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friendship

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voluntary interpersonal relationships in which the people involved like each other and enjoy each other’s company

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communal friendships

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fulfills our need for companionship

focus primarily on sharing time and activities together

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agentic friendships

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focus primarily on achieving practical goals together

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valued social identities

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aspects of the public self that you deem important in defining who you are

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cross-category friendships

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cross demographic lines and defy friendship norms

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cross-sex friendships

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friendships between men and women

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cross-orientation friendships

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between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered or queer people and straight men and women. non-sexual

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inter-cultural friendships

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friendships between people from different cultures or countries

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inter-ethnic friendships

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are bonds between people who share the same cultural background but are members of different ethnic groups

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1. role-limited interaction

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general public interactions governed by rules of civility

learning someone's name, small talk

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2. friendly relations

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moving beyond the rules of public interaction and into conversations that relates to someone else as a person, not just a job or role they are fulfilling

- you learn more info about someone, likes, dislikes, hobbies

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3. moving toward friendship

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this involves spending more time together with a person, usually in a group setting, and learning more intimate information about each other

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4. nascent friendships

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this is where the first elements of trusting begin to appear. Before this most of the things that were shared were just biographical facts, but now you begin to trust each other with more personal thoughts and ideas

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5. stabilized friendships

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one where the participants have developed complete trust in each other. It involves both trusting behavior which is any behavior that increases someone’s vulnerability to another and trustworthy behavior which is a response to trusting behavior that protects the vulnerability of the other person. People weight the possible costs and rewards for disclosing personal information and use that to decide whether they will open up

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6. waning friendship

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the people have started to grow independent of each other. There is often less and less contact coupled with less sharing of information. The friendship can either be saved and moved back into a stabilized position or it can die

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friendship rules

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general principles prescribing appropriate communication and behavior within friendships

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challenges: friendship betrayal

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- most common reason for ending friendships

- breaking confidences,back-stabbing, spreading rumors, lying

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challenges: geographic distance

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intense challenge

separation prevents both communal and agentic friends from adequately satisfying the needs that form the foundation of their relationship

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challenges: attraction

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attraction beyond friendship; romantic, sexual or both