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About this book
With a practical and innovative approach, Interpersonal Encounters: Connecting through Communication shows students how interpersonal communication skills can be best used to accomplish everyday relationship goals. Guided by current interpersonal research from diverse authors and study participants, Laura K. Guerrero and Bree McEwan focus on the functions of interpersonal communication in our everyday lives and demonstrate how concepts, theories, and contemporary research apply to building, maintaining, and ending relationships. The book's unique structure prepares students to become better communicators in their personal and professional lives.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Acknowledgements
- Publisher Note
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- 1 Understanding Interpersonal Communication
- 2 Performing the Self
- 3 First Impressions and Initial Attraction
- 4 Communicating Across Cultures
- 5 Making and Managing Conversation
- 6 Expressing and Managing Emotion
- 7 Influencing Others
- 8 Initiating and Developing Relationships
- 9 Maintaining Quality Relationships
- 10 Managing Conflict Communication
- 11 Coping With Transgressions
- 12 Ending Relationships
- 13 Capstone Connections and Conclusions
- Glossary
- References
- Index