Interperonsonal Communication CH 1

is the complex process through which people express, interpret, and coordinate messages in order to create shared meaning, meet social goals, manage personal identity, and carry out their relationships.

• Interpersonal Communication

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Interaction Coordination

The process of choosing the words, sentences, and nonverbal behaviors to form a message.

• Interpersonal Communication

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Interaction Coordination

is the process of interpreting the messages received from others.

• Interpersonal Communication

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Interaction Coordination

is the active participants perform to adjust their behavior to that of their partner.

• Interpersonal Communication

• Encoding

• Decoding

• Interaction Coordination

is actual information about how your message was received.

• Feedback

• Communication Context

• Social Context

• Historical Context

is the background conditions surrounding the interaction.

• Feedback

• Communication Context

• Social Context

• Historical Context

is the type of relationship that exists between the participants.

• Feedback

• Communication Context

• Social Context

• Historical Context

influences understanding of current communication by providing the background of previous communication between participants.

• Feedback

• Communication Context

• Social Context

• Historical Context

includes the moods and feelings of each participant.

• Psychological Context

• Cultural Context

• Noise

• External Noise

is the set of beliefs, values, and attitudes that belong to a specific culture and are brought by each participant into the encounter.

• Psychological Context

• Cultural Context

• Noise

• External Noise