Interpersonal Communication

Interpersonal communication is typically a dyadic (between two parties) form of communication. There are two major types of interpersonal communication used on a day to day basis: interpersonal (friends, family, partners), or impersonal (taxi drivers, shop assistants, etc.). These can be utilised as an essential tool to enhance an individual’s ability in many facets: learning, relationships, professionally, socially and also helping others. Interpersonal communication is considered the most important form of communication and the most conventional. It is interdependent (mutually dependant) on visual (sight), auditory (sound), and kinetic (body language) stimuli. Firstly this essay will outline a brief history of interpersonal communication. Also in the following paragraphs, I will include examples of nonverbal (sight, sound and kinesis), verbal (face to face) and emotional intelligence (EI). I will also try to elaborate on some of the key aspects of effective (works well) and ineffective (does not work well) interpersonal communication.
Since the beginning of time the inhabitant’s of this earth have been searching for suitable means of communication, and also a way to improve/cultivate the process. Two examples of these early forms of nonverbal communication are; the hieroglyphics used by the Egyptians and also messengers and the Incan’s used Quipu (bundled knotted strings) Wikipedia.org, (2011).   The spoken word or verbal communication has a chequered history and is a topic of great debate. Another one of the key developments of verbal communication that could be considered is the transformation from pidgin “rudimentary grammar and a restricted vocabulary” language to creole “a more complex grammar, with fixed phonology, syntax, morphology, and syntactic embedding, Diamond, J, The Third Chimpanzee, (1992, 2006, para. 20), as cited by Wikipedia.org, (2011).It could also be considered that the reformation in the 16th century to be a major evolution in... [continues]

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