Relationships
A lack of information about a conversational partner
What is uncertainty
Intimacy+passion+commitment=
consummate love
The process by which parents teach their children behaviors that are appropriate, expected, moral or polite.
Family socialization
___________ are desired outcomes you can achieve only if you convince another person to cooperate with you.
What is interpersonal influence goals
In a video clip that we saw in class, Phoebe and Ross were having an episode of conflict about the evolution theory. This is an example of a(n) _______ form of conflict.
Argument
The tendency to match our own disclosure to those made by our partner
What is the norm of reciprocity.
Love that focuses on beauty and sexuality
Eros
A bounded set of objects that interrelate with one another to form a whole
What is a system
John approaches an Intro to Communication professor at the beginning of the semester requesting a special permission number to be able to register for that class. The professor tells John that he doesn’t have to power to give him an SPN. What obstacle is preventing John from attaining an SPN?
What is lack of possession.
Carol's roommate never washes dishes. Carol wrote an angry letter to her saying that she violated Carol's expectations of a good roommate. In this example, the conflict exists on the level of _______.
relationship roles
Storge, Ludus and Agape are examples of?
love styles
Families that prioritize closeness among members rather than rigid boundaries between members or subsystems are called___________.
Enmeshed system.
The public image of ourselves that we put out into the world
What is face
_______, ____________, and ___________ are the three components of interpersonal conflicts.
disagreement, interference and negative emotion
The rule of______ dictates that each partner's rewards should be proportional to his or her costs.
distributive justice
Opposition between alternative ways of being intimate in relationships
Relational dialectic
Families that discourage participation in activities and relationships outside the family.
Closed families.
Considerations other than the primary goal that arise during interpersonal influence interactions and shape communication strategies.
What are secondary goals.
Eric had a big fight with his girlfriend because he wanted to go to the theater and see the new horror movie but she didn't. Eric was trying to pursue the ______ conflict goal.
instrumental
Experiences that can make either partner feel constrained or disliked.
Face threats
Alice and Josh have been dating for a while. On one hand, they want to keep their relationship as mysterious and intriguing as possible, on the other hand, they are afraid of the uncertainty in their relationship. This shows the __________ dialectic of relationships.
Novelty vs. predictability
In this kind of marriage, partners emphasize spending quality times together, but they also put their individual attitudes, goals, and desires ahead of obligations to the household.
What is an independent marriage.
______ Refers to our desire to be well-liked and admired by others.
What is positive face.
If a person has this particular conflict style, (s)he needs to make sure that both parties involved in the conflict get part of what they wanted.
What is compromising conflict style.