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Relationship Models (relational dialetics (autonomy-connection (need to…

- - - - best friends
      - partners
      - immediate family
  - - - co-workers
      - acquaintances
      - distant relatives
- - - - initiating
        
        people size each other up and try to present themselves favorably
      - experimenting
        
        people exchange information and move from strangers to acquaintances
      - intensifying
        
        we indicate that we would like more intimacy
      - integrating
        
        two people's identities and personalities merge, and a sense of interdependence develops
      - bonding
        
        public ritual that announces formal commitment
    - - communicating difference
    - - communication decreases and individuals verbally close themselves from each other
    - - relationship come to a standstill, as individuals wait for the relationship to end
    - - people's signals that they want to close down the lines of communication
    - - a summary message that recaps the relationship and provides a reason for the termination