midterm exam 3 f03 definitions fill in blank

Independence: when we need others and they need us to obtain valuable interpersonal goals - support each other - anytime we are needing and depending on each other in order to reach goals - how satisfied, how dependent, to what extent are we thinking this is something we want to stay in

others, interpersonal

Relationships involve… ____ (money, time, vulnerability, energy, compromised emotional states - anything undesirable) and _____(emotional support, intimacy, financial support, communication - involves something that we want or helps us in some way)

costs, rewards

Social exchange: each partner provides_____/benefits that the other wants 

• Each person wants the ___ possible outcome - want as many benefits as they can possibly get - sometimes that means not being with that partner 

• Ex: with partner you are getting some rewards, but thinking about how you want more

rewards, best,

Outcomes = ____ - costs 

• Just because we have some profits, were not getting as much profit as we ____

rewards, want

Comparison level for alternatives (CLalt): _____ you would receive if you left your _____ relationships and moving to the best alternative partnership or situation available - to what degree are we going to stay with our partner 

• Ex: single - what you think you would receive if you left your partner

• Lowest levels of outcomes we will tolerate from our present partner - could still be happy with our partner but the latter is doing better - if relationships are offering more rewards, we will choose to leave  

• stability

outcomes, current

Comparison level (CL): the value of ______ we expect and ____ that we _____ - based upon past experience - if we had really rewarding partnerships in past means CL would be pretty high because we have high expectations based on past - better experiences in past = higher CL

• happiness

outcomes, feel, deserve

Encoding: can be non verbal - gestures, body language - but our __ of encoding can change how they ___ our _____

style, view, message

Noise and interference: things that ____our message, could be loud, having a bad day etc

disrupt

Interpersonal gap: the sender’s _____ differ from the ____ on the receiver - problem: bc we assume that the message we intent to get across is received, problem bc we see other people reacting in a way we didn’t expect 

intentions, effect

Nonverbal communication: _______ verbal meaning - reinforces what we mean to say 

• If our non verbal communication is not aligning with verbal communication they depend on non verbal more 

  • Ex: saying yes but nodding no 

reinforces

Facial expression - nonverbal communication: informative when it comes to message being sent as long as it is authentic

• Problem: can be manipulated and changed based on message - can intensify or making ourselves look more happy, mad, or minimizing expression, or neutralize facial expression