Ebook: Inter-act: interpersonal communication concepts, skills, and contexts

Designed to help students explore interactions in both personal and professional domains, and develop the specific skills necessary to creating and maintaining healthy relationships, Inter-Act: Interpersonal Communication Concepts, Skills, and Contexts, Fourteenth Edition, retains the features that have made this book so success.;An orientation to interpersonal communication -- Social cognition: understanding others and ourselves -- Intercultural communication -- Verbal messages -- Nonverbal messages -- Communication in the life cycle of relationships -- Listening effectively -- Holding effective conversations -- Supporting others -- Using interpersonal influence -- Managing conflict -- Communicating in intimate relationships: long term romantic relationships, family, and friends -- Communication in workplace relationships.