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Interpersonal Communication : Everyday Encounters
ISBN: 9780495006534 | 049500653X
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 2/16/2006
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This best-selling text by a leading voice in the field offers a distinct alternative to existing textbooks for the introductory course in interpersonal communication. This text offers a theoretically unified but pragmatic introduction to the concepts, principles, and skills of interpersonal communication in a multicultural society. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS consistently integrates ethics and issues of social diversity into coverage of both discussions and mastery of skills, and it shows how interpersonal communication theory and skills pertain to students' daily encounters with others. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: EVERYDAY ENCOUNTERS pays unparalleled attention to social diversity and emphasizes theories, research, and skills that are anchored in the field of communication.
| Preface | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| The Fabric of Interpersonal Communication | |
| A First Look at Interpersonal Communication | p. 9 |
| The Interpersonal Imperative | p. 10 |
| Physical Needs | p. 11 |
| Safety Needs | p. 11 |
| Belonging Needs | p. 12 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Missing Socialization | p. 13 |
| Self-Esteem Needs | ... MOREp. 13 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Interpersonal Communication on the Job | p. 14 |
| Self-Actualization Needs | p. 14 |
| Participating Effectively in a Diverse Society | p. 16 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Communicating in a Multicultural World | p. 16 |
| Everyday Application: Communication and Your Needs | p. 17 |
| Models of Interpersonal Communication | p. 17 |
| Linear Models | p. 18 |
| Interactive Models | p. 18 |
| Transactional Models | p. 19 |
| Defining Interpersonal Communication | p. 20 |
| A Communication Continuum | p. 20 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating in Your Relationships | p. 22 |
| Features of Interpersonal Communication | p. 22 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Poor Interpersonal Communication as the Number One Cause of Divorce | p. 23 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Pillow Talk | p. 28 |
| Everyday Application: Levels of Meaning | p. 28 |
| Principles of Interpersonal Communication | p. 29 |
| We Cannot Not Communicate | p. 29 |
| Interpersonal Communication Is Irreversible | p. 29 |
| Interpersonal Communication Involves Ethical Choices | p. 30 |
| People Construct Meanings in Interpersonal Communication | p. 30 |
| Metacommunication Affects Meanings | p. 31 |
| Everyday Application: Improving Your Metacommunication | p. 33 |
| Interpersonal Communication Develops and Sustains Relationships | p. 34 |
| Interpersonal Communication Is Not a Panacea | p. 34 |
| Interpersonal Communication Effectiveness Can Be Learned | p. 35 |
| Guidelines for Interpersonal Communication Competence | p. 35 |
| Develop a Range of Skills | p. 35 |
| Adapt Communication Appropriately | p. 36 |
| Engage in Dual Perspective | p. 37 |
| Everyday Application: Developing Dual Perspective | p. 38 |
| Monitor Your Communication | p. 38 |
| Commit to Effective and Ethical Communication | p. 39 |
| Everyday Application: Improving Communication Competence | p. 39 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 40 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 41 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 41 |
| Key Concepts | p. 42 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 42 |
| Communication and the Creation of Self | p. 43 |
| What Is the Self? | p. 44 |
| The Self Arises in Communication with Others | p. 44 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: What Is the Self? | p. 45 |
| Particular Others | p. 45 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: The Role of Fathers in Socializing Children | p. 48 |
| Everyday Application: Reflecting on Reflected Appraisals | p. 49 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Internalizing Rocial Stereotypes | p. 49 |
| Everyday Application: Reflecting on Your Identity Scripts | p. 51 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Attachment Styles and Relationships with Television Characters | p. 53 |
| The Generalized Other | p. 53 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Social Values in Media | p. 53 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: The Construction of Race | p. 54 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: A GLAAD Self-Concept | p. 55 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Bruce, Brenda, and David | p. 56 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Caste Counts | p. 57 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Language and Class | p. 58 |
| The Self Is Multidimensional | p. 58 |
| Everyday Application: Reviewing Your Social Comparisons | p. 59 |
| The Self Is a Process | p. 59 |
| Social Perspectives Are Subject to Change | p. 60 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: A Cross-Cultural Look at Sexual Identity | p. 61 |
| Guidelines for Improving Self-Concept | p. 62 |
| Make a Firm Commitment to Personal Growth | p. 62 |
| Gain and Use Knowledge to Support Personal Growth | p. 63 |
| Set Goals That Are Realistic and Fair | p. 65 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: If at First You Don't Succeed | p. 66 |
| Seek Contexts That Support Personal Change | p. 66 |
| Everyday Application: Improving Your Self-Concept | p. 68 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 68 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 70 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 70 |
| Key Concepts | p. 70 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 71 |
| Perception and Communication | p. 72 |
| The Process of Human Perception | p. 73 |
| Selection | p. 73 |
| Organization | p. 75 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: I'm Cablinasian! | p. 76 |
| Everyday Application: Changing Constructs, Changing Perceptions | p. 77 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: "I can't understand the teacher's accent." | p. 78 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: A Script for Romance | p. 79 |
| Everyday Application: Sizing Up Others | p. 79 |
| Interpretation | p. 80 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Self-Serving Attributions and Sports | p. 81 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Thinking Your Way to a Good Relationship | p. 82 |
| Influences on Perception | p. 83 |
| Physiology | p. 83 |
| Age | p. 83 |
| Culture | p. 84 |
| Everyday Application: Cultural Values | p. 85 |
| Roles | p. 87 |
| Cognitive Abilities | p. 87 |
| Self | p. 89 |
| Everyday Application: Discovering Your Implicit Personality Theories | p. 90 |
| Guidelines for Improving Perception and Communication | p. 90 |
| Recognize That All Perceptions Are Partial and Subjective | p. 90 |
| Avoid Mind Reading | p. 91 |
| Check Perceptions with Others | p. 92 |
| Everyday Application: Checking Perceptions | p. 92 |
| Distinguish between Facts and Inferences | p. 93 |
| Guard against the Self-Serving Bias | p. 93 |
| Everyday Application: Using Tentative Language | p. 93 |
| Guard against the Fundamental Attribution Error | p. 94 |
| Monitor Labels | p. 94 |
| Everyday Application: Guarding against the Fundamental Attribution Error | p. 95 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth | p. 96 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 97 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 99 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 99 |
| Key Concepts | p. 100 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 100 |
| The World of Words | p. 101 |
| The Symbolic Nature of Language | p. 102 |
| Language Is Arbitrary | p. 102 |
| Language Is Ambiguous | p. 103 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Technospeak | p. 103 |
| Language Is Abstract | p. 104 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating Clearly | p. 104 |
| Principles of Verbal Communication | p. 105 |
| Language and Culture Reflect Each Other | p. 105 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Our Multicultural Language | p. 105 |
| Communication in Everday Life-Diversity: The Whorf-Sapir View of Language | p. 106 |
| The Meanings of Language Are Subjective | p. 107 |
| Language Use Is Rule Guided | p. 108 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Chat Room Etiquette | p. 108 |
| Everyday Application: Communication Rules | p. 109 |
| Punctuation Shapes Meaning | p. 110 |
| Everyday Application: Punctuating Interaction | p. 110 |
| Symbolic Abilities | p. 111 |
| Language Defines | p. 111 |
| Language Evaluates | p. 112 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: The First Jewish Candidate for Vice President | p. 113 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Reappropriating Language | p. 114 |
| Language Organizes Perceptions | p. 114 |
| Language Allows Hypothetical Thought | p. 115 |
| Language Allows Self-Reflection | p. 116 |
| Speech Communities | p. 117 |
| Gender Speech Communities | p. 118 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Which Blacks' Black English? | p. 121 |
| Guidelines for Improving Verbal Communication | p. 121 |
| Engage in Dual Perspective | p. 121 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Missing the Boat | p. 122 |
| Own Your Feelings and Thoughts | p. 122 |
| Everyday Application: Using / Language | p. 123 |
| Respect What Others Say about Their Feelings and Thoughts | p. 124 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Respecting Others' Experiences | p. 125 |
| Strive for Accuracy and Clarity | p. 125 |
| Everyday Application: Using Concrete Language | p. 125 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 127 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 128 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 129 |
| Key Concepts | p. 129 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 129 |
| The World Beyond Words | p. 131 |
| Defining Nonverbal Communication | p. 132 |
| Similarities between Verbal and Nonverbal Communication | p. 132 |
| Differences between Verbal and Nonverbal Communication | p. 134 |
| Principles of Nonverbal Communication | p. 135 |
| Nonverbal Communication May Supplement or Replace Verbal Communication | p. 135 |
| Nonverbal Communication May Regulate Interaction | p. 135 |
| Nonverbal Communication Often Establishes Relationship-Level Meanings | p. 135 |
| Nonverbal Communication Reflects and Expresses Cultural Values | p. 138 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: "I'll Move When I'm Ready and Not Before!" | p. 138 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Multitasking Time | p. 139 |
| Types of Nonverbal Communication | p. 140 |
| Kinesics | p. 140 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Cultural Differences in Workplace Nonverbal Communication | p. 140 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating Closeness | p. 141 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Kinesics to Discourage Assault | p. 142 |
| Haptics | p. 142 |
| Physical Appearance | p. 143 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Help with Eating Disorders | p. 143 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Beauty for Sale | p. 144 |
| Artifacts | p. 144 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Identity Symbols in Military Life | p. 146 |
| Environmental Factors | p. 146 |
| Everyday Application: Artifacts and Identity | p. 146 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Kwanzaa | p. 147 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Environmental Racism | p. 148 |
| Proxemics and Personal Space | p. 148 |
| Everyday Application: What Does Your Space Say? | p. 149 |
| Chronemics | p. 149 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: The Time Bind | p. 150 |
| Paralanguage | p. 150 |
| Everyday Application: Paralinguistic Cues | p. 151 |
| Silence | p. 151 |
| Guidelines for Improving Nonverbal Communication | p. 152 |
| Monitor Your Nonverbal Communication | p. 152 |
| Interpret Others' Nonverbal Communication Tentatively | p. 153 |
| Everyday Application: Using / Language about Nonverbal Behaviors | p. 153 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 155 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 156 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 157 |
| Key Concepts | p. 157 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 157 |
| Mindful Listening | p. 158 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: "The spirit catches you, and you fall down." | p. 160 |
| The Listening Process | p. 160 |
| Mindfulness | p. 161 |
| Physically Receiving Messages | p. 161 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Good Listening = Career Advancement | p. 161 |
| Everyday Application: Being Mindful | p. 162 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Signing as a Foreign Language | p. 162 |
| Selecting and Organizing Material | p. 163 |
| Interpreting Communication | p. 164 |
| Responding | p. 164 |
| Everyday Application: Responsive Listening | p. 165 |
| Remembering | p. 165 |
| Obstacles to Mindful Listening | p. 165 |
| External Obstacles | p. 166 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Technological Overload | p. 167 |
| Internal Obstacles | p. 167 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Listening in a World Dominated by Sight | p. 170 |
| Forms of Nonlistening | p. 170 |
| Pseudolistening | p. 171 |
| Monopolizing | p. 171 |
| Selective Listening | p. 173 |
| Defensive Listening | p. 173 |
| Ambushing | p. 173 |
| Literal Listening | p. 174 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Your Nonlistening Habits | p. 174 |
| Adapting Listening to Communication Goals | p. 175 |
| Listening for Pleasure | p. 175 |
| Listening for Information | p. 175 |
| Everyday Application: Improving Your Retention | p. 176 |
| Listening to Support Others | p. 177 |
| Everyday Application: Learning to Paraphrase | p. 178 |
| Everyday Application: Using Minimal Encouragers | p. 179 |
| Guidelines for Effective Listening | p. 180 |
| Be Mindful | p. 180 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: More on Developing Listening Skills | p. 180 |
| Adapt Listening Appropriately | p. 180 |
| Listen Actively | p. 181 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 181 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 183 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 183 |
| Key Concepts | p. 184 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 184 |
| Weaving Communication into Relationships | |
| Emotions and Communication | p. 185 |
| Emotional Intelligence | p. 187 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Emotional Intelligence on the Job | p. 187 |
| Understanding Emotions | p. 188 |
| Everyday Application: What's Your EQ? | p. 188 |
| Physiological Influences on Emotions | p. 190 |
| Perceptual Influences on Emotions | p. 191 |
| Social Influences on Emotions | p. 193 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: The Social Shaping of Grief | p. 194 |
| Everyday Application: Religions and Feeling Rules | p. 194 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Cultural Codes for Anger | p. 195 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Faking It | p. 196 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Gift of Fear | p. 197 |
| Obstacles to the Effective Communication of Emotions | p. 198 |
| Reasons We May Not Express Emotions | p. 198 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Sugar and Spice and Bullying! | p. 199 |
| The Ineffective Expression of Emotions | p. 201 |
| Everyday Application: Enlarging Your Emotional Vocabulary | p. 202 |
| Guidelines for Communicating Emotions Effectively | p. 203 |
| Everyday Application: Avoiding Counterfeit Emotional Language | p. 203 |
| Identify Your Emotions | p. 204 |
| Choose How to Express Emotions | p. 204 |
| Own Your Feelings | p. 205 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Virtual Emotions | p. 206 |
| Monitor Your Self-Talk | p. 206 |
| Adopt a Rational-Emotive Approach to Feelings | p. 206 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: Talking Yourself into-or out of-a Job | p. 208 |
| Respond Sensitively When Others Communicate Emotions | p. 208 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Albert Ellis in Action | p. 208 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Managing Anger | p. 209 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 210 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 211 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 212 |
| Key Concepts | p. 212 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 212 |
| Communication Climate: The Foundation of Personal Relationships | p. 213 |
| Features of Satisfying Personal Relationships | p. 214 |
| Investment | p. 215 |
| Everyday Application: Your Investment in Relationships | p. 215 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: What Keeps Relationships Together? | p. 216 |
| Commitment | p. 216 |
| Trust | p. 216 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Dialogue and Doing: Alternate Paths to Closeness | p. 218 |
| Comfort with Relational Dialectics | p. 219 |
| Everyday Application: Applying Relational Dialectics | p. 221 |
| Confirming and Disconfirming Climates | p. 222 |
| Levels of Confirmation and Disconfirmation | p. 222 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Guidelines for Communicating with People with Disabilities | p. 224 |
| Defensive and Supportive Climates | p. 224 |
| Everyday Application: Analyzing Your Relationships | p. 225 |
| Everyday Application: Using Descriptive Language | p. 226 |
| Everyday Application: Assessing Communication Climates | p. 230 |
| Guidelines for Creating and Sustaining Healthy Climates | p. 230 |
| Actively Use Communication to Build Confirming Climates | p. 230 |
| Accept and Confirm Others | p. 231 |
| Affirm and Assert Yourself | p. 231 |
| Respect Diversity in Relationships | p. 232 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating Assertively | p. 233 |
| Respond Constructively to Criticism | p. 234 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 235 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 237 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 238 |
| Key Concepts | p. 238 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 238 |
| Managing Conflict in Relationships | p. 240 |
| Defining Interpersonal Conflict | p. 242 |
| Expressed Disagreement | p. 243 |
| Interdependence | p. 243 |
| The Felt Need for Resolution | p. 243 |
| Principles of Conflict | p. 243 |
| Conflict Is Natural in Relationships | p. 244 |
| Conflict May Be Overt or Covert | p. 244 |
| Everyday Application: Understanding Your Conflict Script | p. 245 |
| Social Groups Shape the Meaning of Conflict Behaviors | p. 246 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Games in Your Communication | p. 246 |
| Conflict Can Be Managed Well or Poorly | p. 248 |
| Conflict Can Be Good for Individuals and Relationships | p. 249 |
| Orientations to Conflict | p. 250 |
| Lose-Lose | p. 250 |
| Win-Lose | p. 251 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Japanese and American Styles of Negotiation | p. 252 |
| Win-Win | p. 252 |
| Responses to Conflict | p. 252 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Your Conflict Orientations | p. 253 |
| The Exit Response | p. 253 |
| The Neglect Response | p. 254 |
| The Loyalty Response | p. 254 |
| The Voice Response | p. 255 |
| Communication Patterns during Conflict | p. 255 |
| Everyday Application: Enlarging Your Repertoire of Responses to Conflict | p. 255 |
| Unproductive Conflict Communication | p. 256 |
| Constructive Conflict Communication | p. 258 |
| Conflict Management Skills | p. 261 |
| Guidelines for Effective Communication during Conflict | p. 263 |
| Focus on the Overall Communication System | p. 263 |
| Time Conflict Purposefully | p. 264 |
| Aim for Win-Win Conflict | p. 265 |
| Honor Yourself, Your Partner, and the Relationship | p. 265 |
| Show Grace When Appropriate | p. 266 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Communication of Forgiveness | p. 267 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 268 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 269 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 270 |
| Key Concepts | p. 270 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 270 |
| Friendships in Our Lives | p. 272 |
| The Nature of Friendship | p. 273 |
| Willingness to Invest | p. 273 |
| Everyday Application: Your Style of Friendship | p. 274 |
| Emotional Closeness | p. 274 |
| Everyday Application: Appreciating Talking and Doing in Friendships | p. 276 |
| Acceptance | p. 277 |
| Trust | p. 278 |
| Support | p. 278 |
| The Development of Friendship | p. 280 |
| Role-Limited Interaction | p. 281 |
| Friendly Relations | p. 281 |
| Moving toward Friendship | p. 281 |
| Nascent Friendship | p. 281 |
| Stabilized Friendship | p. 282 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Maintaining Friendships | p. 282 |
| Waning Friendship | p. 283 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Friendships around the World | p. 284 |
| Pressures on Friendships | p. 284 |
| Internal Tensions | p. 284 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Just Friends? | p. 286 |
| External Pressures | p. 286 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Friendships across the Life Span | p. 287 |
| Everyday Application: Maintaining Friendship over Distance | p. 288 |
| Guidelines for Communication between Friends | p. 289 |
| Engage in Dual Perspective | p. 290 |
| Communicate Honestly | p. 290 |
| Everyday Application: Communicating Needs Clearly | p. 291 |
| Grow from Differences | p. 292 |
| Don't Sweat the Small Stuff | p. 292 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: A Both-And Approach to Relationships | p. 293 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 293 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 295 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 295 |
| Key Concepts | p. 295 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 296 |
| Committed Romantic Relationships | p. 297 |
| Committed Romantic Relationships | p. 298 |
| Dimensions of Romantic Relationships | p. 298 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: The Rise of Online Romance | p. 299 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Prototype of Love | p. 300 |
| Styles of Loving | p. 300 |
| Everyday Application: Measuring Love and Commitment | p. 302 |
| The Development of Romantic Relationships | p. 303 |
| Growth Stages | p. 304 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Development of Interracial Relationships | p. 305 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Real Valentine's Day | p. 306 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: E-Crushes | p. 307 |
| Navigating | p. 308 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: The Chemistry of Love | p. 308 |
| Deterioration Stages | p. 309 |
| Everyday Application: Measuring the Strength of Your Relationship | p. 309 |
| Guidelines for Communicating in Romantic Relationships | p. 311 |
| Engage in Dual Perspective | p. 311 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Facts about Sexually Transmitted Diseases | p. 312 |
| Practice Safer Sex | p. 312 |
| Manage Conflict Constructively | p. 314 |
| Adapt Communication to Maintain Long-Distance Relationships | p. 315 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Technology: Coping with Geographic Separation | p. 316 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 317 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 319 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 320 |
| Key Concepts | p. 320 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 320 |
| Communication in Families | p. 321 |
| Diversity in Family Life | p. 322 |
| Diverse Forms of Families | p. 323 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Color between the Lines | p. 323 |
| Diverse Goals for Families | p. 324 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Love and Marriage Go Together Like ... | p. 324 |
| Cultural Diversity of Family Forms | p. 325 |
| Diversity of Paths to Commitment | p. 326 |
| Long-Term Commitments | p. 327 |
| Cohabitation | p. 327 |
| Marriage | p. 328 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Same-Sex Commitments around the World | p. 329 |
| Relationship Types | p. 329 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: "I do. I REALLY do." | p. 329 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Marital Types | p. 330 |
| Everyday Application: Identifying Marital Types | p. 330 |
| Communication and Satisfaction in Long-Term Commitments | p. 331 |
| The Family Life Cycle | p. 332 |
| Establishing a Family | p. 332 |
| Enlarging a Family | p. 333 |
| Everyday Application: Bundles of Joy and Change | p. 334 |
| Developing a Family | p. 334 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Fathering | p. 335 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Diversity: Ethnicity and Parenting | p. 335 |
| Encouraging Independence | p. 335 |
| Launching Children | p. 336 |
| Postlaunching of Children | p. 337 |
| Everyday Application: Your Parents' Stage in Family Life | p. 337 |
| Retirement | p. 338 |
| Everyday Application: Mapping Your Family's Life Cycle | p. 338 |
| Guidelines for Effective Communication in Families | p. 339 |
| Maintain Equity in Family Relationships | p. 339 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Work: The Second Shift | p. 340 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: What Makes a Good Marriage? | p. 341 |
| Make Daily Choices That Enhance Intimacy | p. 341 |
| Show Respect and Consideration | p. 342 |
| Don't Sweat the Small Stuff | p. 343 |
| Communication in Everyday Life-Insight: Love as a Package Deal | p. 343 |
| Case Study: Continuing the Conversation | p. 344 |
| Chapter Summary | p. 347 |
| Everyday Connections Online | p. 347 |
| Key Concepts | p. 347 |
| For Further Thought and Discussion | p. 347 |
| Epilogue: Continuing the Conversation | p. 349 |
| Glossary | p. 353 |
| References | p. 359 |
| Index | p. 385 |
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