Relational Maintenance Movie Clips
Why We Form Relationships
A Dialectical Perspective
Characteristics of Relationships
Communicating About Relationships
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What is Terminating
100
Liking people who like us.
What is Reciprocal Attraction
100
The conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously
What is Dialectical Tensions
100
Relationships are affected by
What is Culture
100
This is the degree to which people like or appreciate one another
What is Affinity
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What is Initiating
200
Differences that strengthen a relationship
What is Complementary
200
These conflicts are created by the conflicting need to disclose and the drive to maintain space between ourselves and others.
What is Openness-Privacy Dialectic
200
This type of culture values directness
What are Low-context cultures
200
The degree of interest and attention that we feel toward and communicate towards others
What is Immediacy
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What is Differentiating
300
We often seek out people who can give us BLANK
What is Rewards
300
The conflicting desires for both independence and dependence are embodied in...
What is Connection-Autonomy Dialectic
300
Relationships are rarely BLANK for long periods
What is Stable
300
This is an extremely important ingredient in good relationships
What is Respect
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What is Integrating
400
This is especially important in the early stages if appearance. For example speed dating.
What is Appearance
400
Stability is important in relationships, but too much can lead to this
What is Predictability-Novelty Dialectic
400
Males are less likely to emotional invest in these relationships
What are sexual relationships
400
The degree to which the parties in a relationship have the power to influence one another
What is Control
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What is Bonding
500
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What is Competent
500
Denial, Disorientation, Alternation, Segmentation, Balance, Integration, Recalibration, Reaffirmation are all essential to
What is Managing Dialectical Tensions
500
In this relationship model partners move from security, to disintegration, to alienation, to resynthesis to security and repeat the process at each new level
What is the Helical Model of Relational Cycles
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This term is used to describe messages that people exchange
What is Metacommunication
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