SOCL 2505 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nonverbal Communication, Continuous Partial Attention, Human Sexual Activity
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Important in every stage of a close relationship. In terms of loving relationships: disrespectful and self-defeating, creates dissolution of intimate bonds, using communication to maintain intimacy, speaking: the art of self-disclosure, self-disclosure revealing some personal information or feeling that others could not otherwise learn. Individual willingly discloses the information with forethought: helps build closeness and intimacy between people. In an intimate relationship, self-disclosure should be ongoing to keep the relationship going. Listening: requires suspending judgment and trying to understand other people, helps connect with other people and develop genuine emotional intimacy, liste(cid:374)e(cid:396)"s (cid:373)oti(cid:448)es or goals. Looking for a way in to control the conversation: clarifying by directing, attempt to channel or direct the conversation, discover by attending. Chapter 5: conflict and conflict resolutions: nature of conflict. Is a beneficial emotion: facts about anger. Like othe(cid:396) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) e(cid:373)otio(cid:374)s, it"s self-created: anger tends to bring out anger in others, being assertive allows us to take control of a situation.
