1. Interpersonal Communication Dyadic: Between 2 people

2. CHARACTERISTICS Face to Face Mediated Impersonal Interpersonal Relational Content Discussions about communication Message Quality Metacommunication Environment

3. Intimacy Hugs, Kisses, Struggles Physical Sharing Important ideas Intellectual Sharing Important Feelings Emotional Spending time together Shared Activities

4. Acquaintances Romantic Relationships Work Relationships Family Relationships Friendships Types of Interpersonal Relationship

5. FRIENDSHIP BEHAVIOR My Freshman Year By: Rebekah Nathan What is a friend ? What are the biggest problems in friendships today? What would you do for your friends?

6. Theories of Relational Development Knapp’s Developmental Model Initiating Experimenting Intensifying Integrating BondingDifferentiating Circumscribing Stagnating Avoiding Terminating MAINTENANCE COMING TOGETHERCOMING APART Quickly or SlowlyMay Stabilize Forward or Backward

7. Dialectical Model –Competing goals (dialectical tensions) Connection vs Autonomy Predictability vs Novelty Openness vs Privacy

8. Issues in Relationships Self-Disclosure: deliberately revealing personal and significant information about oneself that would otherwise be unknown

9. Social Penetration Model and Self-Disclosure –Breadth: # of topics discussed –Depth: shift from non-revealing messages to personal messages –The greater the depth and breadth the more intimate the relationship.

10. Johari’s Window Model of Self-disclosure

11. What is appropriate self-disclosure? –Is the other person important to you? –Is the amount and type of disclosure appropriate? –Is the risk of disclosing reasonable? –Is the disclosure relevant? –Is the disclosure reciprocated? –Will it be constructive?

12. Trust What is trust? What causes you to lose trust in someone? - To believe that someone is honest and means no harm The Free Dictionary

13. How often do you lie? Why do we lie? Is it ever okay to lie?

14. Lying Dating couples lie in about 1/3 of relationships College students tell their mothers lies in 50% of conversations. Average = 3 lies for every 10 minutes of conversation Many lies are altruistic lies or “white lies”