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Forms of Communication and Their Division

Forms of Communication and Their Division. Communication and Self-experience, Dental Medicine and General Medicine, 2nd year, autumn 2009. Basic Division of Communication. Verbal/Non-verbal Interpersonal/Group/Mass Intentional/Unintentional. Non-verbal Communication.

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Forms of Communication and Their Division

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  1. Forms of Communication and Their Division Communication and Self-experience, Dental Medicine and General Medicine, 2nd year, autumn 2009

  2. Basic Division of Communication • Verbal/Non-verbal • Interpersonal/Group/Mass • Intentional/Unintentional

  3. Non-verbal Communication • Functions of an organism are communication tools • The purpose is usually expressing of one‘s emotional condition • Types • Gestures (Gestic) • Movements, Postures (kinesics, posturology) • Spatial positioning (proxemics, 4 basic distance zones) • Touches (Haptic) • Facial expressions (mimic) • Eye gazes • Paralanguage expressions: tone of voice, speed of speech, etc.

  4. Commmunication Barriers • Bodily position as an expression of psychological inhibitions • Often referred to as "Metacommunication" • Typical non-verbal defensive postures • Arms folded on chest • Crossed legs, ankles • Arms folded on chest with clenched fists • Body turned away, looking away • Finger intertwining • Half barrier posture (L posture)

  5. Verbal Communication • Intermediated through a language sign and meaning connected to it • Dialogue as a communication tool • General theory of signs (semiotics) • General theory of language(lingvistics)

  6. Congruent communication Expression of authenticity of the participant of communication Compliance of verbal and non-verbal expression of the participant of communication Incongruent communication Expression of contradiction between verbal and non-verbal performance of the participant, not authentic performance of the participant In the form of "double bind „, factor co-determinig negative psychological development of man (Palo Alto school) Forms of Communication from the Point of View of Authenticity

  7. Efficient Clear, transparent communication From the point of view of the participants of the communication process the defined goal and needs are fulfilled Inefficient Unclear, confused communication The goal of the communication process and the needs of participants are not fulfilled Forms of Communication from the Point of View of Result

  8. Forms of Communication from the Point of View of Pathology • Symetric/Asymetric • Circular communication • E.g. In families of alcohol addicts • Rivalry communication • Form of a power struggle and enforcing one‘s own needs regardless of the others

  9. Sources • Vybíral Z. Psychologie komunikace. Praha Portál, 2005. • Watzlawick, P, Bavelasová, J.B., Jackson D.D. Pragmatika lidské komunikace. Konfrontace, 1999. • Honzák R. Komunikační pasti v medicíně. Praha, Galén, 1997.

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