Interpersonal Communication Chapter 1

The act/process of acting on information

Process of making sense out of the world and sharing that sense with others by creating meaning through the use of verbal and nonverbal messages

When you treat people as objects or respond to a role rather than their uniquness

Distinctive, transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships

Originator of thought (puts into code)
Translation of thoughts, ideas, feelings, into a code
opposite process of encoding (interpretation)
Written, spoken, and unspoken elements of communication
Corresponds to sense (how its communicated) call-audio
Person who decodes and attempts to make sense of what the source encoded
Anything Interfering with the message

More realistic, but has limitations

Response to the message
physical and psychological environment for communication

Consider thoughts, needs, experiences, personality, feelings, motives etc of your communication partner while maintaing integrity

Based on systems theory- interconnected elements of a system in which a change in one elemen effects all of the other elements

Connects us to others- interact everyday verbal/nonverbal
Is irreversible- lawyer says something "strike" you can't
Complicated- language must be interpreted, just signs
Governed by Rules- Don't reveal secrets
Involves content and relationship dimensions- Content tells the ideas/actions you want R.D. is more implied (emotional)

People inherit certain traits or characteristics that affect the way they communicate (introvert)

Suggests we can learn how to adapt and adjust our behavior toward others, by observing/interacting people can learn to enhance their communication competence

Sometimes you need to listen, give a hug, or stop confusing someone with more words

We create meaning when we communicate FALSE
just sound

Encoding does not =decoding

Not neccesarily, may just disagree