Chapter 9 communication final
dialectical tensions
conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously (managing dialectical tensions can form stronger relationships)
Dialectical perspectives
Communicators seek important but inherently incompatible goals through their relationship
Dialectical Perspectives on Relational Dynamics
Connection vs. autonomy, openness vs. privacy, predictability vs. novelty
Small talk typically occurs during the initiating stage of an interpersonal relationship. (T or F)
False
The circumscribing stage of interpersonal relationships involves total avoidance of the other
False
social exchange theory
Rewards-cost=outcome
We are more attracted to people who are good t what they do but admit their mistakes(T or F)
True
Why we form relationships
appearance, similarity, complementarity, reciprocal attraction, competence, disclosure, proximity, rewards
Stages of relational development
initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding then to differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, terminating