Unquestioned Ease - Confronting Automaticity in Everyday Communication (Hardcover)

This book highlights hidden unintentional biases, emotional defense mechanisms, and responses in haste. By revealing these preconceived notions present in message choices, Xiaowei Shi and Steven Mortenson demonstrate techniques to help prevent communication from becoming problematic. In a conversational style, the authors extend their interdisciplinary theoretic perspectives by introducing concepts and practices of supportive confrontation and argumentative interaction management. Through examining those automatic responses and reactions in our everyday conversation with friends, coworkers, and loved ones, this book engages the readers to confront their own hidden preferences and underlying beliefs about gender, relationships, and themselves with a new eye. The book moves beyond prior work on rational choice model in strategic communication by considering actual human attributes. Shi and Mortenson offer new insights into communication "noises" and how to engage in communication during a difficult life event or on a difficult subject in a more skillful manner. Scholars of social psychology, interpersonal communication, and communication training and development will find this book of particular interest.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	Xiaowei Shi • Steve Mortenson
Dimensions:	239 x 159 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-79363-796-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Teacher training
LSN:	1-79363-796-2
Barcode:	9781793637963

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