Interpersonal communication
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Interpersonal communication refers to communication with another person. This kind of communication is subdivided into dyadic communication, public communication, and small-group communication.
The Johari window model focuses on the balance of interpersonal communication.
Interpersonal communication encompasses:
- Speech
- Nonverbal communication
- Unconscious communication
- summarizing
- paraphrasing
- listening
- questioning
- Initiating: Declaring one's conversational intent and inviting consent from one's prospective conversation partner
- Turn-taking: Managing the flow of information back and forth between partners in a conversation by alternating roles of speaker and listener
Having good interpersonal communication skills support such processes as:
- parenting
- intimate relationship
- management
- selling
- counseling
- coaching
- mentoring and co-mentoring, which is mentoring in groups
- conflict resolution
Interpersonal communication is the subject of a number of disciplines in the field of psychology, notably Transactional analysis.
It can be affected by a communication disorder or by arrogance, shyness, etc.
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External links
- The Seven Challenges: A Workbook and Reader About Communicating More Cooperatively -- by Dennis Rivers, MA, 100 pages, free PDF file, creative commons license.
- The Geometry of Dialogue: A visual way of understanding interpersonal communication and human development by Dennis Rivers, MA, 220 pages, free PDF file, creative commons license.de:Zwischenmenschliche Kommunikation