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| ongoing interactions between people that result in interpersonal, affective, and behavioral connections |
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| interpersonal communication |
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| the exchange of nonverbal and/or verbal messages between two people, regardless of the relationship they share (a broader term than relational communication) |
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| subset of interpersonal communication that focuses on the expression and interpretation of messages within close relationships. It includes all types of messages and interactions, as long as it is between two people in a close relationship (from vital relational messages to mundane everyday interactions). |
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| interpersonal relationship |
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| a connection between two people who share repeated interactions over time, can influence one another, and have unique interaction patterns. individual identities matter; social or emotional level relationships; studied via interpersonal communication |
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| two people who share some degree of behavioral interdependence; although people in such relationships are usually interchangeable and are not psychologically or behaviorally unique; task level relationships; role identity over individual identity; dependent upon the other person's behavior |
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| two people in an interpersonal relationship characterized by enduring bonds, emotional attachment, and personal need fulfilment; are unique and irreplaceable; studied via relational communication |
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| behavioral interdependence |
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| one person's behavior affects another person's behavior, beliefs, or emotions, and vice versa. This is the basic requirement for all relationships. |
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| two people affect one another in meaningful ways. mutual influence increases as relationships move beyond role relationships to become interpersonal or close. |
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| unique interaction patterns |
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| communicating in ways that reflect a relationship's special history, including shared experiences, inside jokes, and knowledge of private information. unique interaction patterns help differentiate interpersonal (and close) relationships from role relationships |
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| the feeling in close relationships of being emotionally connected to someone; the relationship is a primary source of one's emotions |
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| when a partner fulfills critical interpersonal needs, such as the need to belong ot a social group, to feel loved and appreciated, or to care for and nuture someone |
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| the perception that a person has a special place in your thoughts and emotions, as well as in your social network, such that no one else can take that person's place. irreplaceability helps distinguish close relationships form other types of relationships. |
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a concious choice to be involved in a relationship
(ex. we pick our friends) |
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relationships we enter without choice
(ex. relatives/family we do not get to pick) |
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| genetically related relationship |
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| people we are realted to (family) |
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| people we are not genetically related to |
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includes sexual activity between the people involved;
(ex. dating and martial relationships) |
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a relationship that does not include sexual involvement;
(ex. friendships, relationships with family members) |
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| this does not equal a sexual relationship; generally defined as people viewing them as a couple and involve high levels of emotional involvement |
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can have sexual relations but no romance
(ex. friends with benefits) |
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| someone sends an intentional message that is misinterpreted by the receiver |
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| body movement including facial expressions and eye behavior, such as posture, gestures, walking style, smiling, and pupil dilation, among other related cues |
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| nonverbal paralinguistic communcation including silence anad the way we say words, including vocal pitch, loudness, accent, tone, and speed, as well as vocalizations such as crying and sighing |
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| the way people use space, including conversational distances and territory |
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| the study of use of touch, ranging from affectionate to voilent touch. |
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| the nonverbal use of time, such as showing up for a date early or late or waiting a long or short time for someone |
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| self-presentational goals |
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| motivations that relate to the image we want to convey |
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| relational objectives or states that we pursue and that often motivate our communication choices |
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| goals related to tasks, such as making money, getting good grades, buying a car, getting a ride to school, and completeing a homework assignment |
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| a behavior (such as a blink) that goes unnoticed by either the sender or the receiver. (this is considered behavior but not communication). |
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| a sender's message is interpreted correctly by the receiver. (this is the most effective form of communication). |
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| someone sends an intentional message that the receiver fails to receive. |
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| someone unintentionally sends a message; this is misconstrued by the receiver. |
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| occurs when a message is unintentionally sent but the receiver nonetheless observes the behavior and interprets it correctly. |
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| this part of a message conveys information at a literal level. ("What are we doing tonight?" is a question about tonight's activities). |
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| thi part of a message provides a context for interpreting communication within the broader context of a relationship. nonverbal cues are a primary part of the relational level of a message. |
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| symmetrical communication |
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| when both people in a relationship use the same verbal or nonverbal behavior; same level and attitude |
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| asymmetrical communication |
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| when both people in a relationship use different types of verbal or nonverbal behavior; different level and attitude |
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| the display or expression of power through behavior; the actual degree to which a person influences someone |
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| the actual degree to which a person gives up influence and yields to the wishes of someone else |
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| the part of relationships based on feelings of emotional connection and closeness and has therefore been called the "warm" part of love |
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| 5 things to consider when categorizing a relationship... |
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1. voluntary vs. involuntary
2. genetically related vs. nonrelated
3. sexual vs. platonic
4. romantic vs. nonromantic
5. male vs. female |
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| 7 different types of mesages in relational communication... |
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1. dominance/submission
2. level of intimacy
3. degree of similarity
4. task vs. social orientations
5. formality/informality
6. degree of social composure
7. emotional arousal and activation |
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| Action Perspective of Communication |
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views communication as an "act," and as something one does to another;
message transfer (like throwing a ball, only one person has it at once); source encodes message to receiver via a channel who decodes message, apart from the noise; no feedback |
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| Interaction Perspective of Communication |
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| views communication as reciprocal role-taking; merge of self and other through feedback; message exhange: feedback is only one-sided and not allowed to return, context (communication environment); |
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| Transaction Perspective of Communication |
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| views communication as a "system" or "whole;" changing any part of the system means a change in every part of the system; transaction of messages: we are always reacting to the expressions of our conversational partner; currently used model; see PPT for image |
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| the degree to which people communicate affection, inclusion, trust, depth, and involvement; conveyed via self-disclosure and affection and immediacy |
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