Chapter 2 Interpersonal Communication

What is interpersonal communication?

• is a communicator's internal use of language or thought.

• is the management of messages with the objective of creating meaning

• is a complex, transactional process through which people create shred meanings through continuously and simultaneously exchanging messages

What are the principles of interpersonal communication?

• Unavoidable

• Irreversible

• Both content and relational dimensions

• Effectiveness is learned

• All of the above

True/False

Interpersonally competent individuals do not need sophisticated perspective-taking skills.

• True

• False

What is the process of selecting, organizing, interpreting and negotiating meaning from all the information available in a given situation?

• perception

• competence

• perspective

True/False

No two people experience a single interaction in exactly the same way.

• True

• False