Interpersonal Comm Chapter 11

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failure events

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violations of understanding between people in relationships. how you deal with these thing effect the future of the relationship.

can be met with forgiveness or retaliation

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reproach

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message that a failure event has occured. can be direct or indirect, harsh or mild

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account

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response to a reproach

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in-group

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one's racial or ethnic group

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out-group

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a race, culture, religion or ethnic group different from one's own

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deception by omission (concealment)

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intentionally holding back some of the information another person has requested or that you are expected to share. ex: not talking about friends house after movies, not saying you looked "bad", not telling bf about afffair

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deception by commission

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deliberate presentation of false information
why?
to gain resources
to avoid harm or loss
to protect image
for entertainment
to protect another

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white lie

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deception by commission involving only a slight degree of falsification that has a minimal consequent

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exaggeration

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deception by commission involving stretching the truth or embellishing the facts

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bald-faced lie

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deception by commission involving outright falsification of information intended to deceive the listener

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active verbal responses

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reactive statements made in response to a hurtful message. generally rather aggressive such as counterattacks, self-defense. sarcasm, or demands for explanations

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acquiescent responses

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crying, conceding or apologizeing in response to a hurtrful message

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invulnerable responses

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ignoring. laughing, or being silent in response to a hurtful message

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obsessive relational intrusion

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repeated invasion of a persons privacy by a stranger or acquaintance who desires or assumes a close relationship

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stalking

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repeated unwelcome intrusion that create concern for personal safety and fear in the targe

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jealousy

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a reaction to the threat of losing a valued relationship

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relational violence

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range of destructive behaviors aimed at other people, including aggressiveness, threats, violent acts, and verbal, psychological or physical abuse

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bilateral dissolution

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ending of a relationship by mutual agreement of both parties

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unilateral dissolution

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ending of a realtionship by one partner even though the other partner wants it to continue

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fading away

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ending a relationship by slowly drifting apart

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sudden death

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abrupt and unplanned ending of a relationship

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incrementalism

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systematic progression of a relationship through each of the de-escalation stages.

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intrapsychic phase

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first phase in a relationship termination, when an individual engages in an internal evaluation of the partner

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dyadic phase

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second phase in relationship termination, when the individual disusses termination with the parnter

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social phase

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third phase in relationship termination, when members of the social network around both parties are informed of and become involved in the termination process

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grave dressing phase

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final phase in relationship termination when the patrners generate public explanations and move past the relationship

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indirect termination strategies

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attempts to break up a relationship without explicitly stating the desire to do so
-psuedo de escalation
-cost escalation

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direct termination strategies

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explicit statements of a desire to break up a relationship
-negative identity management (no concern for partner's feelings)
-justification
-de-escalation
-positive tone