Developing and Maintaining
             Relationships
   Explain key aspects of interpersonal
    relationships
   Understand how and why we form
    relationships
   Understand that every relationship has
    advantages and disadvantages
   Consider how people in relationships
    choose to divulge or withhold personal
    information

   Outline the predictable stages of most
    relationships
The
interconnections
and
interdependence
between two
individuals
The exchange of verbal and
nonverbal messages between
two people who have a
relationship and are
influenced by their partner’s
messages
A web of
relationships that
connect individuals
to one another
 Family
Small social group
 bound by ties of
 blood, civil
 contract, and a
 commitment to care
 for one another
 Friendship
 ◦ Close and caring relationship
   between two people
 ◦ Perceived as mutually
   satisfying and beneficial
 Romantic    Relationships
 ◦ Love
 ◦ Intimacy
 Online    Relationships
 ◦ Virtual relationships
 ◦ Hyperpersonal
 communication
   Companionship
   Stimulation
   Achieving goals
   Proximity
   Physical attraction
   Similarity
   Costs and rewards
    ◦ Social exchange of
    costs and benefits
    ◦ Rewards
      Extrinsic
      Instrumental
      Intrinsic
    ◦ Costs
   Reducing Uncertainty
    ◦   Uncertainty reduction theory
    ◦   Monitoring
    ◦   Proactive Strategies
    ◦   Indirect Strategies
   Dialectical Tensions
    ◦   Relational dialectics theory
    ◦   Autonomy vs. Connection
    ◦   Openness vs. Closedness
    ◦   Predictability vs. Novelty
   Social Penetration Theory
    (SPT)
    How relationships move from
     superficial levels to levels of
     intimacy
   Communication Privacy
    Management Theory (CPM)
    ◦ We own private information
    ◦ We control that information
   Strategic Topic Avoidance
    ◦ Maneuvering the conversation
      away from undesirable topics
   Initiating Stage
    ◦ Make contact with another
    ◦ Many relationships don’t move
      beyond this stage
   Exploratory Stage
    ◦ Small talk
    ◦ Uncertainty reduction
   Intensification Stage
    ◦ Personal self-disclosure
    ◦ Share affection verbally
    ◦ Pet names
   Stable Stage
    ◦ Integrating or becoming one
    ◦ Bonding by sharing public
      messages about relationship
   Declining Stage
    ◦ Uncertainty Events
      Interference
      Unmet expectations
    ◦ Relationship Repair
      Repair tactics
   Termination Stage
    ◦ Passing away
     Relationship gradually fades
    ◦ Sudden death
     Unexpected termination for
      one partner
   Reconciliation
    ◦   Spontaneous development
    ◦   Third-party mediation
    ◦   High affect
    ◦   Tacit persistence
    ◦   Mutual interaction
    ◦   Avoidance

Real Comm Chapter 6 w/ Narration

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Explain key aspects of interpersonal relationships  Understand how and why we form relationships  Understand that every relationship has advantages and disadvantages
  • 3.
    Consider how people in relationships choose to divulge or withhold personal information  Outline the predictable stages of most relationships
  • 4.
  • 5.
    The exchange ofverbal and nonverbal messages between two people who have a relationship and are influenced by their partner’s messages
  • 6.
    A web of relationshipsthat connect individuals to one another
  • 7.
     Family Small socialgroup bound by ties of blood, civil contract, and a commitment to care for one another
  • 8.
     Friendship ◦Close and caring relationship between two people ◦ Perceived as mutually satisfying and beneficial
  • 9.
     Romantic Relationships ◦ Love ◦ Intimacy
  • 10.
     Online Relationships ◦ Virtual relationships ◦ Hyperpersonal communication
  • 11.
    Companionship  Stimulation  Achieving goals  Proximity  Physical attraction  Similarity
  • 12.
    Costs and rewards ◦ Social exchange of costs and benefits ◦ Rewards  Extrinsic  Instrumental  Intrinsic ◦ Costs
  • 13.
    Reducing Uncertainty ◦ Uncertainty reduction theory ◦ Monitoring ◦ Proactive Strategies ◦ Indirect Strategies
  • 14.
    Dialectical Tensions ◦ Relational dialectics theory ◦ Autonomy vs. Connection ◦ Openness vs. Closedness ◦ Predictability vs. Novelty
  • 15.
    Social Penetration Theory (SPT) How relationships move from superficial levels to levels of intimacy
  • 16.
    Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) ◦ We own private information ◦ We control that information
  • 17.
    Strategic Topic Avoidance ◦ Maneuvering the conversation away from undesirable topics
  • 19.
    Initiating Stage ◦ Make contact with another ◦ Many relationships don’t move beyond this stage
  • 20.
    Exploratory Stage ◦ Small talk ◦ Uncertainty reduction
  • 21.
    Intensification Stage ◦ Personal self-disclosure ◦ Share affection verbally ◦ Pet names
  • 22.
    Stable Stage ◦ Integrating or becoming one ◦ Bonding by sharing public messages about relationship
  • 23.
    Declining Stage ◦ Uncertainty Events  Interference  Unmet expectations ◦ Relationship Repair  Repair tactics
  • 24.
    Termination Stage ◦ Passing away Relationship gradually fades ◦ Sudden death Unexpected termination for one partner
  • 25.
    Reconciliation ◦ Spontaneous development ◦ Third-party mediation ◦ High affect ◦ Tacit persistence ◦ Mutual interaction ◦ Avoidance