CMN 134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Penetration Theory, Positive Tone
24 Mar 2017
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Self-disclosure occurs when you purposefully provide information to others about yourself that they would not learn if you did not tell them (extremely personal stuff ie: sex life) Stronger relationships (takes you from stranger to intimacy, really important for building and maintaining relationships) Reduced stress (don"t keep it bottled up) Intimacy (breadth and depth): is defined by how much self-disclosure has taken place. Intimacy (very few people make it to this stage) Interpersonal process model of intimacy: it is feeling understood, validated, and cared for that creates an intimate interaction or relationship: self-disclosure, partner"s response, discloser"s reaction to partner"s response. Sex differences in self-disclosure (women self-disclose more than men r=0. 09) Women disclosed more to women than men disclosed to women (r=0. 12) Women disclosed more to women than men disclosed to men (0. 155) Women disclosed more to men than men disclosed to women (r=0. 04) Disclosure between strangers in public places (r=-0. 15) bus/coffee shop.
