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Relationships Model (Coming Together (Initiating (People size each other…
Relationships Model
Coming Together
Initiating
People size each other up and try to present themselves favorably
Experimenting
Where people exchange information and often move from strangers to acquaintance
Intensifying
Indication that we would like or are open to more intimacy, then we wait for signal of acceptance to a further attempt of intimacy
Integrating
Two people's identities and personalities merge, and a sense of interdependence develops
Bonding
Public ritual that announces formal commitment
Coming Apart
Differentiating
The reverse of integrating, as we and our reverts back to I and my
Circumscribing
Communication decreases and certain areas or subjects become restricted as individuals verbally close themselves off from each other
Stagnating
Relationship may come to a standstill, as individuals basically wait for the relationship to end
Avoiding
A way to end the awkwardness that comes with stagnation, signal when people want to end the lines of communication
Terminating
Relationship can occur shortly after initiation or after a ten- or twenty-year relational history has been established
Social Relationships
Relationships that occasionally meet our needs and lack the closeness and interdependence of personal relationships
Personal Relationships
Emotional, relational, and instrumental needs, as they are intimate, close, and interdependent relationships such as those we have with best friends, partners, or immediate family
Social Exchange Theory
Essentially entails a weighing of the costs and rewards in a given relationship
Relational Dialectics
Continuum of needs for each participant in a relationship that must be negotiated by those involved
Autonomy-Connection
Needs to have close connection with others as well as our need to have our own space and identity
Novelty-Predictability
Idea that we desire predictability as well as spontaneity in our relationship
Openness-Closedness
The desire to be open and honest with others while at the same time not wanting to reveal everything about yourself to someone else