COMN 2111 Lecture : March 13 - Lecture.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMN 2111
• Professor: Dalton Kehoe

Document Summary

Its all about: consistency we like people like us, live near people socially like us, as we communicate with someone similar to us, we become more similar in our attitudes toward a given issue, attraction develops from proximity and similarity in the following situations, perceived reciprocity of liking. Investment: what we give to other and cant get back if relationship ends ourselves, our history, commitment, belief in future; work through conflict, trust, reliability (do what they say they will do, communicate honestly, rely on other for psychological safety, build trust through self disclosure. Trust and self disclosure: early small talk, breadth the variety of topics communicated, there are many relationships in which the range of subjects you talk about is broad, yet discussion remains superficial, depth the intimacy of what is communicated, tell someone about your work you do, but add your dissatisfaction with it or your search for a new one is far more personal and revealing.