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Interpersonal Comm.
Final
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Undergraduate 3
05/19/2009

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Relationship Attractors
Definition
1. Physical 2. Social 3. Task 4. Proximity 5. Reinforcement 6. Similarity 7. Complimentary
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Stages of Relationships
Definition
1. Initiating 2. Experimenting 3. Intensifying 4. Bonding 5. Differentiating 6. Cirumscribing 7. Stagnating 8. Avoiding 9. Terminating
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Why We Enter Relationships?
Definition
• Preserve happiness and health, prevent isolation, meet needs for inclusion, control and affection, serves as a behavioral anchor, provides communication conduits and helps us maintain our sense of worth
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Over-social People
Definition
seek to be with others continually
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Interpersonal Syncrony
Definition
increases as we exhibit similar preferences for dress and begin to act, speak, and think more alike and become more willing to share relation time, a car or a bank account. We become a package with our significant others
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Self Disclosure
Definition
the act of willingly making known to others information about yourself
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Norm of Reciprocity
Definition
we expect to experience self-disclousre in a relationship
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Breadth
Definition
measure of how many topics you discuss with another individual
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Depth
Definition
measure of how central the topics discussed are to your self-concept and how much you reveal about yourself and your feelings in the process
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Social Penetration Model
Definition
the theory that states that the relationship we share typically begin with relatively narrow breadth and shallow depth and develop both over time
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Johari Window
Definition
a model containing four panes that open area, the blind area, the hidden area and the unknown area, that is used to explain the roles that self-awareness and self-disclosure play in relationship building
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Closeness
Definition
being near in space, time or relationship
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Meta Communication
Definition
talk about the way we talk to one another (communication about communication)
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Equity Theory
Definition
we and our partner need to feel equally committed to preserving the relationship that we can trust one another, that neither party is taking advantage of the other, and that the resources we have are being shared equitably
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Dialectics
Definition
Method of arguement
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Confirmation
Definition
communication that tells another person that he or her self image is affirmed
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Gender and intimacy/distance
Definition
Men define intimacy in terms of what two people DO together as women define it in terms of what they TALK ABOUT
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Relationship repair
Definition
work that is needed when relationship fails to satisfy
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Types of Families
Definition
1.• Nuclear Family- one that includes a mother, father and one/more children (traditional) 2. • Blended Family- 2 adults (gay,lesbian,heterosexual) and children (biological/adoptive) from one or both of the adults previous marriages 3. • Single-Parent Family-mother/father who was formerly married, divorced is solely responsible for a biological/adoptive child 4. • Live-In couples-different/same sex individuals live together 5. • Integrated families-parents or children are different races or religions 6. • Boomerang Families-families containing adult children who the family thought had left permanently but returns home 7. • Commuter Families-composed of one or more members who commute from a primary residence to work location in a distance city and remain there for a period of time
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Systems Theory
Definition
an approach to communicate that stresses the interaction of all elements
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Characteristics of families
Definition
perform roles, have responsibilities, share a past, present and future, share living spaces, and have rules
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Family Network
Definition
a map of family relationships and connections
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Subordinates in the work place
Definition
someone who receives orders and reports to another person
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Reflective thinking process
Definition
a problem-solving system designed to encourage critical inquiry
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Group Think
Definition
a dysfunction in which some group members attempt to protect the group’s harmony by exerting irrational pressures on one or more members so that the voicing of genuine opinions is suppressed
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Culture and the workplace
Definition
many Americans act as participative ( act as guides to team members) leadership where other people may act authoritarian (dominating and directive)
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Gender and health care
Definition
stereotypes of women- as sex objects, as mothers, as children. Men need to protect women, male need to support of being sympathetic towards women and they need to supervise. Stereotypes of men- as sturdy (tough), fighters (training they need to be competitive), breadwinners (earn primary wages to support their family).
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