Straighterline Communication 101 Topics 7-11 Already Passed

Straighterline Communication 101 Topics 7-11 Already Passed interpersonal communication the process of using messages to generate meaning between at least two people in a situation that allows mutual opportunities for both speaking and listening interpersonal relationships associations between at least two people who are interdependent, who use some consistent patterns of interaction, and who have interacted for an extended period of time inclusion, affection, control three interpersonal needs complementary relationships relationships in which each person supplies something the other person or persons lack symmetrical relationships relationships in which participants mirror each other or are highly similar self-disclosure the process of making intentional revelations about yourself that others would be unlikely to know and that generally constitute private, sensitive, or confidential information role-limited interaction the beginning stage of friendship friendly relations two people determine they have mutual interests or other common ground moving toward friendship the third stage in adult friendship development whereby friends begin to move cautiously toward more personal disclosures and more time spent together nascent friendship two people think of themselves as friends and begin to establish their own private ways of interacting stabilized friendship the friends feel established in each other's lives waning friendship the relationship diminishes dialectic of integration/separation tension between wanting to be separate entities and wanting to be integrated with another person Dialectic of Stability/Change tension between wanting events, conversations and behavior to be the same and desiring change dialectic of expression/privacy tension between wanting to self-disclose and be completely open and wanting to be private and closed proximity the location, distance or range between persons and things attractiveness Physical attractiveness, how desirable a person is to work with and how much social value the person has for others. responsiveness do people demonstrate a positive interest in us? similarity people who like or dislike the same things we do complementarity we sometimes bond with people whose strengths are our weaknesses hurtful messages create emotional pain or upset deceptive communication the practice of deliberately making somebody believe things that are untrue aggressiveness when people stand up for their rights at the expense of others and care about their own needs but no one else's intercultural communication the interaction between people from different cultural backgrounds culture a unique combination of rituals, religious beliefs, ways of thinking, and ways of behaving that unify a group of people dominant culture culture that has the most power and influence in a society non-dominant culture exists within a larger, dominant culture but differs from the dominant culture in some significant characteristic. assimilation the marginalized group attempts to fit in with the dominant group