Social interaction involves the exchange of information between two or more individuals and can take various forms such as exchange, competition, cooperation, conflict, and coercion. Interpersonal relationships refer to the close bonds between people and include friendships, love, family relationships, and work relationships. Communication is the exchange of meaning between individuals using a shared system of symbols and is a two-way process of understanding where participants both exchange ideas and create shared meaning. The common elements among social interaction, interpersonal relationships, and communication are the concepts of exchange, relationship, and bond, with socio-emotional aspects involved in these interactions.