The Dim Side
This is the step in the lifespan of a romantic relationship that is characterized by "going through the motions".
What is stagnating?
These are the two primary characteristics that separate friendships from traditional family relationships.
What are choice (not blood related) and equality (friends act as equals)?
This is a type of decision-making in groups that requires all group members to completely agree with all choices.
What is consensus?
This is a form of decision-making in groups that gives total decision-making authority to a single person.
What is authority rule?
This is the portion of a message that includes information about the subject of the message.
What is the content message?
This is a type of passive-aggressive person that says cruel things under the guise of "poking fun" or "just a joke".
What is a Joker?
These are three traits which we may feel signal that someone is a "good" relationship partner.
What are: attractiveness, common ground, balancing forces, frequent encounters, frequent appreciation, admiration, encourages self-disclosure, provides some reward?
This is a technique used to create discussion and model productive decision-making in group settings.
What is the Nominal Group Method?
This is a type of power gained through positive reputation and social influence.
What is referent power?
This is the portion of a message that contains information about how we feel towards the other person.
What is the relational message?
This is the term for a series of attack-and-defend behaviors that create a negative relational spiral.
What is an escalatory spiral?
This is the section of the Johari Window that most self-disclosure comes from.
What is the Hidden?
These are the two axes of the Leadership Grid.
What are concern for people and concern for production?
This is a type of power gained through relationships inside and outside of the group.
What is connection power?
This is the term for a close relationship partner who is considered "family".
What is Fictive Kin?
This type of passive-aggressive person purposefully does small things to annoy you.
What is a Trivial tyrannizer?
This is the expression of personal feelings through touch, shared experience, intellectual sharing, and emotional disclosure.
What is intimacy?
These are the primary characteristics of "Laissez-Faire" leadership.
What are members are empowered to function independently and make decisions on their own?
This is a type of power gained through a relevant position of authority to the group (such as a boss or teacher).
What is legitimate power?
These are the three primary relationship dialectics emphasized in the Dialectical Model of relationships.
What are openness/privacy, novelty/predictability, and connection/autonomy?
These are four behaviors which Gottman argues create a discomforting relationship climate.
What are: criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling?
These are the two dimensions of the Social Penetration Model of self-disclosure.
What are breadth and depth.
This is the appropriate type of task for a team (rather than a group) to take on.
The task is fairly complex, long-term, or requires creative thinking?
This is a type of communication pattern in groups in which one person acts as a gatekeeper, sharing information with only those who need it.
What is a wheel network?
These are 3 ways we can address unequal participation in a group.
What are: keep the group small, solicit opinions from low participants, reinforce the contributions of low participants, assign specific tasks to low participant members, use the nominal group method, and arrange your meeting space to a low free communication?