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Berko, R. M., Aitken, J. E., & Wolvin, A. D. (2010). ICOMM:  Interpersonal concepts and competencies. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

 

 

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CHAPTER 1

 

FOUNDATIONS OF INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

COMMUNICATION DEFINED

THE COMPONENTS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION

            THE LINEAR MODEL OF COMMUNICATION

            THE INTERNATIONAL MODEL OF COMMUNICATION

            THE TRANSACTIONAL MODEL OF COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATIVE NOISE

            ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE

            PHYSICAL-IMPAIRMENT NOISE

            SEMANTIC NOISE

            SYNTACTICAL NOISE

Organizational Noise

cultural noise

psychological noise

dealing with noise

THE BASIS FOR COMMUNICATION

            ethnographic theory of needs

                        Survival

                        pleasure-seeking

                        security

                        territoriality

INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

the role of cultural in interpersonal communication

CHARACTERISTICS OF CULTURE

            ETHNOCENTRISM

ETHICS AND COMMUNICATION 

basic concepts of interpersonal communication

key terms

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

activities

END NOTES

 

CHAPTER 2

THE SELF AND COMMUNICATION

LEARNING OUTCOMES

INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION—DEFINED

SELF-TALK

PROCESSING INTRAPERSONAL MESSAGES

            CHUNKING

            ORDERING

            REORDERING

            CONTEXT ORGANIZING

MNEMONICS

COGNITIVE PROCESSING

SELF-CONCEPT

            SELF-ESTEEM

            THE IDEALIZED SELF

            THE REAL SELF

            THE SHOULD SELF

            THE PUBLIC SELF

            THEORIES OF SELF-CONCEPT

            UNDERSTANDING YOUR SELF

            SELF-IDENTITY AND COMMUNICATION

COMMUNICATION ANXIETY

            PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ANXIETY

            COMMUNICATION ANXIETY AND YOU

            THE CAUSES OF COMMUNICATION ANXIETY

            LISTENER APPREHENSION

            THE EFFECTS OF COMMUNICATION ANXIETY

            DEALING WITH COMMUNICATION ANXIETY

                        SKILL TRAINING

                        SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION

                        COGNITIVE MODIFICATION

                        WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE

                        DRUG THERAPY

                        POSITIVE VISUALIZATION

                        ACCEPT THE ANXIETY

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

activities

END NOTES

           

 

CHAPTER 3

 

LISTENING AS AN INTERPERSONAL SKILL

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING

THE LISTENING PROCESS

            RECEPTION

            ATTENTION

                        THE ROLE OF ATTENTION

                        THE ROLE OF CONCENTRATION

                        THE ROLE OF PARAPHRASING

            PERCEPTION

            THE ASSIGNMENT OF MEANING

                        THE ROLE OF ASSIGNING MEANING

                        THE ROLE OF GLOBAL/LINEAR THINKING/LISTENING

            THE ROLE OF EVALUATION

            RESPONSE

                        THE ROLE OF QUESTIONS

                        THE ROLE OF FEEDBACK

LISTENING INFLUENCERS

            THE ROLE OF THE INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATOR

            THE ROLE OF THE MESSAGE

            THE ROLE OF THE CHANNEL

            THE ROLE OF MEMORY AND TIME

PURPOSES OF LISTENING

            DISCRIMINATIVE LISTENING

            COMPREHENSION LISTENING

                        NOTETAKING IN INTERPERSONAL CONTEXTS

            THERAPEUTIC LISTENING

            CRITICAL LISTENING

            APPRECIATIVE LISTENING

COMPASSIONATE LISTENING

LISTENING RESPONSE STYLES

            ACTIVE RESPONSE STYLE

            RECOMMENDATION RESPONSE STYLE

            INFORMATION-SEEKING RESPONSE STYLE

            CRITICAL RESPONSE STYLE

INTERCULTURAL LISTENING

LISTENING APPREHENSION

IMPROVING YOUR LISTENING

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

activities

END NOTES

 

CHAPTER 4

 

VERBAL LANGUAGE

 

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

LANGUAGE—DEFINED

ORIGINS OF HUMAN LANGUAGE

USING SYMBOLS

PROCESSING SYMBOLS

LEARNING SYMBOLS

            LANGUAGE-EXPLOSION THEORY

            SIGNIFICANT-OTHER THEORY

            LANGUAGE INSTINCT THEORY

            SOCIAL CONSTRUCT OF REALITY THEORY

CHARACTERISTICS OF LANGUAGE

LANGUAGE DISTORTION

            CULTURA-NEGATIVE LANGUAGE

THE LANGUAGES PEOPLE USE

            STANDARD AMERICAN ENGLISH

            SLANG

                        TYPES OF SLANG

                        INARTICULATES

            NONSTANDARD AMERICAN LNAGUAGES AND DIALECTS

                        EBONICS (BLACK ENGLISH)

                        SPANGLISH

                        ASIAN-AMERICAN DIALECT

                        NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES

                        THE EFFECTS OF SPEAKING NONSTANDARD ENGLISH

USING VERBAL LANGUAGE

MALE/MASCULINE-FEMALE//FEMINE COMMUNICATION

            SEX AND GENDER

            HOW MEN AND WOMEN COMMUNICATE SIMILARLY/DIFFERENTLY

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

activities

END NOTES

 

 

CHAPTER 5 

 

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION--DEFINED

CHARACTERISTICS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

THE BASIS FOR NONVERBAL COMMUNICATON

            NEUROLOGICAL PROGRAMS

            CULTURAL INFLUENCES

NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION AND EMOTIONS

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORDS AND NONVERBAL CUES

            THE SUBSTITUTING RELATIONSHIP

            THE COMPLEMENTING RELATIONSHIP

            THE CONFLICTING RELATIONSHIP

            THE ACCENTING RELATIONSHIP

CONCEPTS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

CLASSIFICATIONS OF NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

            KINESICS—BODY COMMUNICATION

                        The Face

                        The Eyes

                        Gestures

                        Touch

                        posture, walk and stance

                        ARTIFACTS

            PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

                        ATTRACTIVENESS

                        HEIGHT

            PROXEMICS—SPATIAL COMMUNICATION     

                        SPACE AND CUTURE

                        SPACE DISTANCES

                        SMALL GROUP ENVIRONMENT

            PARAVOCALICS—VOCAL COMMUNICATION

            TIME AS COMMUNICATION

            SMELL AS COMMUNICATION

            AESTHICS AS COMMUNICATION

            TASTE AS COMMUNICATION

USING NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

activities

NOTES

                       

CHAPTER 6 

 

THE PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

RELATIONSHIPS-DEFINED

CULTURE AND RELATIONSHIPS

POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS

THE FRAMEWORK FOR INTERACTION IN RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONAL GOALS

INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS

THE STRUCTURE OF RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONAL RULES

THE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIPS

            LOVE/LIKE

            COMMITMENT

            INTIMACY

RELATIONAL RESOURCES

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

activities

END NOTES

 

CHAPTER 7

 

BEGINNING, MAINTAINING AND END RELATINSHIPS

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  BEGINNING, MAINTAINING AND ENDING

            BEGINNING A RELATIONSHIP

                        ATTRACTIVENESS

                        PROXEMITY

                        FAMILIARITY

                        SELF-ESTEEM ENHANCEMENT

                        MEETING POTENTIAL RELATIONAL PARTNERS

                                    CYBERDATING

                                    PERSONAL ADS

                                    FEE-BASED INTRODUCTION SERVICES

                                    SPEED DATING

                                    MATCHMAKING

                                    RELATIONAL COACHING

                                    INITIATING RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION

            MAINTAINING A RELATIONSHIP

                        ACHIEVING YOUR OBJECTIVES

                                    SELF-DISCLOSURE

                                    COMPLIANCE GAINING

                        RIGHT BRAIN/LEFT BRAIN THINKING IN RELATIONSHIPS

            ENDING A RELATIONSHIP

ALTERNATE WAYS OF EXAMINING RELATIONAL STAGES

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONAL STAGES

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

activities

END NOTES

 

 

CHAPTER 8

 

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

THE CONCEPTS OF CONFLICT

TYPES OF CONFLICT

LEVELS OF CONFLICT

THE ROLE OF PERSONAL ANGER IN CONFLICT

SOURCES OF CONFLICT

            DEPENDENCE/INTERDEPENDENCE

            FRUSTRATION

                        LIMITED RESOURCES

                        INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

                        DIFFERENCES IN DEFINING A RELATIONSHIP

                        COMPETITION

SOURCES FOR PERCEPTIONS OF CONFLICT

            FAMILY

            EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

            MEDIA

DEALING WITH ANOTHER PERSON’S ANGER

            SELF-RESPONSIBILITY

            FAIR FIGHTING

APPROACHES TO DEALING WITH CONFLICT

            CONFLICT AVOIDANCE

            CONFLICT COMPROMISE

            CONFLICT AGGRESSION

            ASSERTION

ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION

            ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR DEFINED

            ASSERTIVE TECHNIQUES

                        SIIMPLE, EMPATHIC AND FOLLOW-UP ASSERTIONS

                        ASSERTIVE TECHNIQUESFOR COMPLEX SITUATIONS

NEGOTIATION

            WIN-WIN/WIN-LOSE/LOSE-LOSE NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES

            NEGOTIATION CONSIDERATIONS

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

activities

END NOTES

           

CHAPTER 9

 

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FAMILY

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

DEFINITION OF A FAMILY

THE FAMILY AND CULTURE

THE FAMILY AND COMMUNICATION

THE FAMILY MATRIX

            FAMILY IMAGES

            FAMILY THEMES

            FAMILY BOUNDARIES

            BIO-SOCIAL ISSUES

            FAMILY STORIES

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FAMILY SYSTEM

MORE HEALTHY VERSUS LESS HEALTHY FAMILIES

            FAMILY CONFLICT

            VERBAL AGGRESSION IN FAMILIES

            PHYSICAL AGGRESSION IN FAMILIES

            HEALTHY COMMUNICATION WITHIN A FAMILY CONTEXT

IMPROVING FAMILY COMMUNICATION

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

learning experiences

end NOTES

 

CHAPTER 10

 

ELECTRONICALLY MEDIATED INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICAITON

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

ELECTRONICALLY MEDIATED COMMUNICATION

CELL PHONES

INTERPERSONAL USES OF THE INTERNET

            POSITIVE ASPECTS OF INTERNET USE

            NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF INTERNET USE

                        CYBERADDICTION

                        NEGATIVE SOCIAL IMPACT

                        FLAMING

                        SEXTING

                        CYBER BULLYING

                        CYBERSTALKING  

                        DIMINISHING OF WRITING SKILLS

            DEVELOPING PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS ON-LINE

            BEING A BETTER INTERPERSONAL ON-LINE COMMUNICATOR

BLOGGING

SOCIAL NETWORKING     

            FACEBOOK

                        POSITIVE ASPECTS OF FACEBOOK

                        NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF FACEBOOK

            MY SPACE, TWITTER, YOUTUBE

            PROTECTING YOURSELF ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

TEXT MESSAGING

KEY TERMS

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

learning experiences

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CHAPTER 11

 

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

THE SELF AND OTHERS

MESSAGES THAT COMMUNICATE THE SELF

SEEKING APPROVAL

GAINING COMPLIANCE

POWER

FAIR FIGHTING

HANDLING CRITICISM

APOLOGIZING

CONVERSATIONAL SKILLS

            CONVERSATIONAL LISTENING SKILLS

GIVING DIRECTIONS

PROBING

DELIVERING BAD NEWS

CREATIVITY

            CREATIVE THINKING

            REMOVING OBSTACLES TO CREATIVITY

                        ANALYTICAL BREAKDOWN

                        MANIPULATING DETAILS

KEY TERMS                       

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

learning experiences

end NOTES

 

CHAPTER 12

 

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION IN THE WORKPLACE

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES

ADAPTING TO COMMUNICATION PATTERNS IN THE WORKPLACE

            ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

            ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE

            ORGANIZATIONAL HIERARCHY

            NETWORKING

            GROUP COLLABORATION

                        GROUP LEADERSHIP

                        MEETING EFFICIENCY

            INTERVIEWING

                        PLANNING FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW

                        PLANNING FOR A PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL INTERVIEW

            USING INFORMAL COMMUNICATION

RHETORICAL SENSITIVITY IN THE WORKPLACE

            IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT

            NONVERBAL IMMEDIACY

            TIME

            POWER

            COMMUNICATION BOUNDARIES

            DECEPTION

            DISAGREEMENTS IN THE WORKPLACE

            ADAPTING TO A DIVERSE WORKPLACE

            GENDER IN THE WORKPLACE

            LEAVING A JOB WITHOUT BURNING BRIDGES

VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

            RESPONDING TO VERBAL OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT

KEY TERMS             

competencies check-up

I-CAN PLAN!

learning experiences

end NOTES

 

 

 

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