Interpersonal Communication

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Interpersonal Communication
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What is Interpersonal Communication?
Communication between two persons or among a
small group of persons usually for the purpose of
managing relationships
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Types of Interpersonal Relationships

• Friendships
• Parents
• Romantic Relationships
• Workplace Relationships
• Supervisory
• Co-workers
• Management
• Other Acquaintances

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Initiating Relationships

• Interpersonal Attraction the degree to which
  you desire to form or maintain a relationship
• Short-Term Initial Attraction
• potential for development
• Long-Term Maintenance Attraction
• sustains relationships
• Ability to enter into and maintain relationships
  is based on our needs

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Elements of Interpersonal Attraction

• Similarity
• Physical and Sexual Attraction
• Proximity
• Complementarity

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Relationship Stages

• Contact
• Perceptual
• Actual
• Involvement
• Testing
• Intensifying
• Intimacy
• Commitment
• Bonding
• Deterioration
• Repair (maybe)
• Dissolution