CMS 315M Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Foreplay

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMS 315M
• Professor: Daly John

Document Summary

Chapter 9: maintaining relationships through dialogue commitment and intimacy. Main ideas: commitment and commitment talk, commitments take many forms, based on each partner"s degree of attraction for the relationship and each other. The different types will reflect and be reflected in different types of relationship talk. 3 ways people consider commitment: want to have to. Ought to: _______________________________________, _______________________________________, _______________________________________, 6 dimensions associated with the strength of one"s want to commitment, ________________________________________, ________________________________________, _________________________________________ Accepting responsibility for your commitment: ________________________________________, ________________________________________, ________________________________________, how the phrase i love you manifests itself in dialogue for dating couples (p. 299, _________________________________________ Declaration of love - refutation of love: ________________________________________, ________________________________________, if a person wants to know how to more effectively communicate commitment, the book suggests the following, ________________________________________, _________________________________________ Repeat commitment in dif ways ( i love you followed by actions proving it) Make statements of commitment more permanent (ex: writing)