Interpersonal Relationships

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Interpersonal Relationships

• Assumptions are the
• termites of relationships.
• - Henry Winkler

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Relationship That Went Bad

• Spend a few quiet moments thinking on your own.
  Then write your answers on a sheet of paper.
• Think of a relationship in your life that didnt
  work (romantic or otherwise). What went wrong?
  What role did communication play in the breakup?
• Think of a current relationship that is facing
  difficulties. Does communication play a role?

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Six Stage Model of Relationships
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Interpersonal Relationships
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What Impact do these aspects of communication
have on your interpersonal relationships?

• Culture
• Self
• Perception
• Listening
• Verbal Messages
• Non-Verbal Messages

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Culture

• Group 1
• Does it change the rules of IC exchanges?
• Can culture create misunderstandings?

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Self

• Group 2
• How does self disclosure affect IC communication?
• How does self esteem affect IC communication?
• How does communication apprehension affect IC
  communication?

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Perception

• Group 3
• How do the five stages of perception affect IC
  communication?
• How does the implicit personality theory and self
  fulfilling prophecy affect IC communication?

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Listening

• Group 4
• How important is effective listening in IC
  communication?
• How do the following type of listening affect IC
  communication?
• Emphatic and Objective
• Nonjudgmental and Critical
• Surface and Depth
• Active and Inactive

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Verbal Messages

• Group 5
• How can assertive communication improve IC
  relationships?
• Are there times when aggressive or nonassertive
  communication are the best choices?
• How do we know what a word means in an IC
  communication exchange?

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Non-Verbal Messages

• Group 6
• How does non-verbal communication affect IC
  relationships?
• (Kinesics, Facial, Eye, Haptics, Paralanguage,
  Proxemics, Olfactory, Artifactual)

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Messages and Conversation

• What challenges can occur in the five steps of
  conversation?
• How do conversations help to build IC
  relationships?