COMM 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stereotype, Ethnocentrism, Interpersonal Communication

• School: University of Arkansas
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM 2323
• Professor: walker

Document Summary

Four principles of interpersonal communication: interpersonal communication conveys both content and relationship information. Content information is the actual meaning of the message and relationship information consists of signals indicating how each person views the relationship: interpersonal communication can be intentional or unintentional, interpersonal communication is irreversible, interpersonal communication is dynamic. No two interactions with the same person will be identical, and no two moments within the same interaction will be identical. Two dimensions of interpersonal competence: appropriateness: the degree to which your communication matches situational, relational, and cultural expectations regarding how people should communicate, effectiveness: the ability to use communication to accomplish the three types of interpersonal goals. 3) presume that your posts are public: (self-explanatory: remember that your posts are permanent: (self-explanatory, practice the art of creating drafts. High attachment anxiety: perceive self as unlovable and unworthy: attachment anxiety: fear of rejection by relationship partners.