Get Ready to
Study Interpersonal Communication
This post is designed for users of my Interpersonal Communication Book but the
idea can easily be adapted to any text you might be using.
To explain: In revising my Interpersonal Communication Book, I
developed an introductory feature that opens the discussion of the chapter by
asking students to consider a how the contents of the chapter relate to their
own experiences. Pearson—the publisher—thought
this feature would interfere with the learning objectives—that the student
would be confused between these items and the learning objectives. At any rate,
I eliminated the feature from the text—maybe it would have been too much
introductory material, though I doubt that any college student would be
confused between these questions and the learning objectives. Yet, I still
think this is an excellent way to open the discussions for each of the various chapters.
These
“Get Ready” items follow the revised edition which is currently in production—we
used to say “in press” but there are so many interactive elements being
inserted into the text that “in press” no longer seems very descriptive. Note that
the listening chapter now follows the verbal and nonverbal chapters—a change I
made that will make the discussions of lying (in Chapter 4) and lie detection/listening
to lies (in Chapter 6) flow more logical. Each of the bullets refers to one of
the major heads in the chapter. Feel free to use this as is or revise it to suit your own purposes.
Chapter One
Foundations of Interpersonal Communication
Get ready to read about interpersonal communication by thinking
about:
·
What do you want
to accomplish in this course? What do you want this course to do for you?
·
How would you
describe your interpersonal communication behavior? With whom do you interact?
Through what channel? What do you communicate about?
·
How effective an interpersonal communicator
would you consider yourself?
Chapter Two Cultural and Interpersonal
Communication
Get ready to read about culture and interpersonal communication
by thinking about:
·
How would you
describe your culture and its influence on your current attitudes and
behaviors?
·
From your
experience, how do you see cultures differing from one another?
·
How would an
effective intercultural communicator act?
Chapter Three Perception of the Self and
Others in Interpersonal Communication
Get ready to
read about perception of self and others by thinking about:
·
How well do you
know yourself? How do you value yourself; what’s your level of self-esteem?
·
What image of
yourself do you want to project to others? What specifically do you do to
project this image?
Chapter Four Verbal Messages in Interpersonal
Communication
Get ready to read about verbal messages by thinking about:
·
How
would you describe your style of using language?
·
How
effective are you in getting others to understand what you really mean?
·
How
would you describe your language in terms of cultural sensitivity?
Chapter Five Nonverbal Messages
Get ready to read about nonverbal communication by thinking about:
·
In what
ways do you communicate without words?
·
What do
these nonverbal messages do—that is, what meanings do they communicate?
·
What
makes for an effective nonverbal communicator?
Chapter Six Listening in Interpersonal
Communication
Get ready to
read about listening by thinking about:
·
How
would you rate yourself as a listener? What makes you a good or bad listener?
·
What do
you see as the barriers to your listening effectiveness?
·
What 3
adjectives would others use to describe your style of listening?
Chapter Seven Emotional Messages
Get ready to read about emotional communication by thinking about:
·
How
important is expressing your feelings to others?
·
How
would you describe what happens when you experience strong feelings?
·
How
effective are you in communicating your true feelings? How effective are you in
responding to the emotions of others?
Chapter Eight Conversational Messages
Get ready to read about conversation by thinking about:
·
How good
a conversationalist would your friends and associates say you were?
·
What
makes you a good or bad conversationalist?
·
How
comfortable are you with small talk? Introducing others? Making excuses?
Apologizing? Giving and receiving compliments? Giving and receiving advice?
Chapter Nine Interpersonal Relationships
Stages, Theories, and Communication
Get ready to read about interpersonal relationships by thinking about:
·
How
would you describe the way you communicate when you develop, maintain, and
dissolve relationships?
·
What do
your relationships do for you?
Chapter Ten Interpersonal Relationship Types
Get ready to
read about the different types of relationships by thinking about:
·
What do you mean
by “friendship,” “love,” and “family?”
·
How would you
describe the communication that takes place in the workplace?
·
What has been
your experience with or observation of jealousy and relationship violence?
Chapter Eleven Interpersonal Conflict and
Conflict Management
Get ready to read about interpersonal conflict by thinking about its role in your
own life:
·
How
would you define interpersonal conflict?
·
What
seem to be the main causes of conflict in your own relationships?
·
How do
you usually deal with conflict?
Chapter Twelve Interpersonal Power and
Influence
Get ready to
read about power and influence by thinking about how these operate in your own
life:
·
How would you
describe your own power and influence among your interpersonal relations?
·
How does power
and influence operate in your interactions?
·
Do you experience
or observe any unfair use of power?
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