epc 460 week 5 chapter 6 :

self - disclosure

• being transparent to other person

• share something personal

importance of self- diclosure

• allows us to develop a greater understanding of ourselves

• helps in grieving and healing fractured identity

• adds relational depth and meaning

factors of appropiate self-disclosure

• increases with relational intimacy

• tends to be reciprocal

• likelihood of revealing negative information increases with intimacy of relationship

self - disclosure can be:

• may be avoided

• varies across cultures

• curvilinearly related

importance of friendship

• contribute to well-being

new types of friendships

• online friendships

• friends with benefits

approach cross-cultural relationship by

• have meaningful personal interaction

• maintain equal status

• increase interpendence

• respect differences

stages in interpersonal relation is when

• when they have bonded in a relation ship

• they enter stages of relational maintenance

what are the stages in interpersonal relation

• initiating

• experimenting

• intensifying

• integrating

• bonding

dialectical tensions / dialectic is

the tension that exists between two conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas

stages in relational deterioration

• differentiating

• circumscribing

• stagnating

• avoiding

• terminating

motivations for initiating relationship

• proximity

• attractiveness

• responsiveness

• similarity

• complementarity

motivations for terminating relationship

• hurtful messages

• deceptive communication

• aggressiveness

• argumentativeness

• defensiveness

essential innterpersonal behaviors

possibilities for improvement

• bargaining

• learning communication skills

• maintaining behavioral flexibility