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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. One person in a role relationship can easily replace another |
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| Interpersonal Relationship |
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| Two people who share repeated interactions over time, can influence one another, and have unique interaction patterns |
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| Two people in an interpersonal relationship characterized by enduring bonds, emotional attachment, personal need fulfillment, and irreplaceability |
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| Interpersonal Communication |
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| The exchange of nonverbal and verbal messages between two people, regardless of the relationship they share |
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| A subset of interpersonal communication focused on the expression and interpretation of messages within close relationships. Relational communication includes the gamut of interactions from vital relational messages to mundane everyday interactions |
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| Behavioral interdependence |
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| one person's behavior somehow affects the other persons behavior, and vice versa |
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| two individuals influence each other in meaningful ways |
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| unique interaction patterns |
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| people communicate differently depending on the other person |
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| people meet, physically attracted to one another, start dating, form an emotional attachment, become a romantic couple |
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| emotional closeness as friends then later add sexual intimacy leading into a romantic relationship |
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| friends with benefits to romantic |
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| definition of relationship changes |
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| facial expressions, body and eye movements, including posture, gesture, walking style, smiling and pupil dilation |
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| silence and the way words are pronounced, including vocal pitch, loudness, accent, tone, and speed, as well as crying and sighting |
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| use of touch, ranging from affectionate to violent touch |
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| physical attributes such as height, weight and attractiveness |
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| 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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| when a sender's message is interpreted correctly by a receiver |
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| when someone sends an intentional message that is misinterpreted by the receiver |
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| when someone unintentionally sends a message that is misconstructed by the receiver |
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| when someone does not mean to send a message, but the receiver observes the behavior and interprets it correctly |
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| message conveys information at a literal level |
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| provides a context for interpreting the message of a relationship |
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| symmetrical communication |
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| occurs when people exchange similar relational information or similar messages |
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| asymmetrical communication |
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| occurs when people exchange different kinds of information |
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