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19 Cards in this Set
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Role relationship |
Functional or casual and often are temporary, also people are usually interchangeable and not unique Ex; salesclerk, waiter, boss |
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Interpersonal relationship |
Two individuals influence each other in meangingful ways, create a unique interaction patterns
Ex; while jake was doing stats homework, dave might offer words of encouragement. After they may talk about political issues. Ex; shared experinces, inside jokes, knowledge of private information |
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Close relationships |
All of features in interpersonal and three more, 1 emotional attachment 2 need fulfillment 3 irreplaceability Ex; you may have only one first love or one best friend |
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Affection (need fullfillment) |
Is fullfilled by the ability to love other people through having other people love us. Strengthens relationships and makes people feel better about themselves and occurs in dyads. |
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Inclusion (need fullfillment) |
Feeling included is crucial part of social development that enables us to have successful interactions and associations with other people. Lack of this could result in loneliness and liw self-esteem. |
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Behavioral control (need fullfillment) |
The desire to feel in control of ones life through making decisions together involving work, money, sex, children, and household chores. "Scarce objects or people are most attractive" Ex; if you have a friend who always shows up late, you might retaliate by leaving before he or she arrives. |
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Voluntary vs involuntary (relationship type) |
People choose and sometimes do not depending the circumstances Ex; one may choose friends but one cannot control who is family |
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Genetically related vs nonrelated (relationship type) |
People may communicate depending somewhat on how genetically related they are Ex; more likely to give affectionite relationship to relative than non relative, dynamics of blended families consiting of step siblings |
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Sexual vs platonic (relationship type) |
Typically friendships and relationships with family members are platonic, dating and martial relationships by sexual activity |
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Romantic vs non romantic (relationship type) |
three aspects 1. The traditional trajectory where two people are physically attracted to one another 2. trajectory from platonic relationship into romantic they may start as just friends 3. trajectory from being friends with benefits to having romantic relationship |
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Male vs Female masculine vs feminine ( relationship type) |
sex refers to ones biological make up, gender refers to what culturally constructed images of men and woman |
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nonverbal and verbal |
60 to 65 percent of communication is done through nonverbal communication Nonverbal: Kinesics-facial expressions, vocalics-silence and the way words are pronounced, proxemics-the use of space, haptics-the use of touch, appearance and adornment- physical attributes such as weight or height, artifacts and environmental cues-the use of objects, chronemic- the use of time VERBAL: verbal content- the use of formal and informal language or nicknames, self disclosure- to reveal personal information to others |
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Interpersonal communication goals |
Three types Self-presentational goals; people act the way they want people to perceive them, image we convey Relational goals; Have to do with how we communicate feelings about others, including type of relationships we desire instrumental goals; task oriented, making money or getting good grades |
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content vs relational |
every message contains content and relational information content level; conveys information at a literal level Relational level; provides a context for interpreting the message of a relationship |
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symmetrical and asymmetrical |
symmetrical; occurs when people exchange similar relational information or similar messages Ex; Jake says Help me with my homework! dave responds, Do it yourself! Ex; Kristis mom, I love you Kristi responds, I love you to asymmetrical; occurs when people exchange different kinds of information, or if someone uses more of a behavior than someone else Ex; I need you to help me with my homework now! Response, okay ill cancel my plans to help. |
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Relationships across ongoing interactions |
Relational definitions emerge from recurring episodic enactments |
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Relationships contextualize messages |
Every message contains both content and a relational meaning. Ex; a frown from your partner has different meaning then from a stranger |
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Variety of relational messages |
Fundamental relational themes 1.dominance 2.level of intamecy 3. Degree of similarity 4. Task social orientation 5. Formality/informailty 6. Degree of social composure 7. Level of emotional arousal -dominance and level of intamecy two main themes to characterize relationships - especially important in close relationships |
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Dynamic |
Dialectic theory highlights the dynamic nature of relational communication |
