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15 Cards in this Set
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avoiding stage
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a lose-lose conflict style in which people nonassertively ignore or stay away from conflict |
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bonding stage |
a stage of relational development in which the partners make symbolic gestures to show that their relationship exists |
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circumscribing stage |
a relational stage in which partners begin to reduce to the scope of their contact and commitment to one another |
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comparison level |
the minimum standard of what behavior is acceptable from a relationship partner |
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comparison level of alternatives |
a comparison between the rewords one is receiving in a present situation and those one could expect to receive in others
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dialectical tension |
relational tensions that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously |
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differentiation stage |
a relational stage inn which the partners reestablish their individual identities after having bonded |
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experimenting stage |
an early stage in relational development, consisting of a search for common ground.if the experimentation is successful, relationship progresses to intensifying. if not, it may go no further |
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initiating stage |
the first stage in relational development in which the interactants express interest in one another |
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integrating stage |
a relational stage in which the interactants begin to take on a single identity |
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intensifying stage |
a relational stage following experimenting in which the interactants move toward integration by increasing their amount of contact and the breadth and depth of their self-disclosure |
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relational commitment |
a promise,explicit or implied, to remain in a relationship and to make that relationship successful |
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relational maintenance |
communication aimed at keeping relationships operating smoothly and satisfactorily |
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stagnating stage |
a relational stage characterized by declining enthusiasm and standardized forms of behavior |
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terminating stage |
the conclusion of a relationship, characterized by the acknowledgment of one or both partners that the relationship is over |
