PART ONE Preliminaries to Interpersonal Communication
• Foundations of Interpersonal Communication
• Culture and Interpersonal Communication
• Perception of the Self and Others
PART TWO Interpersonal Messages
• Verbal Messages
• Nonverbal Messages
• Listening
• Emotion...
The Interpersonal
Communication Book
FIFTEENTH EDITION
Joseph A. DeVito
Hunter College of the City University of New York
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Names: DeVito, Joseph A., author.
Title: The interpersonal communication book / Joseph A. DeVito, Hunter
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Description: 15th edition. | Boston : Pearson Education, Inc., 2017. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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, Brief Contents
PART ONE Preliminaries to Interpersonal Communication 1
1 Foundations of Interpersonal Communication 1
2 Culture and Interpersonal Communication 29
3 Perception of the Self and Others 55
PART TWO Interpersonal Messages 87
4 Verbal Messages 87
5 Nonverbal Messages 116
6 Listening 157
7 Emotional Messages 181
8 Conversational Messages 205
PART THREE Interpersonal Relationships 236
9 Interpersonal Relationship Stages, Communication, and
Theories 236
10 Interpersonal Relationship Types 267
11 Interpersonal Conflict and Conflict Management 303
12 Interpersonal Power and Influence 327
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