COMM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Interpersonal Communication, Safe Sex, Storge
29 Mar 2017
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A gap love, love is selfless, can refer to god"s unconditional love. Eros love, romantic love, physical and emotional attraction. Mania love, refers to obsessive love, partner views you as a possession. Pragma love, logical and realistic love, unromantic/romantic can be long term. Storge love, friendship based love, lacks passion, can become attached. Tension: relationships are inevitably messy, both partners may have different needs or opposing viewpoints and tensions may occur. Autonomy and connection: self-determination/independence, independence and connection are both equally necessary. Novelty and predictability: novelty desire for new and exciting, predictability desire for the familiar and comfortable. Openness and closedness: sharing information is the basis of any relationship, despite this, privacy and personal space is also necessary. Separation: moving apart from someone or a situation, usage - when there"s no way to visibly resolve the conflict. Finding a balance between the tensions but never fully going into depth of both.
