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| A communication style that shows care, concern, and liking. |
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| Occurs when people reveal something about themsleves to others. |
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| Social Penetration Theory |
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| According to this theory self-disclosure usually increases gradually as people develop their relationships. |
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| Refers to how personal or deep the communication is. |
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| Captures how many topics a person feels free to discuss. |
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| How often people self-disclose. |
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| How long people self-disclose. |
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| Refers to the positive or negative "charge" of the self-disclosure. |
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| Refers to how honest or deceptive self-disclosure is. |
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| Disclosure-liking Hypothesis |
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| Predicts that, when a sender discloses to a receiver, the receiver will like the sender more. |
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| Liking-disclosure Hypothesis |
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| Predicts that people diclose more to recievers they like. |
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| The vehicle by which people build close relationships. |
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