Interpersonal Communication

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Interpersonal Communication
Contradictions in Relationships

• Connection v. Autonomy
• Openness v. Privacy
• Predictability v. Novelty

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Interpersonal Communication
Self Disclosure revealing appropriate and
meaningful personal information about ourselves
that others are unlikely to discover in other ways
Breadth of Disclosure v. Depth of
Disclosure Depends on the context
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Interpersonal Communication
Johari Window
Known to Self Unknown to Self
Open
Blind
Known to Others Unknown to Others
Hidden
Unknown
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Interpersonal Communication
Communication Climate Overall feeling or
psychological tone that exists when people are
interacting.

• Confirming v. Disconfirming
• Recognition
• Acknowledgement
• Endorsement

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Interpersonal Communication
Supportive v. Defensive Climates
Description v. Evaluation Provisionalism v.
Certainty Spontaneity v. Strategy Problem
Orientation v. Control Empathy v.
Neutrality Equality v. Superiority