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Ch. 7-8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Johari Window | A model that explains how self-disclosure varies from relationship to relationship; the model reflects various stages of relational development, degrees, of self awareness, and others perceptions. |
| Reciprocity | Sharing information about one self with another person, with the expectation that the other person will share information that is similar in risk or depth. |
| Social Penetration Model | A model of self-disclosure that asserts that both the breadth and the depth of information shared with another person increase as the relationship develops. |
| Conversational Narcissism (self-absorbed communicator style) | A dominating communication style in which one focuses attention on oneself. |
| Self-disclosure | Voluntarily providing information to others that they would not learn if one did not tell them. |
| Active Strategy | A communicative strategy for reducing uncertainty by getting information from a third party. |
| Interactive Strategy | A strategy of communicating directly with the source who has the greatest potential to reduce one's uncertainty. |
| Uncertainty-Reduction Theory | A driven human motivation to increase predictability by reducing the unknown in one's circumstances. |
| Passive Strategy | A non-communicative strategy for reducing uncertainty by observing others and situations. |
| Affection | The need to be loved and accepted by others or the willingness to give love and acceptance to others. |
| Immediacy | Nonverbal cues, such as eye contact, forward lean, touch and open body orientation, that communicates feelings of liking, pleasure, and closeness. |
| Inclusion | The need to involve others in one's activities or to be involved in the activities of others. |
| Control | The need to make decisions and take responsibility or the level of willingness to accept others decision making. |
| Physical Attraction | The degree to which one finds another person's physical self appealing. |
| Sexual Attraction | The desire to have sexual contact with a certain person. |
| Long-term maintenance attraction | The level of liking or positive feeling that motivates one to maintain or escalate a relationship. |
| Similarity | The degree to which one's characteristics, values, attitudes, interests, or personality traits are like those of another person. |
| Interpersonal Attraction | The degree to which one desires to form or maintain an interpersonal relationship with another person. |
| Short-Term Initial Attraction | The degree of potential for developing an interpersonal relationship with someone. |
| Relationship | An ongoing connection made with another person. |
| Attraction | A motivated state that causes someone to think, feel, and behave in a positive manner toward another person. |
| Relationship of Choice | A relationship that is sought out and intentionally developed. |
| Relationship of Circumstance | A relationship that forms situationally simply because one life overlaps with another in some way. |
| Mediated Interpersonal Communication | Communication that occurs when two people attempt to mutually influence each other through the use of a mediated channel, usually for the purpose of managing relationships. |
| Impersonal Communication | Occurs when we treat people as objectives or respond to their roles rather than to who they are as unique people. |
| Interpersonal Communication | Special form of communication that occurs between two people who simultaneously attempt to mutually influence each other, usually for the purpose of managing relationships. |
| Mediated Communication | Communication that is carried out using some channel other than those used in face-to-face encounters. |
| Proximity | The likelihood of being attracted to people who are physically close rather than to those who are farther away. |
| Complementarity | The degree to which, another person's different abilities, interests, and needs balance or round out ones own. |
| Pre-Interaction Awareness Stage | The stage of becoming aware of one's attraction to another person and observing that person but not actually interacting. |
| Initiation Stage | The first contact with another person with whom one desires a relationship; usually characterized by asking and answering questions. |
| Exploration Stage | The stage that involves more in-depth interactions. |
| Intensification Stage | The stage in which partners begin to depend on each other for self-confirmation; characterized by more shared activities, more shared activities, more time spent together, more intimate physical distance and contact, and personalized language. |
| Intimacy Stage | Partners provide primary confirmation of each other's self-concept; characterized by highly personalized and synchronized verbal and nonverbal communication. |
| Turmoil Stage | Characterized by increased conflict less mutual acceptance, a tense communication climate, and an unclear relationship definition. |
| Stagnation Stage | A relationship loses its vitality, partners begin to take each other for granted, and communication and physical contact decline. |
| De-Intensification Stage | Involving significantly decreased interaction, increased distance, and decreased dependence on one's partner for self- confirmation. |
| Individualization Stage | The stage in which partners define their lives more as individuals and less as a couple. |
| Separation Stage | Individuals make an intentional decision to minimize or eliminate further interpersonal interaction. |
| Post-Interaction Stage | The bottom, or final, stage in relational de-escalation, which represents the lasting effects of a relationship on the self. |
| Post-Dissolutional Relationship | The relationship formed between dating partners after their romance terminates. |
| Relational Dialectics | A perspective that views interpersonal relationships as constantly changing rather than stable and that revolves around how relational partners manage tensions. |
| Cyber infidelity | Online sexual activity outside of one's in-person, monogamous relationship. |
| Interpersonal Conflict | A struggle that occurs when two people cannot agree on a way to meet their needs. |
| Constructive Conflict | Conflict characterized by cooperation in dealing with differences; helps build new insights and patterns in a relationship. |
| Disruptive Conflict | Conflict characterized by a lack of cooperation in dealing with differences; dismantles relationships without restoring them. |
| Pseudoconflict | Conflict stemming from a lack of understanding. |
| Simple Conflict | Conflict over differences in ideas, definitions, perceptions, or goals. |
| Ego Conflict | Conflict based on personal issues in which people attack each other's self-esteem. |
| Serial Arguments | Argumentative episodes focused on the same issue that occur at least twice. |
| Irresolvable (interactable) Conflict | A conflict that one or both parties deem impossible to resolve. |
| Interpersonal Power | The ability to influence another in the direction one desires; getting another person to do what one wants. |
| Complementary Relationship | A relationship in which one partner willingly and continuously cedes power to the other. |
| Symmetrical Relationship | Characterized by similar control behaviors in partners; partners compete to dominate each other or both relinquish control to the other to avoid making decisions. |
| Parallel Relationship | A relationship in which power continually shifts from one person to the other. |
| Assertive Communication | Communication that takes a listener's feeling and right into account. |
| Aggressive Communication | Self-serving communication that does not take a listener's feelings and rights into account. |
| Non-confrontational Style | A conflict management style that involves backing off, avoiding conflict, or giving in to the other person. |
| Confrontational Style | A win-lose approach to conflict management in which one person wants control and to win at the expense of the other. |
| Cooperative Style | A conflict management style in which conflict is viewed as a set of problems to be solved rather than as a competition in which one person wins and the other loses. |
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