COM ARTS 272 Study Guide - Annette Baier, Entrust
30 Oct 2014
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Announcements: exam 1 on wednesday, study guide. Relationship stages: coming together, maintaining, coming apart. 5 stages of coming together: initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding. Initiating: def: all the processes enacted when we first come together with other people. 5 varying factors: kind of relationship, length of interaction, time since last greeting, situational constraints, special code of particular groups. Experimenting: def: process of trying to discover the unknown, exchange of information, often occurs between people who don"t know each other well, but can also occur between intimates. Intensifying: def: active participation and greater awareness of relationship, personal disclosure increases, forms of address may change. Increase use of personal plurals: development of private symbols, verbal shortcuts, direct expression of commitment. Integrating: def: a point in the relationship where the two individual personalities almost seem to fuse; coupling, social circles merge, common property, similarities in manner & dress, intimacy trophies.
