Psychology of Communication : course of lectures. Lecture 1. Topic: Basic principles of communication

Abstract

Topic 1. Communicational competence: Educational goals. Course structure. Methods of assessing the acquisition of the course. Basic definitions. Topic 2. Types of communication. Characteristics of communication: Verbal and non-verbal. Formal and informal. Communicational principles. Main characteristics of communication: participants, messages, context, channels, interference, feedback. Honest and manipulative communication.