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| The process of stimulating meaning in the mind of another through verbal and nonverbal messages |
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• Dynamic, changing
• You can't take it back |
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| Emotional and Psychological Closeness |
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• Interpersonal does not mean intimate
• Every relationship has a degree of closeness |
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| We choose who we want to be friends with and have emotional relationships with |
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| Both people participate in relationships equally |
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| Function of a position (son/daughter) |
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| How we're supposed to act |
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| Implied but not directly stated |
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| When we get to know a person |
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| Content Aspects of Message |
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| The actual words said or written |
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| Relational Aspect of Messages |
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| Feelings attached to content |
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• Knowledge
• Skill
• Motivation |
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• Information or content
• Knowing what to say |
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• Behavioral and actions
• Be able to physically speak and use knowledge |
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• The desire to enact the communicative behavior, learn, etc.
• It doesn't matter if you're the best, you have to communicate and be motivated |
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| Positive or negative evaluations we have for ourselves |
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• Image you have of yourself
• How you define yourself on a more general basis
• Comes from genetics and environment
• Starts at an early age |
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• How you want others to see you
• How you act around others
• How we usually act |
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• The way you actually feel about yourself
• Honest with yourself and can see your faults and attributes
• Sometimes hide this from others |
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• The person we strive to be
• Needs to be realistic so it doesn't damage your self concept |
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| Tendency to see our success as cause by ourselves and our failures as caused by others |
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See self as an individual acting upon the world
• These people are competitive and not cooperative |
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| Interdependent Self-Concept |
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See self as an integral part of the system within the world
• The people are cooperative and other-oriented |
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A strong desire for a close romantic relationship with a particular person
• You need to love yourself first because you can others |
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• Demographies
• Background
• Attitudes
• Beliefs |
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| Background, similarities and status |
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| Less uncertainty = Better predictions |
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| Less uncertainty = Better explanation rienforcement |
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• Foor, air, water - Easy to recognize
• More predictable because of the recognition - football players eat more than a gymnast
• Not flexible - Only one way to satisfy
• Can do it by yourself |
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• People, feeling happy/satisfied - Hard to recognize
• Less predictable - Who needs more affection?
• More flexible - Work, school, etc.
• Needs interaction - Phone, internet |
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| The need to feel loved and cared about |
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| The need to belong, socialize with others |
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| The need to make decisions, take responsibility, be in charge |
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| When you and your partner are opposite in your needs |
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| Partners have similar needs |
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| An individual's characteristic belief that the sincerity, benevolence, or truthfulness of others can generally be relied upon |
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| Don't know what will happen when we lend trust |
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| After someone distrusts you, your trust is lost |
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| Fear of being in a relationship because you don't want to put the effort of the give and take that is crucial to a relationship |
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| Implies acting with knowledge that a person is untrustworthy but trust then anyway |
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| The characteristics that make each person unique |
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| Predispositions to respond |
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| How someone typically behaves which makes him/her different from others |
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| Being aware of and using our emotions to make decisions |
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| Attack ideas, not person - Issue centered |
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| Attack the person; Insults |
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| How much uncertainty a person can handle |
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| Social dependability and responsibility |
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• Persons who enact humor frequently and successfully
• Perceive themselves as effective in communicative humor |
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| Internal Locus of Control |
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| Perceive themselves as in charge |
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| External Locus of Control |
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| Perceive control as stemming from an outside source |
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| How versatile and adaptable a person is on what has been traditionally masculine in feminine |
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| Masculine (Androgyny/Versatility) |
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| Self-reliant, analytical, taking charge, decision making, independent |
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| Feminine (Androgyny/Versatility) |
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| Nurturing, tenderness, sympathy, attentivenes |
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| Sociable, out-going, likes to be around a lot people |
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| Little need for social interaction |
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| Discomfort and avoidance or withdrawal associated with communication in social situations |
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View people as objects to be manipulated or tricked into doing something for his/her own purpose
• Low emotional involvement
• Little concern for morality
• Distrust everyone |
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| You can describe what something is |
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| You can describe a process, or what the steps are |
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| Predisposition/Personality Traits |
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| Traits that people have determined how they communicate with others |
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| Less concerned with how people react to different types of situations by using humor and laughter, and more on how individuals used positive or negative humor in their daily lives |
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| Used to benefit the self and/or others and enhance interpersonal interactions |
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• Used to amuse others
• Create interpersonal relationships
• Reduce tension through light hearted humor and witty comments |
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| Used as a comping mechanism to adapt to stressful situations |
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| Negative/Maladaptive Humor |
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| Used to communicate aggressive messages, manipulate others and is damaging for the self |
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| Used to gain others' approval through the use of self-disparagement or intentionally being the "butt" of the joke |
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| Used to hurt or put others down through the use of sarcasm, teasing and ridicule |
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