Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Interpersonal Communication, Intrapersonal Communication, The Sender

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Alvin Segal

Document Summary

The process of interpersonal communication: outline various aspects of the communication process. Interpersonal communication is an interactional process in which one person sends a message to another: it involves at least two people, it is a process involving a series of actions, it is not one-way, but bi-directional and interactional. Thinking about one"s personal thoughts is called intrapersonal communication. The channel the sensory channel through which the message reaches the receiver (eg. visual, facial expression, gesture, eye contact, feel their touch) The noise any stimulus that interferes with accurately expressing or understanding a message (include environmental, psychological factor such as worry, physiological such as headaches, physical) Include nature of relationship, previous interaction, current mood, cultural backgrounds. Most person-to-person communication are characterized by common features. They not isolated events, they have systemic quality because of time, situation, social class, cultures . Communication within a given relationship is unique, special patterns, vocabulary: discuss important differences between face-to-face and computer- mediated communication.