filters and Biases
Enhancing Your Perceptual Accuracy
Attribution Errors
Perception Checking
Chapter 4: Assessing and Developing Verbal Message Skills
Maurice's Story
Verbal Messages
Characteristics of Language
Power of Language
Personality and Language
Technology and Language
Gender and Verbal Messages
Powerful/Powerless Language
Conversational Rituals
Adapting Verbal Messages to Sex Differences
Culture and Verbal Messages
Culture and Verbal Message Styles
Adapting Verbal Messages to Cultural Differences
Enhancing Your Verbal Effectiveness
Assessing and Developing Assertiveness Skills
Assessing and Developing Argumentativeness Skills
Chapter 5: Understanding, Assessing and Developing Nonverbal Messages
William's Story
Understanding Nonverbal Messages
Characteristics of Nonverbal Messages
Types of Nonverbal Messages
Functions of Nonverbal Messages
Examining Factors Impacting Nonverbal Messages
The Impact of Culture
The Impact of Sex Differences
The Impact of Technology
Assessing Personality and Affects on Nonverbal Messages
Perceived Nonverbal Immediacy and Personality
Touch Avoidance and Personality
Deception and Personality
Enhancing Nonverbal Message Interpretation
Interpreting Pleasure, Arousal, and Dominance Cues
Interpreting Nonverbal Violations
Chapter 6: Assessing and Developing Listening and Responding Skills
Helen's Story
Understanding Listening
Hearing: A Physiological Process
Listening: A Psychological Process
Listening and Responding: A Communication Process
Technological Impacts on Listening
Assessing Personality and Listening Preferences
Assessing Listening Styles
Enhancing Your Listening Goals
Exploring Sex Differences and Listening
Identifying Listening Barriers
Listening Barriers Associated with Information-Processing
Assessing Receiver Apprehension
Listening Barriers Associated with Context Issues
Improving Listening and Responding Skills
Identifying Types of Listening Responses
Strategies When Listening and Responding to Others
Strategies When Helping Others Listen and Respond to You
Chapter 7: Emotions and Communication
Dr. Dasari's Story
Nature of Emotions
Understanding Emotions
Types of Social Emotions
Functions of Emotions
Personality and Communicating Emotions
Emotional Expressiveness
Affective Orientation
Emotional Contagion
Developing Emotional Communication Skills
Identify Your Emotions
Understand Your Emotions
Express Your Emotions
Factors that Influence Emotional Communication
Sex Differences and Emotional Communication
Culture and Emotional Communication
Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Communication
Technology and Emotional Communication
Chapter 8: Conflict in Relationships: Awareness to Resolution
June's Story
Characteristics of Conflict
Natural and Inevitable
Constructive or Destructive
Conflict Types
How Messages Influence Conflict
Confirming Messages
Disconfirming Messages
Communication Climate
Assessing Your Conflict Orientation
Factors That Influence Conflict Interactions
Personality and Conflict
Need for Power and Conflict
Technology and Conflict
Assessing Your Conflict Management
Sex Differences and Conflict Management Style
Cultural Differences and Conflict Management
Conflict in Contexts
Chapter 9: Understanding Relationships
Jenny's Story
Why Social Relationships Matter
Loneliness and the Need to Belong
Cultural Influences
Personal Goals and Sex Differences
Why Relationships Form
Relationships of Choice and Circumstance
Theories Related to Relationship Formation
Factors Influencing Relationship Formation
Assessing Communication When Developing Relationships
Coming Together-Coming Apart Stages: One Heck of a Ride
Relational Maintenance: Stay the Course
Relational Power and Influence: Getting What Your Want and Need
Personality Patterns: Your Missing Piece
Chapter 10: Self-Disclosure and Intimacy in Relationships
Darrell's Story
Exploring Self-Disclosure
Assessing Your Self-Disclosure Skills
Social Penetration Theory: Time to Slice Some Onions
Relational Dialectics Theory: A Tug of War
Factors Associated with Self-Disclosure
Enhancing Your Self-Disclosure
Guidelines for Self-Disclosure
Improving Self-Disclosure and Intimacy in Your Relationships
The Nature of Intimacy in Relationships
Factors Associated with Communicating Intimacy
Love Styles, Personality and Communicating Intimacy
Prior Relational Histories
Influences on Interpersonal Intimacy
Sex Differences and Communicating Intimacy
Cultural Influences on Intimacy
Technological Influences on Intimacy
Challenges, Problems and Dysfunctional Communication
Chapter 11: Family and Friend Relationships
Emily's Story
Understanding Communication in Family Relationships
Defining Families
Personality, Sex Differences and Family Members' Perspectives
Family Roles, Norms, and Expecations
Factors Influencing Family Communication
Assessing Communication in Family Relationships
Understanding Communication in Friend Friendships
Unique Features of Friendships
Personality, Sex Differences and Friendships
Lifespan Considerations
Technology Influences
Assess Communication in Friend Relationships
Chapter 12: Personal and Professional Relationships
Jacque's Story
Understanding Communication in Workplace Relationships
Elements of Workplace Communication
Personality, Sex Differences, and Workplace Communication
Cultural Factors Influencing Workplace Communication
Assessing Communication in Workplace Relationships
Using Effective Communication Skills to Enhance Relationships
Enhancing Family Relationships
Enhancing Friend Relationships
Enhancing Workplace Relationships
Understanding Your Interpersonal Communication
Defining Interpersonal Communication
Identifying Nature/Nurture Intersections
Valuing Interpersonal Communication
Characteristics of Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal Communication Creates Meaning on Content and Relational Levels
Interpersonal Communication Occurs on an Impersonal-Intimate Continuum
Interpersonal Communication is Irreversible and Unrepeatable
Personality and Interpersonal Communication
Understanding Your Personality
Connecting Personality, Communication, and Biology
Assessing Your Interpersonal Communication Motives
Gender, Culture, Technology and Interpersonal Communication
Gender and Interpersonal Communication
Culture and Interpersonal Communication
Technology and Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 2: Understanding Self, Personality, and Communication
Rick's Story
Understanding the Self
Self-Concept
Self-Esteem
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem Impact Your Communication
Enhancing Your Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
Understanding Communication Traits
Communication Apprehension
Socio-Communicative Orientation
Managing Your Identity
Identity Management Characteristics
Identity Management Influences
Identity Management Strategies
Chapter 3: Understanding Your Perceptions of Others
Shuntaro's Story
Understanding The Perception Process
Defining Perception
Identifying Perception Stages
Explaining Perceptual Attributions
Influences on Your Perception of Others
Personality and Self
Social Influences
Cultural Influences
Problems in Perceiving Others
Stereotyping and Prejudice Effects
Primacy and Recency Effects
Perceptual Filters and Biases
Enhancing Your Perceptual Accuracy
Attribution Errors
Perception Checking
Chapter 4: Assessing and Developing Verbal Message Skills
Maurice's Story
Verbal Messages
Characteristics of Language
Power of Language
Personality and Language
Technology and Language
Gender and Verbal Messages
Powerful/Powerless Language
Conversational Rituals
Adapting Verbal Messages to Sex Differences
Culture and Verbal Messages
Culture and Verbal Message Styles
Adapting Verbal Messages to Cultural Differences
Enhancing Your Verbal Effectiveness
Assessing and Developing Assertiveness Skills
Assessing and Developing Argumentativeness Skills
Chapter 5: Understanding, Assessing and Developing Nonverbal Messages
William's Story
Understanding Nonverbal Messages
Characteristics of Nonverbal Messages
Types of Nonverbal Messages
Functions of Nonverbal Messages
Examining Factors Impacting Nonverbal Messages
The Impact of Culture
The Impact of Sex Differences
The Impact of Technology
Assessing Personality and Affects on Nonverbal Messages
Perceived Nonverbal Immediacy and Personality
Touch Avoidance and Personality
Deception and Personality
Enhancing Nonverbal Message Interpretation
Interpreting Pleasure, Arousal, and Dominance Cues
Interpreting Nonverbal Violations
Chapter 6: Assessing and Developing Listening and Responding Skills
Helen's Story
Understanding Listening
Hearing: A Physiological Process
Listening: A Psychological Process
Listening and Responding: A Communication Process
Technological Impacts on Listening
Assessing Personality and Listening Preferences
Assessing Listening Styles
Enhancing Your Listening Goals
Exploring Sex Differences and Listening
Identifying Listening Barriers
Listening Barriers Associated with Information-Processing
Assessing Receiver Apprehension
Listening Barriers Associated with Context Issues
Improving Listening and Responding Skills
Identifying Types of Listening Responses
Strategies When Listening and Responding to Others
Strategies When Helping Others Listen and Respond to You
Chapter 7: Emotions and Communication
Dr. Dasari's Story
Nature of Emotions
Understanding Emotions
Types of Social Emotions
Functions of Emotions
Personality and Communicating Emotions
Emotional Expressiveness
Affective Orientation
Emotional Contagion
Developing Emotional Communication Skills
Identify Your Emotions
Understand Your Emotions
Express Your Emotions
Factors that Influence Emotional Communication
Sex Differences and Emotional Communication
Culture and Emotional Communication
Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Communication
Technology and Emotional Communication
Chapter 8: Conflict in Relationships: Awareness to Resolution
June's Story
Characteristics of Conflict
Natural and Inevitable
Constructive or Destructive
Conflict Types
How Messages Influence Conflict
Confirming Messages
Disconfirming Messages
Communication Climate
Assessing Your Conflict Orientation
Factors That Influence Conflict Interactions
Personality and Conflict
Need for Power and Conflict
Technology and Conflict
Assessing Your Conflict Management
Sex Differences and Conflict Management Style
Cultural Differences and Conflict Management
Conflict in Contexts
Chapter 9: Understanding Relationships
Jenny's Story
Why Social Relationships Matter
Loneliness and the Need to Belong
Cultural Influences
Personal Goals and Sex Differences
Why Relationships Form
Relationships of Choice and Circumstance
Theories Related to Relationship Formation
Factors Influencing Relationship Formation
Assessing Communication When Developing Relationships
Coming Together-Coming Apart Stages: One Heck of a Ride
Relational Maintenance: Stay the Course
Relational Power and Influence: Getting What Your Want and Need
Personality Patterns: Your Missing Piece
Chapter 10: Self-Disclosure and Intimacy in Relationships
Darrell's Story
Exploring Self-Disclosure
Assessing Your Self-Disclosure Skills
Social Penetration Theory: Time to Slice Some Onions
Relational Dialectics Theory: A Tug of War
Factors Associated with Self-Disclosure
Enhancing Your Self-Disclosure
Guidelines for Self-Disclosure
Improving Self-Disclosure and Intimacy in Your Relationships
The Nature of Intimacy in Relationships
Factors Associated with Communicating Intimacy
Love Styles, Personality and Communicating Intimacy
Prior Relational Histories
Influences on Interpersonal Intimacy
Sex Differences and Communicating Intimacy
Cultural Influences on Intimacy
Technological Influences on Intimacy
Challenges, Problems and Dysfunctional Communication
Chapter 11: Family and Friend Relationships
Emily's Story
Understanding Communication in Family Relationships
Defining Families
Personality, Sex Differences and Family Members' Perspectives
Family Roles, Norms, and Expecations
Factors Influencing Family Communication
Assessing Communication in Family Relationships
Understanding Communication in Friend Friendships
Unique Features of Friendships
Personality, Sex Differences and Friendships
Lifespan Considerations
Technology Influences
Assess Communication in Friend Relationships
Chapter 12: Personal and Professional Relationships
Jacque's Story
Understanding Communication in Workplace Relationships
Elements of Workplace Communication
Personality, Sex Differences, and Workplace Communication
Cultural Factors Influencing Workplace Communication
Assessing Communication in Workplace Relationships
Using Effective Communication Skills to Enhance Relationships
Enhancing Family Relationships
Enhancing Friend Relationships
Enhancing Workplace Relationships