Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Interpersonal Communication, Social Network, Communication Apprehension

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Sarah Babcock

Document Summary

Interpersonal communication: an interactional process in which one person sends a message to another: at least two people must be involved, defined as a process involving a series of actions. Sender: receiver, message underlies two important cognitive processes. Speakers encode or transform their ideas and feelings into symbols and organize them into a message. Receivers decode or translate a speaker"s message into their own ideas and feelings: channel through which the message is sent, noise: any stimulus that interferes with accurately expressing or understanding a message. Psychological factors (anxiety, defensiveness: context: the environment in which communication takes place. Physical environment (location, time of day: method of communication (face-to-face, nature of the participants" relationship, their history, current mood, and cultural background. Features of interpersonal communication: communication between people have a systemic quality because of time, situation, social class, education, histories, and other influences beyond individuals" control, communication within a relationship are unique, possessing special patterns, vocabulary, and rhythms.