Interpersonal Communication Ch. 9

1. contact
2. involvement
3. intamacy
4. deterioration
5. repair
6. dissolution

-perceptual contact
-mental/physical picture
-interactional contact (basic info)
-first impression/flirting

-sense of mutuality
-learn more about other person
-testing
-directness (ask directly)
-indirect suggestion (hint or joke about it)
-public presentation (introduce as bf/gf and see how they react)
-separate (separate physically and see how other responds)
-third party (ask mutual friends)

-commit yourself
-satisfaction increases
-interpersonal commitment (private)
-social bonding (public)
-develop 3 anxieties:
1. security anxiety: the other person is sexually unfaithful or will leave you
2. fulfillment anxiety: concerns that you may not be able to achieve
3. excitement anxiety: worry about boredom and routine and will lose freedom

-intrapersonal dissatisfaction: begin to experience personal dissatisfaction w. everyday interactions
-interpersonal dissatisfaction: grow farther apart/awkward

-intrapersonal repair: analyze what went wrong/consider changing behaviors
-interpersonal repair: talk about the problems in the relation and what you want to see change

-bonds are broken
-interpersonal separation: move into separate environments
-social/public relationship

Initiation: perceive and interact with other person

Experimenting: try to learn about other person/small talk

Intensifying: personal/intimate level and exchange expressions of commitment

Integrating: come together/shared opinions and attitudes

Bonding: name the relationship

Differentiating: start to think differently and distinct from each other

Circumscribing: restric communication to topics that won't cause conflict

Stagnating: communication becomes inactive; rarely focus on relationship