INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Interpersonal communication is the process of sending and receiving information or communication with another person. This process happens in an environment using different kinds of communication media. This communication could be verbal or nonverbal.

Types of Interpersonal Communication

This kind of communication is subdivided into dyadic communication, public communication, and small-group communication.

Basic elements

The process involves four basic elements. Sender; person who sends information. Receiver; person who receives the information sent. Message; content of information sent by sender. Response; feedback from receiver.

Balance of interpersonal 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, notablyvvcv Transactional analysis.

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.