Expressive – protective dialectic: Balance between sharing personal information and keeping it private
Autonomy – Togetherness dialectic: Balance between ‘me-time’ and ‘we-time’
Novelty-Predictability dialectic: Balance between the new and the familiar
Relational Development models: (p. 270 – 227) Filtering theory (Duck’s Attraction Filters): What cause people to be interested to each other, the process (filter) we use to decided if we are attracted to another person
Relational development stages (Knapps’s Relational Development Model): first stage (initiating stage) with secret tests of indirect suggestion to test each other’s commitment: finding ways to get first impression (observing and trying to find ways to open communication channels), second stage: building common ground, beginning to build relationship, mostly small talk….
Social Penetration: Relational depth and Breadth: Core identity inside everyone, people expand relational breadth by sharing more aspects about themselves and communicate about more topics, expanding relational depth with letting partner closer to their core identity
Group Communication: (p. 303 – 344)
Helps with three interpersonal needs: 1. Inclusion (establishing Identity by associating with others), 2. Control (important decisions), 3. affection (developing relationships)
