Reflect and Relate: An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication

by McCornack

• ISBN13: 9780312259495
• ISBN10: 0312259492
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-22
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

InReflect & Relate, distinguished teacher and scholar Steve McCornack arms students with the best theory and most up-to-date research and then helps them relate this knowledge to their own experiences. With an emphasis on critical self-reflection,Reflect & Relategives students the practical skills to work through life's many challenges using better interpersonal communication. The sound theory, clear explanations, lively writing, practical activities, and vibrant design all work toward a single goal: Teaching students to make better communication choices so they can build happier and healthier interpersonal relationships.

Author Biography

STEVEN McCORNACK is associate professor of communication and coordinator of the undergraduate program at Michigan State University. He has published over 20 articles in leading communication journals, and he has also won several prestigious teaching awards and fellowships, including the Lilly Endowment Teaching Fellowship, the Amoco Foundation Excellence-in-Teaching Award, and the Michigan State University Teacher/Scholar Award.

Table of Contents

PART ONE. INTERPERSONAL ESSENTIALS
  1. Introducing Interpersonal Communication
    What is Communication?
    The Process of Communication
    What is Interpersonal Communication
    Learning Interpersonal Communication
    Issues in Interpersonal Communication
    
  2. Considering Self
    The Components of Self
    Presenting Your Self
    The Relational Self
    Improving Your Self
    
  3. Perceiving Others
    Perception as a Process
    Influences on Perception
    Forming Impressions of Others
    Improving Your Perceptions of Others
    Practicing Responsible Perception
    
  4. Experiencing and Expressing Emotions
    The Nature of Emotion
    Forces Shaping Emotion
    Managing Your Emotional Experience and Expression
    Challenging Relationship Emotions
    Living a Happy Emotional Life
    
PART TWO. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
  5. Developing Interpersonal Competence
    What is Interpersonal Communication Competence?
    Creating Competent Messages
    Preventing Interpersonal Incompetence
    Improving Your Intercultural Competence
    Improving Your Competence Online
    Taking Control of Competence
    
  6. Actively Listening
    Listening: A Five-Step Process
    Why Listen? Five Purposes
    Understanding Listening Styles
    Preventing Ineffective Listening
    The Gift of Active Listening
    
  7. Communicating Verbally
    Characteristics of Verbal Communication
    Functions of Verbal Communication
    Cooperative Verbal Communication
    Barriers to Cooperative Verbal Communication
    The Power of Verbal Communication
    
  8. Communicating Nonverbally
    Principles of Nonverbal Communication
    Nonverbal Communication Codes
    Functions of Nonverbal Communication
    Responsibly Managing Your Nonverbal Communication
    
  9. Managing Conflict and Power
    Conflict and Interpersonal Communication
    Power and Conflict
    Approaching Conflict
    Conflict Resolutions and Outcomes
    Gender and Culture's Influence on Conflict
    The Challenge of Managing Conflict and Power
    
PART THREE. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
  10. Relationships with Romantic Partners
    Defining Romantic Relationships
    Romantic Attraction
    Relationship Development and Deterioration
    Maintaining Romantic Relationships
    The Dark Side of Love: Romantic Problems
    The Hard Work of Successful Love
    
  11. Relationships with Family and Friends
    Defining Family
    Maintaining Family Relationships
    Defining Friendships
    Maintaining Friendship Relationships
    The Primacy of Family and Friends
    
  12. Relationships in the Workplace
    Defining Workplace Relationships
    Supportive and Defensive Workplace Climates
    Peer Relationships
    Mixed Status Relationships
    Workplace Relationships and Human Happiness
    
  Glossary
  Notes
  Credits
  Index