Interpersonal Communication
by Trenholm, Sarah; Jensen, ArthurEdition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-07-07
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
"Now in its sixth edition, Interpersonal Communication continues to help students learn the skills needed to communicate effectively in an increasingly complex environment, while interweaving the most current research and important theories in interpersonal communication."--BOOK JACKET.
Author Biography
Arthur Jensen is Professor of Communication and Associate Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Sarah Trenholm is Professor of Speech Communication at Ithaca College.
Table of Contents
| Each chapter ends with Skill Building and Process to Performance | |
| Preface | |
| Introductory Perspectives | |
| 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 | |
| Bonzo Goes to College: Attempts to Teach Language to Primates | |
| Insulting the Meat: An Interpersonal Communication Ritual | |
| Research in Review: Communication Competence in the Classroom | |
| Screening Room: Meet the Parents | |
| 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 | |
| The Neuroscience of Love: Why We Need Relationships | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| A Nonlinear History of Handshaking | |
| The "Guarded Self": How to Avoid Being Seen in Public | |
| Research in Review: Detecting Deception from Nonverbal Behavior | |
| Screening Room: Freaky Friday | |
| 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 | |
| Speaking with Names: An Apache Language Ritual | |
| Talking Tough in Teamsterville: Male Role Enactment in an Urban Community | |
| Research in Review: Polite | |
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