1. Interpersonal Relationships

2. Chapter Content Interpersonal Communication Emotional Intelligence
Personal Motivation for Interpersonal Contact
Motives for Interpersonal Communication
Beginning Conversations
Self-Disclosure
Good Relationships
Internet and Interpersonal Relationships

3. Interpersonal Communication
Interpersonal communication is one person interacting with another on a one-to-one basis, often in an informal, unstructured setting.

4. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence is the ability to understand and get along with others.
Being self-aware
Managing emotions
Motivating yourself
Recognizing emotions in others
Handling relationships

5. Perception & Emotional Intelligence
How you look at and understand others and the world around you
Self-Concept
Emotional Intelligence

6. Strategic Flexibility
Perception, emotional intelligence, and self-concept influence strategic flexibility:
Anticipate
Assess
Evaluate
Select
Apply

7. Personal Motivation Factors that make up attraction to others:
Physical attraction
Perceived gain
Similarities
Differences
Proximity
Cyberattraction

8. Cyberattraction Cues of attractiveness in the cyberworld:
Attentive and sensitive process of negotiation
Simulated proximity
Strategic management of the similarity of perceptions
Attracting attention and interest
Humor
Self-disclosure

9. Motives for Interpersonal Communication
Pleasure
Affection
Inclusion
Escape
Relaxation
Continued

10. Motives for Interpersonal Communication
Control
Health
Cybermotivation

11. Tips for Beginning Conversations
Introduce yourself in a way that gives the other person a way to respond to you
Give people a way to remember your name
Personalize your greeting

12. How People Begin Conversations
Figure 7-2
How People Begin Conversations

13. Bids & Responses to Bids
Figure 7-3
Bids and Responses to Bids

14. How to Encourage Bids
Figure 7-4
How to Encourage Bids

15. Self-Disclosure
Self-disclosure is a process in which one person tells another something he or she would not reveal to just anyone.
Self-disclosure reveals:
Cultural information
Sociological information
Psychological information

16. Johari Window
Figure 7-5
Johari Window

17. Self-Disclosure and Fears
Fear of having your faults exposed
Fear that your partner will become your critic
Fear of losing your individuality
Fear of being abandoned

18. Elements of Good Relationships
Verbal skills
Emotional expressiveness
Conversational focus
Nonverbal analysis
Conversational encouragement
Continued

19. Elements of Good Relationships
Care and appreciation
Commitment
Adaptation

20. Internet and Interpersonal Relationships
Know the five levels of safety when using social networking sites:
Do not talk to strangers
Do not post provocative pictures, comments, or blog entries
Never reveal personal information
Limit who can view your information
Use your brain