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Ch 2 interpersonal comm Flashcards

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Uncertain reduction theory

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When people meet they seek to reduce uncertainty about each other

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Entry phase

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Uncertainty is high so is the desire to find out more about them

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Exit phase

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Future of the relationship is decided

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Social info processing theory

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Focuses on online interactions that lead to forming relationships . Electronic mediated comm grow only to the extent that people first gain info about each other and use it to form impressions

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2 feature of electronic mediated comm

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Verbal cues - content of electronic messages

Extended time- much slower comm , not weaker then other relationships

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Social exchange theory

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Seeking relationships that benefit them while avoiding ones that don’t

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Fundamental interpersonal relations orientation theory

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Provides insight into our motivation to comm. consists of three needs: affection , inclusion, and control

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Affection

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Need to feel likeable or lovable

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Affection (personal)

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Adequacy fulfilled affect

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Affection ( under personal)

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Unable to receive affection adequately

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Affection ( overpersonal)

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Desperate looking for affection everywhere

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Inclusion

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Need to feel significant and worthwhile

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Inclusion( social people )

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Satisfied their need for inclusion

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Inclusion ( oversocial)

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Cannot stop themselves from getting involved and communicating w others

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Inclusion( under social)

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Do not like being around others. Comm is threatening

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Control

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Derived from responsibility and leadership

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Control( abdicrat)

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Submissive to others. Little to no self confidence . Not a risk taker . She’s themselves as useless

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Control( autocrat)

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Don’t have enough control . Always making decisions or voice strong decisions . Need for power . Shows little respect

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Control ( democrat)

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Control needs are satisfied . Comfortable as leader or follower . Open minded , accepts suggestions for good of the group

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Other reasons we form relationships

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  • avoid and lessen loneliness
  • learn more about ourselves
  • share life w others
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Getting to know others and ourselves

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We evaluate others in positive and negative terms , and evaluate ourself in return

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Learning about others through face to face relationships

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Encounters several times- comfort ensues to make small talk

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Small talk

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Casual convo, impersonal and superficial. Hellos, weather, sport, trivia, news events. Avenue for getting to know one another . Prevalent in interpersonal comm

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Connecting w others via online

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Limited due to lack of proximity . More time online= more likely to form relationships online

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Advantages to online relationships

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  • remaining anonymous

- personality/ inner qualities are shaped through words only

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Disadvantages to online relationship

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Appearance voice touch is lost . Doesn’t fill interpersonal needs

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Self disclosure in relationships

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More sincere honest and open interactions , the stronger and more lasting the relationship is likely to be . Type of interaction which self disclosure changes as relationship becomes closer

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Self disclosure

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Voluntary sharing info about the self that another person isn’t likely to know

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Self disclosure process

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Moves back and forth from self identity , to very personal info about private life. Always tension between the need for privacy and the need for intimacy - more personal disclosure

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Johari window

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4 types of info available and hidden from each other . Info shapes the overall info. 1)Open area2) blind area3) hidden area 4) unknown area

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1) Open area

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Known to self and others. Available through observation and willingness

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2)Blind area

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Includes info that others perceive about us but we do not recognize or acknowledge about ourselves .

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3) hidden area

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Personal info we choose not to disclose . As a relationship grows , open area becomes bigger , hidden area shrinks but is never eliminated completely

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4) unknown area

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Certain info not known to others or ourselves. We may submerge or repress certain info into our subconscious . Info that hasn’t submerged

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How to be mo open

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More you communicate and encourage feedback

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Social penetration model

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Process of increasing disclosure and intimacy in a relationship . Model portrays relationships that begin with small talk , and develops convos that are more personal – including feelings about value and self

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Why do we self disclose ?

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To better know who we are , to gain sympathy, to see what others think, to gain trust, or to connect w others and establish relationships

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Reasons for self disclosure

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1) self presentation
2) relationship buildings
3) catharsis

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Self presentation

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Intentional tactic used to reveal certain aspects of ourselves for specific reasons

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Relationship building

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Self disclosure is used to start and maintain relationships

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Catharsis

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Communicative release- ridding ourselves of info that is causing tension or guilt in hopes that we will reeceive sympathy or help

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When we shouldn’t disclose too much?

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Withholding info to protect others , avoid a negative reaction, or avoid hurting others

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Self disclosure privacy and gender

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Privacy - claim to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent info about themselves is communicated to others,

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Gender and self concept

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sex is defined in biological terms as the anatomical and physiological differences between M&F.

sex is defined in biological terms as the anatomical and physiological differences between M&F.

sex is defined in biological terms as the anatomical and physiological differences between M&F.

sex is defined in biological terms as the anatomical and physiological differences between M&F.

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