Chapter-10 : Small Group Communication

Small group communication is the communication between two or more persons. 

The characteristics of small group involves:

1. Collection of individuals - usually consists of 2-12 persons
2. Common Purpose - having similar goals and objectives
3. Interdependence - being controlled by one person's behaviour
4. Organization of rules - having structure and rules within the group members
5. Self-perception as a group - feeling and behaving as a part of  group

Team is almost the same as small group but it needs more cooperation and qualities such as: 

1. Specific Purpose - set the certain goals and objectives
2. Clearly defined roles - each member has different tasks to do
3. Goal directed - work together for the same goal and achieve together.
4. Content focused - generally more focused content focused 

Chapter- 9 : Friends, Lovers and Families

In this chapter, we learnt about the interpersonal communication relationships between friends, families and lovers.

Friendship - is the relationship between friends. Me and my friend,  you and your friend; that is more than 1 person and so it is Interpersonal communication. It is based on trust, emotional support and sharing interest of each person.

Chapter-8 : Interpersonal Relationship Stages and Theories

Relationship stages consists of :

• Contact - perceptual (human senses : sight, smell, taste, hear and touch)  and interactional contact take place. 
• Involvement - testing (asking about other's interests, favourite things and colours and so on) and intensifying (the amount of time committed to others) stages take place.
                     - bond and engagements are become tighter. 
• Intimacy - interpersonal commitment and social bond  takes place
                 - become more familiar each others and closed to him/her
• Deterioration - the relationship become weaker in this stage.
• Repair - try to fix the problem or to maintain the interpersonal and intraperonal communication.
• Dissolution - the bond and relationship are broken in this stage. It cannot be fixed anymore. 

Chapter - 7: Interpersonal Conversation

Interpersonal communication is that one we already know which is a communication consists of more than 1 person, not talking to ourselves.

Conversation - essence of interpersonal communication
As  listening chapter does make me surprised, this conversation one also does because Conversation has the process.  I don't know the others  but I do surprised as I haven't noticed.

Based on our lecture,  there are 5 steps in Conversation Process.

1. Opening
2. Feedforward
3. Business
4. Feedback 
5. Closing

After process of conversation,  we moved to the Principles of conversation. There are 4 principles of Conversation. 

1. The Principle of Turn-Taking
2. The Principle of Dialogue
3. The Principle of Immediacy
4. The Principle of Flexibility.

Chapter - 6: Non-verbal Communication (Part-B)

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Channel of Non-verbal Communication

4). Spatial messages - we can define the relationship based on the spaces or  the distance between the two persons or more.
In spatial messages, there is proxemic distance or spatial distance and territoriality.

Types of Proxemic distance 

Types of Territoriality 

Chapter-6: Non-verbal Communication (Part-A)

What is Non-Verbal Communication? 

• It is one form of communication which is without words. We communicate with others by using gesture, and our body without saying nothing. 

There are two major benefits of non-verbal communication. The first one is as your ability of non-verbal communication, you will be more attractive, popular and better psychological well-being. And the next one is you can influence the others by your great skills of Non-verbal communication.

Further more, there are another 2 sub-topics in this chapter. These  are 

• Functions of Non-verbal Communication  and
• Channel of Non-verbal Communication.  

These two sub-topics can make us a bit confused especially in the exam, the lecturer said.

Chapter-5: Disconfirmaiton & Confirmation

Disconfirmation and confrimation are of course, happening between 2 or more people.
How does it happen?

Disconfirmation - In this communication, we do not understand or do not try to understand the others situations, feelings and messages. We refuse or ignore.

Confirmation - is the opposite of disconfirmation. In this communication, we do understand the others messages and presence. We acknowledge.