COM 3003 Lecture 6: COM3402 Lecture 6
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Com 3402 - class 6 - lecture notes - thursday, january 24, Think of any significant interpersonal relationship you"re currently in (friend, family, romantic) Leslie baxter and barbara montgomery popularized this theory in social science in 90s. Basic idea: relationships are characterized by ongoing tensions and contradictory impulses. Broad ideas: tensions are the "deep structure" of all human experiences tensions are normal and natural. A centripetal or centralizing force pulls us together. A centrifugal or decentralizing force pushes us apart. Monological approach - either relationship is close or it"s distant. Dialogical approach - total seperation - don"t talk to partner about relationship - i talk about my relationship, you talk about yours we don"t talk about ours. Assumptions for dialectic approach: relationships are not linear - we oscillate between desires relational life is characterized by change. Contradiction is fundamental to relational life - tensions never go away.
