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The Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication
Third Edition| ©2018 Steven McCornack; Kelly Morrison
ISBN:9781319196165
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A concise guide to navigate interpersonal communication in your personal and professional life.
Newly authored by Steven McCornack and Kelly Morrison from scratch, this new The Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication is a brief and inexpensive, supplemental text that can be packaged with any of our texts or purchased on its own. It is a good alternative for OER situations either for the interpersonal course or combined with other guides (like The Essential Guides for Group or Intercultural Communication) for larger survey courses. This edition is fully up--to-date with today’s interpersonal scholarship, includes examples that connect with students’ experience, and includes new self quizzes to engage students in self-reflection.
Features
Concise, comprehensive coverage of all the key concepts students need to know — communication, interpersonal communication, and competence — which will help enhance their competence in constructing and maintaining quality relationships.
Useful checklists offer assessment checks and content reviews to help students understand key concepts and assess their own learning.
Informational tips box appearing throughout the text to highlight tips vital to keep in mind for interpersonal communication.
Gauge Your Knowledge at the end of each chapter offers the student a chance to reflect on the chapter content.
New to This Edition
- All content is new with updated coverage throughout.
- New examples that students can relate to and learn from.
- Self-quiz for student reflection.
- New section about emotional intelligence

The Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication
Third Edition| ©2018
Steven McCornack; Kelly Morrison
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The Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication
Third Edition| 2018
Steven McCornack; Kelly Morrison
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Interpersonal Basics
What is Communication?
Process
Method
Context
Culture
Channel
Media
What is Interpersonal Communication?
Dynamic
Dyadic
Impactful
Transactional
Irreversible
Interpersonal Communication Competence
Appropriateness
Effectiveness
Ethics
Chapter 2: Interpersonal Foundations
Self
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Self-Disclosure
Perception
Attributions
Impressions
Constructing Gestalts
Calculating Algebraic Impressions
Emotion
Feelings and Moods
Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 3: Interpersonal Skills
Verbal Communication
Cooperative Language
Inclusive I and We Language
Nonverbal Communication
Communicating through Body Movements
Communicating through Voice
Communicating through Touch
Communicating through Personal Space
Listening
Receiving
Attending
Understanding
Responding
Recalling
Chapter 4: Interpersonal Relationships
Relationship Foundations
Liking and Loving
Exchange of Resources
Relationship Types
Romantic Relationships
Family Relationships
Friendships
Relationship Maintenance
Positivity
Assurances
Self-Disclosure
Sharing Tasks
Chapter 5: Interpersonal Challenges
Managing Relationship Tensions
Handling Conflict
What is Conflict?
Conflict Approaches
Empathy and Support

The Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication
Third Edition| 2018
Steven McCornack; Kelly Morrison
Authors

Steven McCornack

Kelly Morrison

The Essential Guide to Interpersonal Communication
Third Edition| 2018
Steven McCornack; Kelly Morrison
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