Intrapersonal communication, as detailed in Chapter 10, refers to the internal dialogue within oneself that influences thoughts and behaviors based on one's temperament and experiences. It emphasizes the role of self-awareness, attitudes, and knowledge levels in shaping communication and stresses the importance of being open-minded and understanding socio-cultural factors. Furthermore, the chapter explains the stages of perception including stimulation, registration, organization, and interpretation, highlighting how personal biases and experiences can impact the understanding of messages.

1. Intrapersonal
Communication
Chapter 10

2. Intrapersonal communication is
communication with oneself. Here the
communication within our mind
moves from the unconscious to the
conscious level. The sensations as
well as the thoughts are a part of the
communications within yourself
Chapter 10

3. Thoughts and ideas that flow
within the mind are influenced
by the person’s temperament,
emotions, experience,
knowledge, opinions, views,
values and attitudes
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4. Intrapersonal communication
stays within a person’s mind, but
it is the basis of all other
communication. Our
understanding of and response
of what we hear and read
depends on our intrapersonal
communication
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5. The intrapersonal communication can be
improved to some extent by conscious
effort, self awareness, and constant watch
over oneself. Readiness to understand
other people’s point of view can help to
broaden the mind. Well thought-out mental
preparation is necessary before appearing
for an interview, or meeting a client or
starting a negotiation
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6. Feelings of fear or nervousness,
person’s motives and such other
unpleasant feelings influences the
intrapersonal communication. Self-
awareness is an important aspect of
training one’s communication skill.
We must be aware of our own
attitudes, perceptions and values and
so on.
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7. Attitude
Attitude is the way of thinking, feeling
or behaving which is formed at early
age and are learnt from the adult world
around us. Shyness, hesitation, self-
depreciating tone shows the negative
self image and a low self esteem which
clearly affects the success of
communication
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8. Attitude
To maintain a healthy self esteem you should :
•Quietly celebrate your achievements
•Take pride in your strength
•Think of your positive qualities and attributes
•Set achievable standards
•Know your weakness
•Judge yourself against your peers
•Discard irrational beliefs
•Spend time with supportive and motivating
persons
•Be always in the flame of enthusiasm
•Consider your critics to be your coach
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9. Attitude towards subject matter
Interest and prejudice play a role in our
attitude to certain subjects, topics and
issues. An open mind makes for a useful
discussion. Although we all have our
areas of interest, it is important to have an
open mind towards other subjects and
other people’s views
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10. Attitude towards receiver:
Our opinion of the receiver’s intelligence and ability to
understand affects the way we formulate the message.
We may even leave out some parts of the message as too
complex for the less intelligent to understand. A previous
experience of someone’s untrustworthiness may also
cause us to develop some suspicion of the person. Our
communication with that person is affected by this
attitude of distrust. Careful examination of one’s
attitudes to oneself, to other individuals, and to various
issues often reveals one’s prejudices
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11. Knowledge Level
Our subject knowledge, the
channel and media of
communication and the target
audience affect the
communication behavior.
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12. Knowledge Level
Subject matter: To able to communicate usefully, both persons must
know enough about the subject of the communication. The person may
omit the important aspect or vital detail due to lack of subject
knowledge resulting in unproductive communication
Channel of communication: Our choice of a suitable medium depends
on our understanding of the different media and their impact
Target audience: The more we take time to think about and understand
the receiver, the better tailored the message will be to the knowledge
and the needs of the receiver
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13. Socio-cultural
factors
People in differing social classes
communicate differently. Social and
cultural systems influence all aspects of our
communication like our choice of words;
the meanings we attach to certain words;
our purposes for communicating; our
choice of receivers; the channels we use for
a particular kind of message.
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14. Perception
We receive information in 4 stages: stimulation,
registration, organization and interpretation. Stimulation
occurs when something is noticed, and to be noticed it
must first be perceived. As we progress through these
four phases, the role of true facts gathered from the
stimulation decreases, and the role of creating meaning
from the stimulation increases. Interpretation gives
meaning to the stimulation based and internal factors.
We develop habits of certain ways of perceiving and
understanding facts to which we are exposed
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15. Selective Perception
The mind selects what will get through
the four stages of perception. The
process of choosing what will get
through these four phases is selective
perception. We take in stimuli from the
world by seeing, hearing, touching,
smelling and tasting, what is around us
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16. Relevance is partly determined by
how well the new information fits with
what is already “known” to us. The
incoming message is judged
according to how ‘close’ or how ‘far’ it
is from the beliefs of the person
receiving the message Application,
significance
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17. Relevance is partly determined by
how well the new information fits with
what is already “known” to us. The
incoming message is judged
according to how ‘close’ or how ‘far’ it
is from the beliefs of the person
receiving the message
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18. Organization
The mind also organizes by other
methods like enlarging, simplifying
and filling in gaps. Simplifying
includes summarizing and relating to
previous knowledge. Filling gaps is
illustrated by the mind’s tendency to
see a triangle in three dots
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19. Interpreting
The interpretation and response depends on
gender, age, occupation in life, physical state
and so on. No two persons have the same
perceptions; every individual has a unique
perceptual filter which influences the person’s
perception.
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20. Interpreting
The filter is composed of all that the
individual’s mind contains likely values,
needs, goals, interests, beliefs, attitudes,
expectations, wants knowledge, feelings,
languages and education.
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