Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

Chapter 1 (IPC3)

Multiple Choice

What is interpersonal communication?

• communication with oneself

• one on one communication

• small group communication

• public speaking

Interpersonal Communication

• the strategic process of message transaction between people to create and sustain shared meaning

• it involves message exchange and meaning

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In the linear model, communication also involves noise. Noise can include: (check all that apply)

• Physical Noise

• Physiological Noise

• Psychological Noise

• Semantic Noise

Physical Noise

• also called "external noise"

• any stimuli outside of the sender or receiver that makes the message difficult to hear

Physiological Noise

• biological influences on message reception

• examples include articulation problems, hearing or visual impairments, and the physical well-being of the speaker

Psychological Noise

• also called "internal noise"

• a communicator's biases, prejudices, and feelings toward a person or message

Semantic Noise

• when senders and receivers apply different meanings to the same message

• includes jargon, technical language, phrases that are familiar to the sender but not the receiver

From the IPC3 textbook - page 13

Multiple Select

In 1975, Miller and Steinberg proposed looking at communication along a continuum. They believed that not all human communication is interpersonal. Check the boxes of each element included in their "Continuum of Interpersonal Communication."

• Relational Rules

• Relational Uniqueness

• Relational History

• Relational Awesomeness

Relational History

• the prior relationship experiences that two people share

Relational Rules

• negotiable rules that indicate what two relational partners expect and allow when they talk to each other

Relational Uniqueness

• the ways in which the particular relationship of two relational partners stands apart from other relationships they experience

Multiple Select

Which of the following are listed as principles of Interpersonal Communication?

• Interpersonal communication is unavoidable.

• Interpersonal communication is irreversible.

• Interpersonal communication is symbolic.

• Interpersonal communication is rule-governed.

• Interpersonal communication is learned.

Interpersonal Communication is....

• Unavoidable

• Irreversible

• Symbolic

• Rule-Governed

• Learned

Interpersonal Communication....

• has both Content and Relationship Levels

• involves Ethical Choices

Interpersonal Communication....

• does not solve all problems

• is not always a good thing

• is not common sense

• is not synonomous with interpersonal relationships

• is not always face-to-face

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