Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Proxemics

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Maxwell- Smith

Document Summary

Interpersonal communication: an interactional process in which one person sends a message to another. Essential for many important aspects of life. Is an interactional process involving a series of actions. Poor communication = major cause of break ups in relationships. Key elements; sender, receiver, message, channel, noise/interference & the context. Speakers encode ideas/feelings into symbols & organize them into a message. Receivers decode speakers message into their own ideas/feelings. In active conversations, receivers process channels simultaneously. Noise can be a distractor refers to any environmental, physical, psychological factor that interfere w accurately expressing or understanding a message (physical/psychological/ physiological can be semantic e. g. profanity ) Context matters - do you have history with the sender. When you know someone you can tease someone in a way that they don"t take personally and that actually strengthens the friendship. Electronically mediated communication: interpersonal communication that occurs via technology netlingo on smartphones.