INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

Interpersonal communication is the communication between two persons. It can take place in any environment, and in any place. But it mostly takes place in face-to-face encounters. It is often spontaneous, unplanned, and loosely organized. It does not follow rules of grammar or other such formal restrictions. The participants are mostly face-to-face in interpersonal communication (except in case of interpersonal mediated communication through telephone, mail, email etc.). So they can use all five senses to send and receive messages. Also such situations are informal in nature. Most interpersonal communication occurs between two persons in close contact (dyad). Thus the responsibilities of sending, receiving, processing, evaluating, providing feedback, etc. are shared between the participants. Here both the participants alternate their roles as sender and receiver.

INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

For intrapersonal communication we use our nervous system. There are two important parts of the nervous system: the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The central nervous system consists of the brain and the spinal chord. The peripheral nervous system consists of the nerves present all over our body in the form of a network. Both the PNS and the CNS are used for generating receiving and processing of the stimuli.For example, when there is pain at any part of our body, the nerve endings at that place send the message to the brain through the peripheral ervous system. The brain processes this message and instructs about the possible remedy. This type of communication occurs often without our being aware of it. But mostly the individual is aware of most of the intrapersonal communication. In case of intrapersonal communication, an individual reacts to both internal and external stimuli (Mosquito bite is an example of an external stimuli while our thoughts are internal stimuli). Intrapersonal communication reflects an individual's habits, roles, attitudes, beliefs, values. In fact, it reflects an individual's 'frame of reference'.