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20 Cards in this Set
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Affinity |
The degree to which persons like or appreciate one another. |
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Avoiding |
A stage of relational development immediately prior to terminating in which the parties minimize contact with one another. |
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Bonding |
A stage of relational development in which the parties make symbolic public gestures to show that their relationship exists. |
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Circumscribing |
A stage of relational development in which partners begin to reduce the scope of their contact and commitment to one another. |
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Connection-autonomy dialectic |
The tension between the need for intgration and the need for independence in a relationship. |
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Control |
The social need to influence others. |
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Dialectical tension |
Inherent conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously. |
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Differentiating |
A stage of relational development in which parties re-establish their individual identities after having bonded together. |
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Experimenting |
An early stage in relational development, consisting of a search for common ground. If the experimentation is successful, the relationship will progress to intensifying. If not, it may go no further. |
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Immediacy |
The degree of interest or attention that we feel toward and communicate to others. |
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Initiating |
The first stage in relational development in which the parties express interest in one another. |
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Integrating |
A stage of relational development in which the parties begin to take on a single identity. |
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Intensifying |
A stage of relational development preceding integrating in which the move toward integration by increasing the amount of contact and the breadth and depth of self-disclosure. |
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Metacommunication |
Messages (usually relational) that refer to other messages; communication about communication. |
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Openess-privacy dialectic |
The tension between the need for stability and the need for novelty in a relationship. |
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Predictability-novelty dialectic |
The tension between the need for stability and the need for stability in a relationship. |
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Relational transgressions |
One partner's violation of the explicit or implicit terms of the relationship, letting the other one down in some important way. |
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Respect |
The social need to be held in esteem by others |
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Stagnating |
A stage of relational development characterized by declining enthusiasm and standardized forms of behavior |
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Terminating |
The concluding stage of relational development, characterized by the acknowledgment of one or both parties that the relationship is over. |
