Interpersonal communication concepts and applications

¶ … humans use to communicate and how what we say, and of equal importance, what we do, as we attempt to convey our thoughts, ideas and expressions to others, is done through a variety of actions and words that are integrated simultaneously into everyday communications. The paper will also discuss how communication content and relationships (either perceived or real) effect the way we communicate.

Main Points

Comparison of content and relationship

This topic discusses how all communications have a content and relationship dimension. DeVito says; "Communications....refer to the real world or something external (content) to both speaker and hearer....communications also refer to the relationship between the parties." (DeVito 54). In many of the journal entries throughout the last few months, this researcher has discovered that communicating with others is oftentimes based not on what is said, or even how it is said, but on the perceived relationship(s) between the speaker and the listener (or vice versa).

Two - How human communications are defined by both digital and analogical information

This topic discusses how humans make use of both digital and analogical information is used in communicating. It will also discuss how analogical methods are geared towards the way we speak; inflection, etc., and how digital communicating is mostly concerned with the words and sentences we use to communicate. A recent study showed verbal communications can have different dimensions stating; "task-focused and socio-emotional dimensions of clinical communication is recognizable in the verbal communication context of prosthetic dentistry, as well as if there are other dimensions of communication in that context." (Sondell 157).

Three - How do symmetrical and complementary relationships affect how we communicate.

This topic discussed how two individuals can mirror their behaviors to communicate as well as how two individuals can exhibit different behaviors in the quest for good communications. One study "explores the relation between attachment dimensions and working models of self and others. Attachment dimensions were found to be related to self-esteem, expressiveness, instrumentality, trust in others, beliefs about human nature and styles of loving" (Collins pg 644).

This topic will discuss how we as individuals can either mock or act in a totally different way than those we communicate with, and how our choice to act in either of those two ways can affect how what we say is perceived.

Summary

How all of the above components interact to form our communication skills and the way we communicate with others will provide a foundation for the paper that should prove very viable. The paper will discuss the interactions of our communication relationships including how those relationships are perceived. Whether our communication attempts involve relationships, or the methods used to convey what it is we wish to convey will be discussed in a comprehensive and enlightening manner.