Editing Communication (section)

=== Intrapersonal ===
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[[File:Helleu - Daydream.jpg|thumb|alt=Painting of a woman daydreaming|[[Paul César Helleu]]'s 1901 painting, ''Rêverie'' (Daydream) featuring [[Alice Guérin]]. Daydreaming is a form of intrapersonal communication.]]
Intrapersonal communication is communication with oneself.<ref>{{multiref | {{harvnb|Ezhilarasu|2016|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=kfbsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA178 178]}} | {{harvnb|Chandler|Munday|2011|p=225}} | {{harvnb|Lantolf|2009|p=566}} }}</ref> In some cases this manifests externally, such as when engaged in a [[monologue]], taking notes, highlighting a passage, and writing a diary or a shopping list. But many forms of intrapersonal communication happen internally in the form of an inner exchange with oneself, as when thinking about something or [[daydreaming]].<ref>{{multiref | {{harvnb|Chandler|Munday|2011|p=225}} | {{harvnb|Honeycutt|2014|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=9pbnBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT317 317]}} }}</ref> Closely related to intrapersonal communication is communication that takes place within an organism below the personal level, such as exchange of information between organs or cells.<ref>{{harvnb|Vocate|2012|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=fZOk5Fpuj54C&pg=PA196 196]}}</ref>

Intrapersonal communication can be triggered by internal and external stimuli. It may happen in the form of articulating a phrase before expressing it externally. Other forms are to make plans for the future and to attempt to process emotions to calm oneself down in stressful situations.<ref>{{multiref | {{harvnb|UMN staff|2016|loc=[https://open.lib.umn.edu/communication/chapter/1-1-communication-history-and-forms/ 1.1 Communication: History and Forms]}} | {{harvnb|Barnlund|2013|pp=47–52}} }}</ref> It can help regulate one's own mental activity and outward behavior as well as internalize cultural norms and ways of thinking.<ref>{{harvnb|Lantolf|2009|pp=567–568}}</ref> External forms of intrapersonal communication can aid one's memory. This happens, for example, when making a shopping list. Another use is to unravel difficult problems, as when solving a complex mathematical equation line by line. New knowledge can also be internalized this way, such as when repeating new vocabulary to oneself. Because of these functions, intrapersonal communication can be understood as "an exceptionally powerful and pervasive tool for thinking."<ref>{{harvnb|Lantolf|2009|pp=568–569}}</ref>

Based on its role in [[Self-control|self-regulation]], some theorists have suggested that intrapersonal communication is more basic than interpersonal communication. Young children sometimes use [[Private speech|egocentric speech]] while playing in an attempt to direct their own behavior. In this view, interpersonal communication only develops later when the child moves from their early egocentric perspective to a more social perspective.<ref>{{multiref | {{harvnb|Lantolf|2009|p=567}} | {{harvnb|Kreps|2012|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=FrbGuo2mxCMC&pg=PA239 239]}} }}</ref> A different explanation holds that interpersonal communication is more basic since it is first used by parents to regulate what their child does. Once the child has learned this, they can apply the same technique to themselves to get more control over their own behavior.<ref>{{multiref | {{harvnb|Lantolf|2009|pp=567–568}} | {{harvnb|Vocate|2012|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=fZOk5Fpuj54C&pg=PA14 14]}} }}</ref>