For courses in Interpersonal Communication.

Lively and accessible insights into interpersonal skill development

Interpersonal Messages helps build a strong foundation in interpersonal communication and provides numerous strategies for improving communication and relationship skills. Author Joseph DeVito delivers comprehensive coverage, real-life examples, and a strong focus on skill building to promote achievement in every area of your personal, social, and professional life. The Fourth Edition fully integrates the latest research as well as updated examples, photos, and cartoons to keep the text current and pedagogically effective.

Also available with MyCommunicationLab^®

MyCommunicationLab for the Interpersonal Communication course extends learning online to engage students and improve results. Media resources with assignments bring concepts to life, and offer students opportunities to practice applying what they’ve learned. Please note: this version of MyCommunicationLab does not include an eText.

Interpersonal Messages, Fourth Edition is also available via REVEL™, an interactive learning environment that enables students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience.

Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab^™ & Mastering^™ does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab & Mastering, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab & Mastering, search for:

013432000X / 9780134320007  Interpersonal Messages Plus NEW MyCommunicationLab for Interpersonal Communication -- Access Card Package

Package consists of:

• 0133913910 / 9780133913910   NEW MyCommunicationLab for Interpersonal Communication -- Valuepack Access Card
• 013420204X / 9780134202044   Interpersonal Messages

Joseph A. DeVito received a BA from Hunter College in 1960 (with a major in speech and a minor in Spanish), an MA from Temple University in 1962 (with a major in speech along with some sociology), and a PhD from the University of Illinois in 1964 (with a major in speech and a minor in linguistics). After receiving his PhD, DeVito returned to his alma mater, Hunter College-in-the-Bronx [which later became Lehman College], to teach. Later, he moved to Queens College and then to Hunter (from which he retired from full-time teaching)—all within the City University of New York. During his teaching career, DeVito taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, with a concentration on the undergraduate level and mainly on the introductory courses.

Part I — Preliminaries to Interpersonal Messages