chapter 7 Flashcards
personal relationships
social relationship
role-based
personal relationship
involve unique, irreplaceable individuals
relationship filtering model
describes how people select individuals to form close relationships, based on a sequence of charateristics
relationship filtering method (characteristics)
physical appearance, behaviour/NVC, roles, attitude/personality
essential function of communication
communication brings relationship into existence
indexical function of communication
communication indicates type/nature of relationship
continuity maintenance
indicating that the relationship persists when apart
perspective units
indicators of seperation (maintenance)
introspective units
reminders of relationship (maintenance)
retrospective units
symbols of reunion (maintenance)
relational dialectics
contradictions in relationships
praxis
actions taken to shape relationship
totality
understanding that all elements are interconnected
internal dialectics
contradictions within relationship
connectedness-separateness
need for parter, need for space (internal)