1. Interpersonal Communication

2. What is Interpersonal Communication?
Communication between two persons or among a small group of persons usually for the purpose of managing relationships

3. Types of Interpersonal Relationships
Friendships
Parents
Romantic Relationships
Workplace Relationships
Supervisory
Co-workers
Management
Other Acquaintances

4. Initiating Relationships
Interpersonal Attraction = the degree to which you desire to form or maintain a relationship
Short-Term Initial Attraction
potential for development
Long-Term Maintenance Attraction
sustains relationships
Ability to enter into and maintain relationships is based on our needs

5. Elements of Interpersonal Attraction
Similarity
Physical and Sexual Attraction
Proximity
Complementarity

6. Relationship Stages Contact Involvement Intimacy Deterioration
Perceptual
Actual
Involvement
Testing
Intensifying
Intimacy
Commitment
Bonding
Deterioration
Repair (maybe)
Dissolution