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also called Dyadic communication between two people the relationship stage of communication

Interpersonal Communication. also called Dyadic communication between two people the relationship stage of communication What is interpersonal communication?. Metacommunication. Messages. Quality. Channel. Characteristics. Types of Interpersonal Relationship. Acquaintances

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also called Dyadic communication between two people the relationship stage of communication

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  1. Interpersonal Communication also called Dyadic communication between two people the relationship stage of communication What is interpersonal communication?

  2. Metacommunication Messages Quality Channel Characteristics

  3. Types of Interpersonal Relationship Acquaintances Romantic Relationships Work Relationships Family Relationships Friendships

  4. Proximity Similarity Complementary = opposites attract Social Exchange (rewards-costs=outcome) Appearance Competence Prefer talented but flawed Exception: Hi or low self-esteem person wants perfect person Reciprocal attraction Other person likes you Why do we build relationshipswith one person over another?

  5. How Do Relationships Develop?

  6. Bonding Differentiating Integrating Circumscribing Intensifying Stagnating Experimenting Avoiding Initiating Terminating Theories of Relational Development _Knapps’s Developmental Model Maintenance Forward or Backward Quickly or Slowly May Stabilize Coming Together Coming Apart

  7. Dialectical Model • Competing goals (dialectical tensions) • Connection vs Autonomy • Openness vs Privacy • Predictability vs Novelty

  8. How do we build better and deeper relationships? Intimacy Self-Disclosure

  9. Intimacy

  10. GENDER and Intimacy

  11. Males • Do things together • Do things for you to show caring • Sex is a way to create (build) intimacy Gender Impacts Intimacy Styles Females Self-disclose Reveal feelings Share (-) and (+) Sex is a way to express intimacy

  12. Culture Impacts Intimacy Styles Rebekah Nathan My Freshmen Year • Collectivistic Cultures • Japan • More in-group vs outsiders • Individualistic Cultures • USA • Cocktail Party Conversationalists

  13. Self-Disclosure: deliberately revealing personal and significant information about oneself that would otherwise be unknown

  14. Social Penetration Modeland Self-Disclosure • Breadth: # of topics discussed • Depth: shift from non-revealing messages to personal messages • The greater the depth and breadth the more intimate the relationship.

  15. Johari’s WindowModel of Self-disclosure • Comprised of four quadrants: Open, Blind, Hidden and Unknown. • Quadrants become smaller or larger based on the amount of communication and self-disclosure in a relationship. • Generally the larger the open area, the more intimate the relationship.

  16. What is appropriate self-disclosure? • Is the other person important to you? • Is the amount and type of disclosure appropriate? • Is the disclosure relevant? • Is the disclosure reciprocated? • Will it be constructive? • Is the risk of disclosing reasonable?

  17. Trust What is trust? What causes you to lose trust in someone? -To believe that someone is honest and means no harm TheFree Dictionary

  18. What can you do if you don’t want to self-disclose? Equivocate Hint (face-saving) Lie

  19. Lying • Dating couples lie in about 1/3 of relationships • College students tell their mothers lies in 50% of conversations. • Average = 3 lies for every 10 minutes of conversation • Many lies are altruistic lies or “white lies”

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