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