This in turn shows that someone can have a stronger connection to someone who is not related…
|3. |Communication –relating to each other in the group by |3. |None Communicating of some group members all the time |…
companionate love: the deep affectionate attachment we feel for those with whom our lives are intertwined…
Social exchange theory suggests that we essentially take the benefits and minus the costs in order to determine how much a relationship is worth. Positive relationships are those in which the benefits outweigh the costs, while negative relationships occur when the costs are greater than the benefits.…
“a nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of…
Proximity – We are close to people who are near us rather than people who are distant.…
In other words, understanding interpersonal communication can help us connect people. By knowing the degree of intimacy within each interpersonal relationships, we can gauge what level the relationship is on. The general goal of relationships is to decrease uncertainty between the two people (O’Hair, Wiemann, Mullin, & Teven 2014). As the stage of intimacy increases, we begin to disclose more information. The social penetration theory states that partners move from superficial to more intimate with uncertainty decreasing (Altman & Taylor, 1973). As intimacy increases,…
Rachels believes that accounting for the value of privacy simply by looking at specific, unusual circumstances fails to demonstrate the importance of privacy in ordinary situations; hence, he chooses to focus on common cases where privacy is relevant. From this approach, he determines that we value privacy because the amount of privacy that we might have with a person essentially defines the relationship. From there, he specifies that, “our relationships with other people determine, in large part how, how we act toward them and how they behave toward us. Moreover there are different patterns of behavior associated with different relationships” (293). Indeed, we do not act toward our mother the way we do…
* intimate relationships involve a high degree of love, trust, empathy and commitment from both partners…
Uncertainty reduction theory: much of the interaction when we first meet someone is dedicated to reducing uncertainty and determining whether we wish to interact with them again…
Which supports how closeness with others can lead people to overvalue how well they communicate and interact, creating an illusion of understanding more than what they really are (Epley, 2011). From this I conclude that most people who are engaged in close relationships may believe that their partner…
The theory of social penetration is at the basis of every formation of a new relationship. This theory is an interaction between people who slowly learn about each other at first formally and then informally. Social penetration is defined as revealing ones self to others, this process is cautious and slow and some are more cautious then others. When people meet for the first time, they tend to share information, which is general and limits the range of the topics they discuss. As these people learn about each other and time passes the depth of their disclosure increases thus revealing personal information. The breadth of disclosure increases and the individuals…
e. Assume a leadership role in a group that is collaboratively working to accomplish a goal…
Walsh et all [2000] explains a group as “Groups are collections of people who come together because they have a common purpose or goal and who gradually develop a shared sense of belonging, or group identity” There are four groups in total which people can be classified when communicating together; two of these were identified by Burnard [1992]. The first one he identifies is Primary groups, these involved face to face contact and members will get to know each other. While as Secondary groups are more widely distributed these may include membership of a club such as Trade Unions. The other two groups are Task Orientated Group and Socially Orientated Groups. The Task Orientated Groups are groups that achieve a common goal/objective, a group like this may be a doctor meeting to discuss a patient’s care, and these groups tend to happen cause of a purpose or a point. The last group is the Socially Orientated Groups, these are the friendship groups, and they will share personal reasons and views with each other.…
It is a natural human desire to seek the acceptance and love of other individuals. At the early stages of life it is the relationship with our parents or caregivers that matters the most, whereas as we step into adolescence, we begin to seek for intimate relationships with the opposite sex. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, love and belonging come right after the basic physiological and safety needs are fulfilled (Maslow, 1943). Love and being loved is an essential part of life for every individual. Therefore, in order to be happy, it is important to be able to form a successful and close relationship with…