Self-Disclosure in Development of Interpersonal Relationships
The stages in Interpersonal Relationships
Essential Interpersonal Communication Behaviors
100
Using messages to generate meaning between at least two people in a situation. It allows mutual opportunities for both speaking and listening
What is Interpersonal Communication?
100
Allows us to develop a greater understanding of ourselves, a more positive attitude about yourself and others, to develop more meaningful relationships with others.
What is Self-Disclosure?
100
the process by which relationships grow
What is Relational Development?
100
the distance, location or range between the people
What is Proximity?
200
A dating couple, a single parent and a child, a married couple, two close friends, or two co-workers are some examples
What is an interpersonal relationship?
200
People who have harmonious sibling relationships and same-gender friends report the highest level of well-being
What is the importance of Friendships?
200
two people begin establishing strategies for keeping the relationship together
What is Relationship Maintenance?
200
this includes physical, how desirable a person is to work with, and how much “social value” one has for another
What is Attractiveness?
300
A husband may always greet his wife with a kiss. This kiss is generally understood as a sign of warmth and affection
What is patterns of interaction?
300
Facebook and friends with benefits
What are New Types of Friendships?
300
the process in which a relationship disintegrates
What is Relational Deterioration?
300
the idea that we tend to select our friends and loved ones from people who demonstrate positive interest in us
What is Responsiveness?
400
suggest that one person is dependent on another to have some need fulfilled and that the other person or persons is dependent on the first to have the same or other needs fulfilled
What is Interdependence?
400
In this type of relationship you don’t talk about romance or the possibility of falling in love.
What is Friends with benefits?
400
when two people have decided to learn more about each other, this includes getting serious and sharing personal information at a safe level
What is Experimenting?
400
the idea that our friends and loved ones are usually people who like or dislike the same things we do
What is Similarity?
500
Those in which a person supplies something that the other person lacks. Ex. A romantic involvement between a popular male and an intelligent female
What is Complementary relationships?
500
is the process of making intentional revelations about your-self that would be unlikely to know and that generally constitute private, sensitive, or confidential information
What is Self-Disclosure?
500
the tension that exists between two conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas