COMM 1076 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Barista
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Five factors: uniqueness of that relationship, roles and rules are highly specific to those two people (has to be some degree of uniq. Bo(cid:455)frie(cid:374)d/girlfrie(cid:374)d relatio(cid:374)ship e(cid:454)clusive to that other perso(cid:374), do(cid:374)"t have sa(cid:373)e convo you have with your boyfriends as you do some friend, like inside jokes and such. Best friend convos aren"t the same as friend convos. Impersonal starbucks barista who makes your normal coffee isn"t there, not much unique about that relationship so it doesn"t matter, simply filling a role in your life: degree of irreplaceability, some things just can"t be swapped out. Any relationship that is not irreplaceable is interpersonal and vise versa: level of interdependence, some people are so dependent on others that they can"t function when that other person leaves or goes somewhere. Interpersonal= we have to have these people in our life, Impersonal = could live and go on with life without them. Interdependence, their mood effects your mood vs impersonal.
