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| one of the six styles of loving: it is selfless and focused on the other's happiness |
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| one of three relationship dialectics; the tension between the need for personal autonomy, or independence, and connection, or intimacy |
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| the decision to remain in a relationshp. one of three dimensions of enduring romantic relationships, commitment has more influence on relationship continuity that does love alone. An advanced stage in the process of escalation in romantic relationships. |
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| the second stage in relationship decay, in which partners discuss problems and alternative futures for the relationship. May include conflict, as well as degeneration of established patterns, understandings, and routines that make up a relationship culture and sustain intimacy on a day-to-day basis. Not all partners experience this phase. |
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| The theory that people are happier and more satisfied with equitable relationships than inequitable ones. In equitable relationships, partners perceive the benefits and cost of the relationship as about equal for each of them. |
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| (RED) one of the six styles of loving; passionate, intense, and erotic |
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the fourth steph in the deterioration of romantic relationships, in which partners put the relationship to rest and individually assign meaning to it. |
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| the first stage in the disintegration of a romantic relationship; involves brooding about problems in the relationship and dissatisfactions with the partner |
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| something put into a relationship that cannot be recovered should the relationship end. Investments, more than rewards and love, increase commitments |
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| one of six styles of loving; playing sometimes manipulative |
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| one of six styles of loving; an obsessive style that often reflects personal insecurity |
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| the prediction that people will seek relationships with others who closely match thier values, attitudes, social background, and physical attractiveness |
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one of four responses to relationship dialectics; balancing or finding a compromise between two dialectial poles |
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| one of three relationship dialectics; the tension between the desire for spontaneous, new experiences, and the desire for routines and familar experiences |
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| one of three relationship dialectics; the tension between the desire to share private thoughts, feelings, and experiences with intimates and the desire to preserve personal privacy |
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| intensely positive feelings and desires for another person. It is based on the rewards of involvement and is not equivalent to commitment. |
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| a relationship defined by uniqueness, rules, relationship dialectics, commitment, ad embeddedenss in contexts; they are irreplaceable |
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| one of six styles of loving; based on practical considerations and criteria for attachment |
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| psychological responsibility |
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| the obligation to remember, plan, and coordinate domestic work and child care. In general, women assume psychological responsiblity for child care and housework even when both partners share in the actual doing of tasks. |
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| one of four response to relationshiop dialectics; transcends the apparent contradition between two dialectial poles and reinterprets them as not in tension. |
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| a private world of rules, understandings, and patterns of acting and itnerpreting that partners create to give meaning to their relationship; the nucleus of intimacy |
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| the tensions between opposing forces or tendencies that are normal parts of all relationships: autonomy/connection, novelty/predictability, and openness/closedness |
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| the final part of the dissolution of romantic relationships, in which individuals redefine themselves and their futures without the former partner |
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| patterned ways of behaving and interpreting behavior. |
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| one of four response to relationship dialectics; meet one dialectical ened while ignoring or not satisfying the contradictory dialectical need |
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| one of four responses to relationship dialectics, in which friends or romantic partners assign one pole of dialectic to certain spheres of activities or topics and assign the contradictory dialectical pole to distinct spheres of activities or topics |
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| replaceable relationships that tend to follow broad social scripts and rules and in which participants tend to assume conventional social roles in relation to one another. |
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| the fourth step in the disintegration of romantic relationships, during which partners talk with others to gain emotional support and practical assistance |
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| one of six styles of loving; based on friendship; even-keeled |
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| giving up of one's native ways to take on the ways of another culture |
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| culture that regards peopole as deeply connected to one another and to their families, groups, and communities |
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| recognition that cultures vary in thought, action, and behavior as well as in beliefs and values; not the same as moral relativism |
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| beliefs, understandings, practices, and ways of interpreting experience that are shared by a group of people |
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| gap between those with access to communication technologies and those without such access; thought by some to potentially increase social, racial, and economic inequality |
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tendency to assume that one way of life is normal and superior to other ways of life |
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| high-context communication style |
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| an indirect and undetailed way of speaking that conveys meanings implicitly rather than explicitly; typical of colelctivist cultures |
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| culture in which each person is viewed as distinct from other people, groups, an organizations |
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| low-context communication style |
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| language that is very explicit, detailed, and precise; generally used in individualistic cultures |
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| able to speak and understand more than one language or communication style used in a social group or culture |
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| a response to cultural diversity in which one incorporates some practices, customs, and traditions of other groups into one's life |
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| a response to cultural diversity; attack the cultural practices of others or proclaiming that one's own cultural traditions are superior |
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| response to cultural diversity in which one value other's customs, traditions, and values even if one does not actively incorporate them into one's life |
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| a group of people who live within a dominant culture yet also belong to another social group or gorups that share values, understandings, and practices distinct from those of the dominant culture |
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| the social, symbolic, and material condition as common to a group of people that influence how they understand themselves, others, and society |
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| theory that holds that a culture includes a number of social groups that differently shape the perceptions, identities, and opportunities of members of those groups |
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| a response to diversity in which one accepts differences, although one may not approve of or even understand them |
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| a response to cultural diversity that assumes that differences are rooted in cultural teachings and that no traditions, customs, or behaviors are intrinsically better than others |
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| a group technique for generating potential solutions to a problem; the free flow of ideas without immediate criticism |
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| one of three constructive forms of participation in group decision making; the creating and sustaining of an open, engaged atmosphere for discussion |
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| closeness, or feeling of espirit de corps, among memebrs of a group |
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| in groups, disagreement that is characterized by respect for diverse opinions, emphasis on shared interests and goals, and a win-win orientation |
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| in groups, disagreement characterized by competitive communication, self-interested focus on the part of members, and a win-lose orientation |
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| an unconstructive form of group contribution that is used to blcok others or to call attention to oneself |
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| more than two people who interact over time, who are interdependent, and who follow shared rules of conduct to reach a common goal. |
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| absence of critical and independent thoguht on the part of group members about ideas generated by the group |
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| a set of behaviors that helps a group maintain a good climate and accomplish tasks in an organized way |
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| an informal rule that guides how memebrs of a culture or group think, feel, and act; define what is normal or appropriate in various situations |
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| ability to influence others; a feature of small groups that affects participation |
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| ability to help or harm others; usually communicated in ways that highlight the status and influence of the person exerting power |
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| ability to empower others to reach their goals |
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| one of three constuctive ways of participating in group deciosn making; orders ideas and coordinates contribution of members |
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| a group in which people from different departments or areas in an organization collaborate to solve problems, meet needs, or increase the quality of work life. |
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| attempt to increase personal status in a group by winning the approval of high-status members |
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| a special kind of collaborative vitality that enhances the energies, talents, and strengths of individual members |
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| one of three constructive forms of participation in group decision making; focuses on giving and analyzing information and ideas |
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| a special kind of group characterized by different and complementary resources of members and by a strong sense of collective identity. |
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| links among members of an organization; may be formal or informal |
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| understandings about identity and codes of thought and action that are shared by the members or an organization |
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| a formal statement of practice that reflects and upholds an organization's culture |
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| a dramatic, planned set of activities that brings together aspects of cultural ideology in a single event |
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| a form of regularly occurring communication that members of an organization perceive as a familiar, routine part of organization life and that communicates a particular value or role definition |
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| responsibilities and behaviors expected of a person by virtue of his or her position |
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| an organized relationship and interaction between members of an organization. Structures include roles, rules, policies, and communication networks |
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| communication technologies |
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| means of recording, transferring, and working with information |
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| bits of data that websites colelct and store in users' personal browsers |
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| engaging in multiple tasks simultaneously or in overlapping and interactive ways |
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| software that allows a third party to track computer users' web activity, to collect personal information about users, and to send pop-up ads tailors to users' profiles |
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| meetings, formal or informal, conducted among people who ar geographically separated; can take several forms that differ in the extent to which they emulate face-to-face meetings |
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| a wireless means of connecting devices to Internet and to each other |
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| capacity of multiple device to be connected to each other and to the Internet so the devices can "talk" to each ohter |
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