Chapter 8 Flashcards
The exchange of verbal and nonverbal messages between two people who have a relationship and are influenced by the partner’s messages.
Interpersonal communication
Messages that are role-based, with little relational development or expressed emotion
impersonal communication
A phenomenon surrounding online communication in which a lack of proximity, visual contact, or nonverbal cues results in enhanced intimacy.
hyperpersonal communication
A web of relationships that connects individuals to one another.
Relational network
A small social group bound by ties of blood, civil contract (such as marriage, civil union, or adoption), and a commitment to care for and be responsible for one another, usually in a shared household.
Family
A close and caring relationship between two people that is perceived as mutually satisfying and beneficial.
Friendship
Relationships that are functional within a specific context but are less intimate than friendships
Social Relationships
A deep affection for and attachment to another person involving emotional ties, with varying degrees of passion, commitment, and intimacy
Love
Closeness and understanding of a relational partner
Intimacy
The theory that communicators use unique language and stylistic cues in their online messages to develop relationships that are as close as those that grow from face-to-face contact; because using text takes time, the process may take longer to become intimate
Social information processing theory
A state of physical nearness
proximity
To involve others in our lives and to be involved in the lives of others.
inclusion
A theory that explains the process of balancing the advantages and disadvantages of a relationship.
Social exchange theory
The beneficial elements of a relationship
Rewards
The negative elements of a relationship
Cost
The theory that when two people meet, their main focus is on decreasing the uncertainty about each other.
uncertainty reduction theory
Observing others in communication situations without actually interacting with them.
passive strategies
In relationship management, strategies that allow one to obtain information about a person more directly, by seeking information from a third party.
Active strategies
In relationship management, strategies that allow one to obtain information by speaking directly with a person rather than observing or asking others for information about the person.
interactive strategies
The theory that dialectical tensions are contradictory feelings that tug at us in every relationship.
Relational dialectics theory
Tensions that arise when opposing or conflicting goals exist in a relationship; can be external or internal.
dialectical tensions
The theory that partners move from superficial levels to greater intimacy through self-disclosure.
Social penetration theory
An explanation of how people perceive the information they hold about themselves and whether they will disclose or protect it.
Communication privacy management theory
Readjusting the need for privacy against the need for self-disclosure and connection when there is a threat to one’s privacy boundaries.
boundary turbulence
When one or both relational partners maneuver the conversation away from undesirable topics because of the potential for embarrassment, vulnerability, or relational decline.
strategic topic avoidance
Positive or negative events or changes that stand out in people’s minds as important to defining their relationships.
turning points
The stage of a relationship in which one makes contact with another person.
Initiating stage
The stage of a relationship in which one seeks relatively superficial information from one’s partner.
Exploratory stage
The stage of a relationship in which relational partners become increasingly intimate and move their communication toward more personal self-disclosures
Intensification stage
The stage of a relationship in which it is no longer volatile or temporary; both partners have a great deal of knowledge about one another, their expectations are accurate and realistic, and they feel comfortable with their motives for being in the relationship.
stable stage
Two sub stages of the stable stage
integrating
bonding
The process of relational partners sharing formal symbolic messages with the world that their relationship is important and cherished.
Bonding
The stage at which a relationship begins to come apart
declining stage
The end of a relationship; may come about by a gradual decline in the relationship or by sudden death.
Termination stage
A repair strategy for rekindling a terminated relationship
Reconciliation
The personally satisfying rewards that result from an exchange of intimacy are called _______ rewards.
intrinsic
