Key Principles of Communication

Question 1

\ – not possible to communicate

Answer 1

Interpersonal communication is inescapable

Question 2

– “Once a word goes out of your mouth, you can never
swallow it again

Answer 2

Interpersonal communication is irreversible

Question 3

• whenever you communicate with anyone, you simultaneously interpret both his verbal and nonverbal language and that is often both confounding and demanding

Answer 3

Interpersonal communication is complicated

Question 4

– communication is affected by several factors, it does not happen in isolation

Answer 4

Interpersonal communication is contextual

Question 5

– who you are and what you as sender or receiver bring to the interaction – your needs, desires, values, beliefs, personality and so on.

Answer 5

Psychological context

Question 6

– concerns your reactions to the other person based on relationships

Answer 6

Relational context

Question 7

deals with the psycho – social where you are communicating

Answer 7

Situational context

Question 8

– has to do with the physical where you are communicating – objects in the room and their arrangement, location, noise level, temperature, season, time of the day

Answer 8

Environmental context

Question 9

the learned behaviors and rules that affect the interaction

Answer 9

Cultural context