Re Mdl

Stages of Relational Interaction

Coming together

Coming Apart

Initiating

Expirementing

Intensifying

Integrating

Bonding

Differentiating

Circumscribing

Stagnating

Avoiding

Terminating

Social exchange theory

essentially entails a weighing of the costs and rewards in a given relationship

Rewards are outcomes that we get from a relationship that benefit us in some way

Cost ranges from granting to favors to providing emotional support

Commitment and interdependence are important interpersonal and psychological dimensions of a relationship that relate to social exchange theory

Relational Dialectics

Autonomy connection refers to our need to have close connection withothers as well as our need to have our own space and identify

Novelty Predictability is the idea that we desire predictability as well as spontaneity in our relationship

Openness closeness refers to the desire to be open and honest with others while at the dame time not wanting to reveal every thing about yourself to someone else