Chapter 9: Communication in Personal Relationships

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Social relationships
Relationships with people we casually care about
Personal relationships
Unique commitments between irreplaceable individuals who are influenced by rules, relational dialectics and surrounding contexts
Passion
Involves intensely positive feelings and desires for another person
Commitment
Decision to remain in a relationship
Investments
That which we put into relationships that we could not retrieve if the relationship were to end
Rules
Guide how partners communicate and interpret each other's communication
Relational dialectics
The opposing and continual tensions that are normal in personal relationships
Neutralization
Negotiates a balance between dialectical needs
Separation
Favors one need in a dialectic and ignores the other
Segmentation
Partners addign each need to certain spheres, issues, activities or tims
Reframing
Redifines apparently contradictory needs as not really in opposition
Independence
Individuals that are aware of ourselves as such
Invitational communication
People express interest in interacting
Explorational communication
A stage in which we explore the possiblilities for a relationship
Intensifying communication
Increases the depth of a relationship by increasing the amount and intimacy of interaction