COMM ST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nba Coach Of The Year Award, Physical Attractiveness

• School: UCLA
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM ST 10
• Professor: Professor Suman

Document Summary

Intimacy: desire to connect with other people (one of the most powerful forces in guiding. Starts from birth (contact with mother) > critical for psychological health. Makes you feel close to another person, through deep thoughtful conversation. Emotional : exchange of important feelings, helps us feel close to others. We still require a sense of autonomy / privacy. Do not have time / energy to be intimate with a large number of people. Women = generally more willing to share personal thoughts / feelings with others. Female-female relationships tend to have greatest level of intimacy (most. More likely to develop relationships through talking self-disclosure) > greater positive feelings. Men = more likely to develop intimate relationships through shared activities. For many women: sex = way to express intimacy. For many men: sex = way to establish intimacy through a shared activity. Colonial america: conversations between husbands & wives were relatively formal.