Satisfying Relationships
This term refers to the overall emotional mood between people in a relationship.
What is communication climate?
Communication that recognizes, acknowledges, and supports another person creates this type of climate.
What is a confirming climate?
This strategy involves negotiating a balance where both needs are partially satisfied.
What is neutralization?
This online behavior can blur boundaries between openness and privacy in relationships.
What is oversharing?
This phenomenon explains why people stay in relationships because of what they’ve already put into them.
What is sunken cost falicy?
Ignoring someone’s contributions or responding with indifference creates this type of climate.
What is a disconfirming climate?
Redefining autonomy and connection as interdependent rather than contradictory represents which advanced negotiation strategy?
What is reframing?
Posting about conflicts publicly instead of addressing them privately often damages this.
What is trust?
Research shows that this perception enhances satisfaction in romantic relationships.
What is perceived equality of investment?
This relational behavior both builds and reflects trust and involves intentional sharing of personal information.
What is self-disclosure?
A couple behaves independently during the workweek but prioritizes closeness on weekends. This demonstrates which strategy?
What is segmentation?
Social media can intensify dialectical tensions, especially between connection and this opposing need.
What is autonomy?
Unlike feelings, this is defined as a decision to remain in a relationship.
What is commitment?
Effective self-disclosure should occur gradually and include this important element.
What is appropriate caution?
A couple spends weekdays apart focusing on careers but intentionally disconnects from work and reconnects emotionally on weekends. Identify the tension and strategy.
What is autonomy versus connection and segmentation?
When social media engagement becomes a metric for relational value, partners may equate likes and comments with this relational variable.
What is investment?
A relationship may feel “fine” in content but hostile in tone, illustrating the distinction between message content and this dimension.
What is relational (or emotional) level of communication?
Believing in another person’s reliability allows partners to take interpersonal risks.
What is trust?
One partner insists on total transparency, arguing that privacy equals secrecy. The other partner agrees to share everything, though it causes discomfort. Identify the tension and the management strategy.
What is openness versus closedness and selection?
Indirectly addressing conflict through vague posts instead of direct dialogue undermines this core principle of effective relational maintenance.