COMM 306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Group Cohesiveness, Proxemics, Family
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Interpersonal relationships-two people who interact face-to-face for a length of time who assume the roles of sender and receiver of messages simultaneously. Forced to spend time together and work together. Working in close proximity with one another can form and develop interpersonal relationships. How much relational partners can control and influence the behavior of the other. Complementary-one partner"s behavior complements the other"s; dominant and submissive. Everyone has these needs to some degree; vary in strength. Information peer- lower levels of self-disclosure and trust; information sharking is work or task-related; little intimacy. Collegial peer- increased self-disclosure and trust; still work-related but also more personal topics discussed (more acquaintance, not yet close friend); increased intimacy. Special peer- high emotional support, intimacy, trust, self-discloser; close or best friends; share feedback (job and personal); high breadth and depth of topics. Contextual factors (environmental; same work space, same task) Usually motivated by problems or life events (both person or work)
