Comm Exam 2 Flashcards
Interpersonal Relationships
connections and dependence between 2 people
relational network
web of relationships that connect people
social information processing theory
Joe Walters - people use unique language over the internet that is just as close as face-to-face speaking
Why We Form Relationships
to be stimulated, to achieve goals
How we form relationships
based on proximity, physical attraction, similarity
social exchange theory
balancing advantages and disadvantages of a relationship
relational dialectics theory
contradictory feelings that happen all the time
autonomy vs. convention
independence vs. dependence
openness vs. closedness
revelation vs. concealment
predictability vs. novelty
conventionality vs. uniqueness
URT
Uncertainty Reduction Theory
URT: ??
to reduce uncertainty by passive, active, and interactive strategies
Social Penetration Theory
partners move from superficial levels to greater intimacy
CPM
Communication Privacy Management Theory
CPM: ??
When to reveal and when to conceal private information
Public Private
to reveal or conceal private information
Private information
information inaccessible to others
Privacy rules
decisions about sharing private information
Boundaries
representation of two sides
Personal boundaries
contain individual information
collective boundaries
contain shared information
Boundary coordination
the way collective boundaries are maintained
Boundary linkages
alliances between owners of information
Boundary ownership
the rights and responsibilities of owners
Permeability
how information is passed through the boundary
STA
Strategic Topic Avoidance
Strategic Topic Avoidance:
to maneuver the conversation away from undesirable topics because of the potential for embarrassment, vulnerability, relational decline
Stages of a relationship
initiating, exploratory, intensification, stable, declining, termination
Initiating
stage where you make contact with a person
exploratory
seeking relatively superficial information from your partner
intensification
when partners become increasingly intimate
stable
relationship is no longer temporary; integrating: “becoming one” and bonding: when two partners share formal symbolic messages with the world
declining
when the relationships start to fall apart
termination
end of relationship
Productive conflict
conflict that is managed effectively
conflict triggers
inaccurate perceptions, incompatible goals, unbalanced costs and rewards, provocation
factors that affect conflict
power, attitudes, climate, culture, gender, channel
conflict management
the way we engage in conflict
strategies to manage conflict
escaptist, challenging, cooperative, focus on issues, debate and argue, consider options, consider the importance of the outcomes, reassure your partner
conflict outcomes
compromise, trading, random selection, win win, lose lose, separation, allocation of power
politeness theory:
explains how and why individuals try to promote, protect, or save face
face:
desired self-image
positive face
need to be liked
negative face
need to act freely
face threatening acts
apologies, compliments, criticisms, requests, threats
suprastrategies
things that could prevent threatening the face of another; avoidance, going off-record, negative politeness, positive politeness, bald-on record
URT
Uncertainty Reduction Theory
URT: ??
to reduce the uncertainty
antecedents of URT
the anticipation of future interaction suggests you will be more motivated to continue, incentive value, deviance from the norm
Types of uncertainty
behavioral and cognitive
behavioral uncertainty
how to behave
cognitive uncertainty
how to think
uncertainty reduction strategies
passive, active, interactive
CPM
Communication Privacy Management Theory
CPM: ??
when to reveal or conceal information
Principles of CPM:
public-private, private information, privacy rules, boundaries, boundary coordination
Looking glass self
ourselves reflected back to use in other people
third person perspective
when we become conscious of our identity
Me
we reflect, third person
I
first person, we are deciding, being active
personal identity
involves the individual – who am I? Who are you?
relational identity
consists of expectations negotiated within a small group
community identity
groups, organizations, cultures, and systems
moral orders drives??
the life script
the coherent self is
the consistent, stable, understanding of the self
autonomy-connection:
inclusion-seclusion
openness-closedness
revelation-concealment
predictability-novelty
conventionality-uniqueness
things that cause privacy turbulence
privacy violations, ethical dilemmas, differing expectations, misconceptions
