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Interpersonal Communication Dyadic: Between 2 people. Metacommunication. Characteristics. Environment. Intimacy. Types of Interpersonal Relationship. Acquaintances Romantic Relationships Work Relationships Family Relationships Friendships. My Freshman Year By: Rebekah Nathan
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Interpersonal Communication Dyadic: Between 2 people
Metacommunication Characteristics Environment
Types of Interpersonal Relationship Acquaintances Romantic Relationships Work Relationships Family Relationships Friendships
My Freshman Year By: Rebekah Nathan What is a friend? What are the biggest problems in friendships today? What would you do for your friends? Friendship Behavior
Bonding Differentiating Integrating Circumscribing Intensifying Stagnating Experimenting Avoiding Initiating Terminating Theories of Relational Development Knapp’s Developmental Model MAINTENANCE Forward or Backward Quickly or Slowly May Stabilize COMING TOGETHER COMING APART
Dialectical Model • Competing goals (dialectical tensions) • Connection vs Autonomy • Predictability vs Novelty • Openness vs Privacy
Issues in Relationships Self-Disclosure: deliberately revealing personal and significant information about oneself that would otherwise be unknown
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.
What is appropriate self-disclosure? • Is the other person important to you? • Is the amount and type of disclosure appropriate? • Is the risk of disclosing reasonable? • Is the disclosure relevant? • Is the disclosure reciprocated? • Will it be constructive?
Trust What is trust? What causes you to lose trust in someone? -To believe that someone is honest and means no harm TheFree Dictionary
How often do you lie? • Why do we lie? • Is it ever okay to lie?
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”