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interpersonal communication (the dimensions of Interpersonal Relationships…
interpersonal communication
“Inter” means between, among, mutually, or together. The second part of the word, “personal” refers to a specific individual or particular role that an individual may occupy. interpersonal communication is when people treat one another as unique individuals, regardless of context in which interaction takes place or number of people involved.
the dimensions of Interpersonal Relationships.
Context
: Where communication takes place. How you know the person. Family, job, school, religions, sports etc. This isn’t a useful category alone for interpreting if the relationship is interpersonal.
Time
: We measure the quality of the relationship often by the length of time we spent together and the length of time we CHOOSE to spend together.
Intimacy
: Intimacy refers to the closeness of a relationship. There are four kinds of closeness/intimacy.
Physical intimacy involves physical contact, hugging, kissing, dancing, sexual
Intellectual intimacy is about idea exchange.
Spiritual intimacy is when we share a connection beyond ourselves.
Emotional intimacy is when we share our feelings with another.
Affinity
: This is the degree to which we like each other or appreciate each other. We might love our little brother but not like him very much.
Control
: This is the degree to which parties have power to influence each other. We could have conversational control (who talks, who interrupts, who decides what is talked about) and who makes the decisions.
personal connection: I remember the first time my best friend and I meet, she thought I would be a really good friend in the future. Therefore, she asked me to help her with picking her outfit for the event. We went shopping together and started to get more and more closer, and became best friend eventually.
strategic functions
instrumental goals
such as gaining compliance (getting someone to do something for us), getting information we need, or asking for support
For example: you ask your friend to help you move this weekend (gaining/resisting compliance).
relational goals
: we are striving to maintain a positive relationship. Engaging in relationship-maintenance communication is like taking your car to be serviced at the repair shop. To have a good relationship, just as to have a long-lasting car, we should engage in routine maintenance.
You organize an office party for a coworker who has just become a US citizen (celebrating/honoring accomplishments).
self-presentation
goals by adapting our communication in order to be perceived in particular ways. Just as many companies, celebrities, and politicians create a public image, we desire to present different faces in different contexts.
As your boss complains about struggling to format the company newsletter, you tell her about your experience with Microsoft Word and editing and offer to look over the newsletter once she’s done to fix the formatting (presenting yourself as competent).
Relationship
cultures
are the climates established through interpersonal communication that are unique to the relational partners but based on larger cultural and social norms. We also enter into new relationships with expectations based on the schemata we have developed in previous relationships and learned from our larger society and culture.