Interpersonal Communication
Conflict management styles that has low concern for self and high concern for the other is known as this.
What is accommodating?
"Cheating" is a subjective term, but however it is defined by romantic partners, it would fall under this broad category that refers to any kind of sexual or emotional cheating.
What is extradyadic romantic activity (ERA)?
Friendships that tend to last a long time and have mutual reciprocity are known as these types of friendships.
What are reciprocal friendships?
We are all heavily influenced by mediated communication, but some folks believe they are relatively immune. This media effect is common, but again, none of us are fully immune.
Disconfirming messages can make it difficult for folks to deal with a conflict. This disconfirming message might look like someone making assumptions about your intent during a conflict without you actually sharing what your intent is.
What is mindreading?
Attraction theory helps to explain why we might be drawn to form interpersonal relationships with each other. This part of attraction theory explains that we might be drawn to those who we have differences with but still feel these differences are beneficial in some way.
What is complementarity?
Communicative aggression takes many forms. For instance this type of aggression might involve a romantic partner controlling which friends you have access to or even how you spend your paycheck.
What is restricting?
All relationships are either personal or social, voluntary or involuntary. A teacher-student relationship would fall into these two categories.
What is social and involuntary?
Mediated communication has a variety of purposes. If we want to watch a show on Netflix to forget our problems for a little while, that mediated communication would serve this purpose.
What is diversion?
This unproductive small group role might be one who takes over the group project almost entirely, perhaps even refusing input from others.
What is the monopolizer?
This model helps us understand what kinds of information between those in an interpersonal relationship are known or blind to each party.
What is the Johari window?
If a couple is simply "going through the motions" of a relationship that is no longer fully satisfying, they would be in this stage of relationship ending.
What is stagnating?
If a family discusses openly and has low expectations for conformity, this family would be classified as this type of family.
What is pluralistic?
Algorithms play a role in creating these. They are said to be responsible for things like groupthink and conformity or intolerance of different viewpoints.
What are echo chambers?
Once a group or teams project is completed, members might go out to have dessert together as a way of celebrating the accomplishment. The group would be in this stage of group development.
What is adjourning?
When we ask ourselves if we think continuing getting to know someone will be "worth it" to us, we are enacting this theory.
What is Predicted Outcome Value Theory?
Couples who discuss openly and cooperatively, particularly when it comes to conflict, is known as this type of couple.
What are validating couples?
A conflict management role in families that shows low concern for self and high concern for others is known as this role. This person often wants to smooth things over to maintain some kind of harmony.
What is placater?
The idea that media is a teacher, one that teaches us about ourselves and others, refers to this theory. It's also why media representation matters.
What is Social Learning Theory?
Deception is really hard to detect for a lot of folks, particularly when it comes to detecting deception from those who we are closest to. This is partly due to this, which makes it hard to believe that those close to us would lie.
What is truth bias?
These theories help us consider whether we wish to stay in relationships we've formed, thinking about things like comparison levels for alternatives and/or whether the relationship feels equitable.
What are social exchange theories?
This type of romantic couple has what might be classified as a 'rollercoaster' relationship. There are high highs and low lows, with 'make-up' occurring after low lows.
This type of family talks openly about issues and topics, but there's a general expectation that family members will conform to particular values, beliefs, and behaviors.
What is consensual?
Media shapes our sense of reality. If we watch enough advertisements and television shows, we might actually believe that most people in the US are upper middle class, rather than blue collar, service-industry workers. At least, that is according to this theory.
What is cultivation theory?
Different cultures and social groups have different expectations about how folks should show (or not show) emotions. Whatever these norms are vary from group to group, and they are known as this.
What are display rules?