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
- parenting
- intimate relationship
- management
- selling
- counseling
- coaching
- mentoring and co-mentoring, which is mentoring in groups
- conflict resolution
It can be affected by a communication disorder or by arrogance, shyness, etc.
See also
- Speech
- Knowledge visualization
- Conflict Style Inventory
- Metacommunicative competence
- Intercultural competence
External links
- A [list of resources on conflict style inventories] and a [culturally sensitive tool for assessing styles of interpersonal conflict management].
- [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.
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