The Nature of Intimate Relationships
important emotional closeness experienced in a relationship, whether romantic or not.
What is Intimacy?
The state of being in only one romantic relationship at a time and avoiding romantic or sexual relation with others outside that relationship is?
monogamy
The stage of relationship development at which people interact to learn more about each other.
What is the experimenting stage
Patterns of behavior that define a person’s function in a group.
What are Roles?
Behaviors that show how much we value another person.
What is Confirming messages?
The desire to stay in a relationship no matter what happens.
What is Commitment?
Romantic or sexual interaction with someone outside one’s romantic relationship.
is infidelity
The stage of relationship development at which people move from being acquaintances to being close friends.
What is intensifying stage?
the family we grew up in is referred to as
Family of Origin
Behaviors that imply a lack of respect or value for others.
What is disconfirming messages?
The state in which what happens to one person affects everyone else in the relationship.
What is interdependence?
The state of having two or more spouses at once.
What is polygamy?
The stage of relationship development at which a deep commitment has formed, and the partners share a strong sense that the relationship has its own identity.
What is integrating stage?
It is the family we start with as an adult, and it consists of our spouse or romantic partner and/or any children we raise as our own
Family of Procreation
Messages that communicate support clearly and specifically, without judgmental words
What is Descriptive messages
The commitment of one’s energies and resources to a relationship.
What is investment?
Having more than one consensual romantic or sexual relationship at once.
What is polyamory?
The stage of relationship development at which partners make a public announcement of their commitment to each other.
What is bonding stage?
Are repetitive activities that have special meaning for a family
Family Rituals
Messages that invite others to work cooperatively to solve problems or understand issues
What is Inquiry orientation?
Conflicts between two important but opposing relational needs or desires.
What is dialectical tensions?
Communication between spouses is privileged and protected, just like doctor–patient and attorney–client communication.
What is spousal privilege?
The stage of relationship development at which people meet and interact for the first time.
What is initiating stage?
“An ABC television series in which Ed O’Neill plays the father.”
What is Modern Family?
Messages that are unplanned and free of hidden motives are
What is spontaneity