Description
With a practical and innovative approach, Interpersonal Encounters: Connecting through Communication shows students how interpersonal communication skills can be best used to accomplish everyday relationship goals. Guided by current interpersonal research from diverse authors and study participants, Laura K. Guerrero and Bree McEwan focus on the functions of interpersonal communication in our everyday lives and demonstrate how concepts, theories, and contemporary research apply to building, maintaining, and ending relationships. The book’s unique structure prepares students to become better communicators in their personal and professional lives.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Understanding Interpersonal Communication
Chapter 2: Performing the Self
Chapter 3: First Impressions and Initial Attraction
Chapter 4: Communicating Across Cultures
Chapter 5: Making and Managing Conversation
Chapter 6: Expressing and Managing Emotion
Chapter 7: Influencing Others
Chapter 8: Initiating and Developing Relationships
Chapter 9: Maintaining Quality Relationships
Chapter 10: Managing Conflict Communication
Chapter 11: Coping with Transgressions
Chapter 12: Ending Relationships
Capstone Chapter: Connections and Conclusions
