04:189:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Susan Boyle, Slut, Term Of Endearment

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: Jenny Mandelbaum

Document Summary

Experimenting - potential couples look for common ground. Intensifying - become more clearly a couple; package deal. Bonding - relationship becomes formalized (e. g. moving in together, marriage) Differentiating - beginning of the uncoupling; couples individualize and differentiate themselves from one another; shift from we to i . Circumscribing - communication constricted, only talk about certain topics; not the same as when you got together. Stagnating - relationship being put on hold; taboo to talk about the relationship; low level of communication. Avoiding - go out of your way to not be together. Terminating - no more access, relationship is over. Progressive commitment - can"t regress to a previous stage. As you get to know a person, you develop. Interpersonal knowledge (psychological knowledge - them as an individual) Self-disclosure - things you tell other people about yourself. High self disclosure vs low self disclosure. High - say a lot about themselves. Good stuff about yourself vs. bad things about yourself.