Conversation
This conversational maxim requires that conversation partners stick to the topic under discussion.
What is the relevancy maxim?
This theory states that we work to sustain the relationships that have the greatest total benefit for us.
What is social exchange theory?
If one person threatens to cause pain or loss for another person, they are exercising this form of power.
What is coercive power?
This is the term for when we believe that there is a conflict between ourselves and another person, but there is actually no conflict.
What is a pseudoconflict?
We engage in relationships partially because this relational need drives us to maintain a sense of shared, mutual interest with others.
What is inclusion?
This term refers to the stage of conversation that involves previewing the nature and reason for a conversation.
What is topic priming?
This theory holds that openness in a relationship develops over time, with relational partners sharing increasingly varied and intimate information about themselves over time.
What is social penetration theory?
Power is defined as our ability to do this to other people.
What is influence?
(or, What is effect or prevent changes in the way that people think, act, or feel?
This is the term for a conflict in which we believe that our self-worth is at stake.
What is an ego conflict?
Wanting to be friends with someone because we frequently cross paths with them is an example of this form of attraction.
What is proximity?
This stage of conversation involves reflecting on conversational progress.
What is preliminary processing?
In social penetration theory, this aspect of relationships is measured by the amount of topics that relational partners discuss.
What is relationship breadth?
This is the power that a person has based on their position or status.
What is legitimate power?
This is the term for the type of conflict that can help us grow and understand each other better.
What is functional conflict?
When we begin exchanging words of affection with another person, we are often entering this stage of Knapp & Vangelisti's 10-stage relationship development model.
What is intensifying?
These kinds of questions allow the respondent free rein in answering.
What are open-ended questions?
According to social exchange theory, we measure the benefits of our relationships against this standard that we find through our social environment.
What is the comparison level for alternatives?
This form of power is why we most often feel that we should listen to our doctors' advice about our health.
What is expert power?
This is the term for the conflict management style that is unassertive and cooperative.
What is accommodating?
When we begin explicitly setting up boundaries around our personal life within relationships, we are entering this stage of Knapp & Vangelisti's 10-stage relationship model.
What is circumscribing?
This conversational maxim requires that we be clear and comprehensible, providing needed context in order to avoid confusion.
What is the manner maxim?
In social exchange theory, this term refers to the expectation that relational partners will share equally with each other.
What is the norm of reciprocity?
This form of power is most often the reason that we listen to our role models and wish to imitate them.
What is referent power?
This is the term for the conflict management style that is halfway between both assertiveness and cooperativeness.
What is compromising?
What is social attraction?