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Bridges not walls : a book about interpersonal communication / edited by John Stewart.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : McGraw Hill College, ©1999.Edition: 7th edDescription: xvi, 603 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780072904352 (alk. paper)
  • 0072904356
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 158.2 STE
Contents:
Introduction to interpersonal communication. Communicating and interpersonal communicating / John Stewart. -- The language of the heart / James J. Lynch. -- On communication / David Bohm. -- Dialogue / William Isaacs. -- Verbal and nonverbal communicating. Verbal and nonverbal dimensions of talk / John Stewart and Carole Logan. -- Paying attention to words / Virginia Satir. -- The language of discretion / Amy Tan. -- Nonverbal elements of interaction / Theodore G. Grove. -- Openness as inhaling. Meaning and values / Gerald Corey & Marianne Schneider-Corey. -- Maintaining the self in communication / Harold Barrett. -- In search of the genuine, powerful male and female / John Welwood. -- Interpretive competence, how we perceive individuals, relationships and social events / Sarah Trenholm & Arthur Jensen. -- It's only skin deep: stereotyping and totalizing others / Julia T. Wood. -- The rudiments of social intelligence / Daniel Coleman. -- The nature of collective thought / David Bohm. -- Listening and the rhetorical press / Carol A. Roach & Nancy J. Wyatt.
Listening / Matthew McKay, Martha David & Patrick Fanning. -- The power of creative listening / John A. Sanford. -- Empathic and dialogic listening / John Stewart and Carole Logan. -- Openness as exhaling. Expressing / Matthew McKay, Martha David & Patrick Fanning. -- Expressing meaning to others / Steve Duck. -- Messages that hurt / Anita L. Vangelist. -- Lead into gold / John Wielwood. -- Deception, betrayal and aggression / John Stewart and Carole Logan. -- Relationships. Co-constructing selves / John Stewart & Carole Logan. -- Communication spirals, paradoxes and conundrums / William W. Wilmot. -- Patterns of interactional confirmation and disconfirmation / Kenneth N. Cissna & Evelyn Sieburg. -- Our friends, ourselves / Steve Duck. -- In search of an ethics of personal relationships / John Hardwig. -- What's a family anyway? Different views of what a family means / Julia T. Wood. -- Your family map / Virginia Satir. -- Moving beyond sex and gender stereotypes / Daniel J. Canary, Tara M. Emmers-Sommer. -- Intimate relationships / Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider-Coney.
Love: conscious, conditional, unconditional / John Welwood. -- Bridging differences. Conflict and interaction / Joseph P. Folger, Marshall Scott Poole, and Randall Stutman. -- Defensive communication / Jack R. Gibb. -- How to resolve issues unmemorably / Hugh and Gayle Prather. -- Taking responsibility without blaming / Jeffrey Kottler. -- New forms of eloquence / W. Barnett Pearce and Stephen Littlejohn. -- Building relationships with diverse others / David W. Johnson. -- The same and different: crossing boundaries of color, culture, sexual preference, disability and age / Letty Cottin Pogrebin. -- Mediating cultural selves: Soviet and American cultures in a televised "spacebridge" / Donal Carbaugh. -- Approaches to interpersonal communication. Every student teaches and every teacher learns: the reciprocal gift of discussion teaching / C. Roland Christensen. -- Overcoming the space between us / Ruthellen Josselson. -- Experiences in communication / Carl P. Rogers. -- Elements of the interhuman / Martin Buber.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan Moylish Library Main Collection 158.2 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R04452NKRCC
Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 158.2 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R08155KRCT
Standard Loan Thurles Library Main Collection 158.2 STE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R08186KRCT

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Bridges not Walls" examines interpersonal communication through a broad range of scholarly and popular articles drawn from various disciplines, including communication, philosophy, social science, and psychology. Readings included are thought-provoking discussions of the nature of interpersonal contact, connections between verbal and nonverbal cues, person perception and social intelligence, listening, deception and betrayal, identity management, interpersonal ethics, types of love, transformational conflict management, and diversity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to interpersonal communication. Communicating and interpersonal communicating / John Stewart. -- The language of the heart / James J. Lynch. -- On communication / David Bohm. -- Dialogue / William Isaacs. -- Verbal and nonverbal communicating. Verbal and nonverbal dimensions of talk / John Stewart and Carole Logan. -- Paying attention to words / Virginia Satir. -- The language of discretion / Amy Tan. -- Nonverbal elements of interaction / Theodore G. Grove. -- Openness as inhaling. Meaning and values / Gerald Corey & Marianne Schneider-Corey. -- Maintaining the self in communication / Harold Barrett. -- In search of the genuine, powerful male and female / John Welwood. -- Interpretive competence, how we perceive individuals, relationships and social events / Sarah Trenholm & Arthur Jensen. -- It's only skin deep: stereotyping and totalizing others / Julia T. Wood. -- The rudiments of social intelligence / Daniel Coleman. -- The nature of collective thought / David Bohm. -- Listening and the rhetorical press / Carol A. Roach & Nancy J. Wyatt.

Listening / Matthew McKay, Martha David & Patrick Fanning. -- The power of creative listening / John A. Sanford. -- Empathic and dialogic listening / John Stewart and Carole Logan. -- Openness as exhaling. Expressing / Matthew McKay, Martha David & Patrick Fanning. -- Expressing meaning to others / Steve Duck. -- Messages that hurt / Anita L. Vangelist. -- Lead into gold / John Wielwood. -- Deception, betrayal and aggression / John Stewart and Carole Logan. -- Relationships. Co-constructing selves / John Stewart & Carole Logan. -- Communication spirals, paradoxes and conundrums / William W. Wilmot. -- Patterns of interactional confirmation and disconfirmation / Kenneth N. Cissna & Evelyn Sieburg. -- Our friends, ourselves / Steve Duck. -- In search of an ethics of personal relationships / John Hardwig. -- What's a family anyway? Different views of what a family means / Julia T. Wood. -- Your family map / Virginia Satir. -- Moving beyond sex and gender stereotypes / Daniel J. Canary, Tara M. Emmers-Sommer. -- Intimate relationships / Gerald Corey, Marianne Schneider-Coney.

Love: conscious, conditional, unconditional / John Welwood. -- Bridging differences. Conflict and interaction / Joseph P. Folger, Marshall Scott Poole, and Randall Stutman. -- Defensive communication / Jack R. Gibb. -- How to resolve issues unmemorably / Hugh and Gayle Prather. -- Taking responsibility without blaming / Jeffrey Kottler. -- New forms of eloquence / W. Barnett Pearce and Stephen Littlejohn. -- Building relationships with diverse others / David W. Johnson. -- The same and different: crossing boundaries of color, culture, sexual preference, disability and age / Letty Cottin Pogrebin. -- Mediating cultural selves: Soviet and American cultures in a televised "spacebridge" / Donal Carbaugh. -- Approaches to interpersonal communication. Every student teaches and every teacher learns: the reciprocal gift of discussion teaching / C. Roland Christensen. -- Overcoming the space between us / Ruthellen Josselson. -- Experiences in communication / Carl P. Rogers. -- Elements of the interhuman / Martin Buber.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I Entering the Interpersonal Arena
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to the Editor and Rationale to this Book
  • Chapter 2 Defining Communication and Interpersonal Communication
  • "Communicating and Interpersonal Communicating"
  • "On Communication"
  • "Interbeing"
  • "The Communication Panacea"
  • Chapter 3 Defining Ourselves as Communicators
  • "Constructing Selves"
  • "The Rudiments of Social Intelligence"
  • "Meaning and Values"
  • "Maintaining the Self in Communicating"
  • "When Miss America Was Always White"
  • Chapter 4 Making Contact Verbally and Nonverbally
  • "Verbal and Nonverbal Dimensions of Talk"
  • "Paying Attention to Words Virginia
  • "Communication and Nonverbal Behavior"
  • "Functions of Nonverbal Behavior"
  • Part II Making Meaning Together
  • Chapter 5 Understanding and Listening: Communication as Inhaling
  • "Interpretive Competence: How We Perceive Individuals, Relationships, and Social Events"
  • "It's Only Skin Deep: Stereotyping and Totalizing Others"
  • "Misconceptions about Listening"
  • "Listening"
  • "Empathic and Dialogic Listening"
  • Chapter 6 Engaging Others: Communication as Exhaling
  • "Being Open With and To Other People"
  • "Expressing"
  • What It Means to Be Assertive"
  • "Immediacy"
  • "What to Tell"
  • Part III Changing Relationships
  • Chapter 7 Communicating with Family and Friends
  • "What's a Family, Anyway?"
  • "Intimacy and Closeness Within Families"
  • "Eating Mindfully"
  • "The Fifth Tuesday: We Talk About Family"
  • "Our Friends, Ourselves"
  • "In Search of An Ethic of Interpersonal Relationships"
  • Chapter 8 Communicating with Intimate Partners
  • "Intimate Relationships"
  • "Moving Beyond Sex and Gender Stereotypes"
  • "Gendered Standpoints on Personal Relationships"
  • "Making Marriage Work"
  • "How to Resolve Issues Unmemorably"
  • Part IV Bridges Not Walls
  • Chapter 9 Recognizing Communication Walls
  • "Messages that Hurt"
  • "Deception, Betrayal, and Aggression"
  • "Patterns of Interactional Confirmation and Disconfirmation"
  • "Defensive Communication"
  • Chapter 10 Managing Conflict by Turning Walls into Bridges
  • Marshall Scott Poole

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