REMEMBER THE START
State one of the five steps of coming together.
What is Initiating?
What is Experimenting?
What is Intensifying?
What is Integrating?
What is Bonding?
Relationship social needs consist of five things.
What is affection, time with each other, Support from each other, common interest/activity done together, taking an interest in each others hobbies
Communicating about communication in a relationship
What is Metacommunication?
This is just as important, if not more so, then communication in a relationship.
What are similarities?
An outing or date has three of the Relationships social needs; affection, time spent together, and common interest/activity being done together. The is also a possible fourth one.
What is taking an interest in each others hobbies?
The most important ingredient to a relationship, this type of message shows affection and appreciation.
What is Affinity?
These are the three S's to a relationship!
What are Satisfaction, Similarities, and Secrets?
Sharing you thoughts and feelings with you partner, helps relationships stay healthy.
What is openness?
When partners can't decide who chooses where they want to eat, this is the relational message they are having issues with.
What is Control?
What is intensifying?
Introducing your partner to your friends and family.
What is social network?
These are non-verbal ways of showing immediacy
What is eye contact, tone, facial expressions or distance?
This is the stage is which communication in a relationship shuts down (hint: it's not terminating).
A common disagreement in relationships that cause a lot of stress.
What is sharing tasks/chores.
In relational messages, this is the best predictor of most relationship's satisfaction levels.
What is Respect?
This is one of the possible outcomes of the ending of a relationship.
what is growth as a person or remaining as friends?