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| Interpersonal Relationship |
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| association between 2 people who are interdependent,who use some consistent patterns of interaction and who have interacted for an extended period of time. |
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| Schultz 3 Interpersonal needs |
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-need for inclusion, becoming involved w/others
-need for affection, holding feeling for others
-need for control, ability to influence others, our environment, and ourselves. |
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| Complementary Relationships |
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Each persons supplies something the other doesn't have.
Ex: Someone who can't cook, but loves to clean marry someone who can cook, but hates to clean. |
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Those in which the participants mirror each other or highly similar
Ex:2 Jewish people gets married |
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Open- known to self; known to others (can be observed)
Unknown- not known to self, not known to others (personality characteristics)
Hidden- known to self, not known to others
Blind-what other people know about you, but you don't know about yourself. |
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-increases as intimacy increases
-increases to reduce uncertainty
-tends to be reciprocal
-relational satisfactions & disclosure are related |
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| Social Penetration Theory |
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| states that interpersonal information, exchange move from superficial to, non intimate, to more intimate information, through the process of revealing personal information. |
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| 5 Stages of Relational Development |
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Initiating- first impression- who do I want to meet?
Experimenting- finding out what food, music, classes, people they each like
Intensifying- both people encouraging the relationship development (private jokes, more intimate information)
Integrating- same friends, common property
Bonding- making a commitment, exchanging personal items. |
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| Baxter 3 Dialect Tensions |
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-Integration- "let's move in together"
-Stability- "I'm glad we've never moved"
-Expressions- "I did absolutely the dumbest thing last might. Let me tell you." |
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-Differentiating- I have my friends and you have yours
- Circumscribing- more time apart drawing a circle
-Stagnating- lack of activity, functional, only for convenience
- Avoiding- arguing fighting, avoiding relationship
-Terminating- get your shit and go |
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| Motivations for initiating relationships |
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Proximity- they are close
Attractiveness- they are hot
Responsiveness- they are interested in us
Similarity- they like the same things we like
Complementary- their strengths are our weakness |
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| Motivations for terminating |
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Jealousy- what is he up to?
Hurtful Message- your worthless piece of...
Deceptive Communication- yeah.....that is it
Aggressiveness- My shirts have to be done this way
Argumentativeness- You talking to me? (on the attack)
Defensiveness- attack (feel attack) |
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| Characteristics of a long-term relationship |
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Couple-time rituals-having dinner together every saturday
Daily routines task- living together
Intimacy rituals- massage, talking on the phone when apart
Communication rituals- getting lunch, going out for coffee
Patterns, habits and mannerisms- giving compliments
Spiritual-church |
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Utility- talents or skills
Affirmation-helps you see yourself
Egosupport- encouraging
Stimulation- new ideas experiences
Security- won't hurt you or make fun of you |
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Eros- beauty and sexuality (celeb crush)
Ludus- entertainment and exciting (not dating, hooking up)
Storage- peaceful slow, find companionship then fall in love
Pragma- traditional, practical, needs met and satisfied
Manic-Extreme high and lows, jealousy
Agape- compassionate and selfless |
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| Intercultural Communication |
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| exchange of information between individuals who are unique culturally |
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| 5 reasons to study Intercultural Communication |
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1. Communicate with people from other cultures & co- cultures
2. money- outsourcing
3. curiosity about others
4. convergence of technology- easy to communication w/ppl who are faraway
influence of foreign born immigrants aliens and refugees |
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| Unique combo of rituals, religious beliefs way of thinking and way of behaving that unify a group of people. |
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| group that exists within a larger dominant one |
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| Marginalized group attempts to fit in with dominate |
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| Marginalized group manages to keep their identity while having a relationship with dominant group |
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| excludes themselves from dominant group |
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| belief that your own group is superior |
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| belief that another culture should be judged by its own context rather than measured against your will |
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| cultures that value individual freedom, choice uniqueness and independence |
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| culture that value there group over others |
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| found in individualistic countries communication tends to be centered on the source with intentions stated overtly and with direct verbal style (US and Scandinavia) |
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| (Asian, South and Central America) meaning is preprogrammed information understood by the receiver and transmitted also by the setting in which the transaction occurs |
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| Improving intercultural communication |
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1. Conduct a personal assessment
2. Practice supportive communication behavior
3. Develop sensitivity toward diversity
4. Avoid stereotypes
5. Avoid ethnocentrism
6. Develop code sensitivity
7. Seek shared codes
8. Use and encouraged descriptive feedback
9. Open communication channels
10.Manage conflicting beliefs and practices |
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| a culture in which information and cultural rules are implied and already known to the participants |
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| A culture in which information, policies, procedures, and expectations are explicit |
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| Uncertainty- Accepting Cultures |
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| cultures that tolerate ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity |
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| Uncertainty- Rejecting Cultures |
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| cultures that have difficulty with ambiguity, uncertainty, and diversity |
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| the monochronic time schedule,m which compartmentalizes time to meet personals needs, separates task and social dimensions and points to the future. |
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| The poly chronic time schedule, which views time as "contextually" based and relationally oriented. |
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