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37 Cards in this Set
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Relationship |
A set of expectations two people have for each other based on their pattern of interaction. |
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Impersonal relationship |
A relationship in which one person relates to another merely because the other fills a role that satisfies an immediate need. |
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Personal relationship |
A relationship in which people care about each other, share at least want some personal information with each other, and meet at least some of each other's interpersonal needs. |
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Voluntary relationship |
A relationship in which we freely choose the people with whom we interact. |
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Involuntary relationship |
A relationship in which we have no choice with the other people with whom we interact. |
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Platonic relationship |
A relationship in which partners are not sexually attracted to each other or choose not to act on their sexual attraction. |
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Romantic relationship |
Relationships in which partners act on their mutual sexual attraction to each other. |
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Acquaintances |
People we know by name and talk to when the opportunity arises but with whom our interactions are limited. |
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Friends |
The people with whom we have voluntary personal relationships characterized by equality, mutual involvement, reciprocal liking, self disclosure, and reciprocal social support. |
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Constitutive function |
The communication messages exchanged in a relationship form the relationship. |
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Instrumental function |
The communication messages exchanged in a relationship are the means through which we accomplish our personal and our relationship goals. |
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Indexial function |
Embedded in the communication messages that are exchanged in a relationship are measures of who was in control, how much partners trust each other, and the level of intimacy in the relationship. |
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Self disclosure |
Verbally sharing personal, private information, and feelings. |
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The Johari window |
A visual framework for understanding how self disclosure and feedback work together in a relationship. The window represents all of the information about you that there is. You and your partner each know some but not all of this information. The window has four panes or quadrants, the open pane, the secret pane, the blind pane, and the unknown pane. |
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Social penetration theory |
The premise that self disclosure is integral to all stages of relationships, but the nature and type of self disclosure change over time as people move from being strangers to being intimate. According to this theory, we can think of our personality as an onion. On the outside are the public layers that contain factual information like your major, where you grew up, and how you like your steak cooked, etc. Deeper in the onion are your personality are the layers of your inner self that house your attitudes, beliefs, and feelings. |
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Interdependence |
A dimension of relationships that gauges the extent to which partners rely on each other to meet their needs. |
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Breadth |
A dimension of relationships that gauges the variety of conversational topics and activities that partners share, as well as the number of context in which they interact. |
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Depth |
The dimension of relationships that gauges how intimate the partners have become through disclosing personal and private information. |
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Commitment |
A dimension of relationships that gave his how dedicated or loyal partners are to each other. |
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Understanding and predictability |
It dimension of relationships that gauges how well partners understand and can predict each other's behaviors. |
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Communication code change |
The dimension of relationships that gauges how much partners develop script that are exclusive to their relationship. |
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Shared social networks |
A dimension of relationships that gauges how much the partners interactions and relationships with other people overlap. |
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Interpersonal trust |
A dimension of relationships that gauges the extent to which partners believe that they know what to expect from the relationship, know how they are supposed to act, and know that they want to act according to expectations. |
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Autonomy |
The desire to act and make decisions independent of your relationship partner. |
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Connection |
The desire to link your actions and decisions with those of your relationship partner. |
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Openness |
The desire to share intimate ideas and feelings with your relationship partner. |
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Closedness |
The desire to maintain privacy. |
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Novelty |
The desire for originality, freshness, and uniqueness in your partner's behavior or in your relationship. |
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Temporal selection |
The strategy of dealing with dialectical tensions by choosing one side of the dialectical opposition while ignoring the other for a period of time. |
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Topical segmentation |
The strategy of dealing with dialectical tensions by choosing certain areas in which to satisfy one side of a dialectical tensions while choosing other areas to satisfy the opposite side. |
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Neutralization |
The strategy of dealing with dialectical tensions by compromising between the desires of those in the relationship. |
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Reframing |
The strategy of dealing with dialectical tensions by changing perceptions about the level of tension. |
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Turning point |
Any event or occurrence that marks in relationships transition from one stage to another. |
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Predicted outcome value theory |
The premise that in our early conversations with potential relationship partners, we gather information to predict whether the benefits of future interactions will outweigh the costs. |
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Inclusion need |
Our desire to be in the company of other people. |
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Affection need |
Our desire to be loved and to love. |
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Control need |
Our desire to influence the events and people around us to be influenced by others. |
