1. Developing and Maintaining Relationships

2. Explain key aspects of interpersonalrelationships Understand how and why we formrelationships Understand that every relationship hasadvantages and disadvantages 3. Consider how people in relationshipschoose to divulge or withhold personalinformation Outline the predictable stages of mostrelationships 4. Theinterconnectionsandinterdependencebetween twoindividuals 5. The exchange of verbal andnonverbal messages betweentwo people who have arelationship and areinfluenced by their partnersmessages 6. A web ofrelationships thatconnect individualsto one another 7. FamilySmall social group bound by ties of blood, civil contract, and a commitment to care for one another 8. Friendship Close and caring relationship between two people Perceived as mutually satisfying and beneficial 9. RomanticRelationships Love Intimacy 10. OnlineRelationships Virtual relationships Hyperpersonal communication 11. Companionship Stimulation Achieving goals Proximity Physical attraction Similarity 12. Costs and rewards Social exchange ofcosts and benefits Rewards Extrinsic Instrumental Intrinsic Costs 13. Reducing Uncertainty Uncertainty reduction theory Monitoring Proactive Strategies Indirect Strategies 14. Dialectical Tensions Relational dialectics theory Autonomy vs. Connection Openness vs. Closedness Predictability vs. Novelty 15. Social Penetration Theory(SPT)How relationships move from superficial levels to levels of intimacy 16. Communication PrivacyManagement Theory (CPM) We own private information We control that information 17. Strategic Topic Avoidance Maneuvering the conversationaway from undesirable topics 18. Initiating Stage Make contact with another Many relationships dont movebeyond this stage 19. Exploratory Stage Small talk Uncertainty reduction 20. Intensification Stage Personal self-disclosure Share affection verbally Pet names 21. Stable Stage Integrating or becoming one Bonding by sharing publicmessages about relationship 22. Declining Stage Uncertainty Events Interference Unmet expectations Relationship Repair Repair tactics 23. Termination Stage Passing away Relationship gradually fades Sudden death Unexpected termination forone partner 24. Reconciliation Spontaneous development Third-party mediation High affect Tacit persistence Mutual interaction Avoidance