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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Relationships | sets of expectations 2 people have for their behavior based on the pattern of interaction between them |
| Good relationships | ones in which the interactions are satisfying to and healthy for those involved |
| Acquaintances | people we know by name and talk with when the opportunity arises, but with whom our interactions are largely impersonal |
| Friends | people with whom we have negotiated more personal relationships that are voluntary |
| Friendship guidelines | Initiation; responsiveness; self-disclosure; emotional support; conflict management |
| Close friends(intimates) | people with whom we share a high degree of commitment, trust, interdependence, and disclosure, and enjoyment |
| Platonic relationship | an intimate relationship in which the partners are not sexually attracted to each other or do not act on an attraction they feel |
| Romantic relationship | an intimate relationship in which the partners act on their sexual attraction |
| Trust | placing confidencein another in a way that almost always involves some risk |
| Intimacy guidelines | be dependable; be responsive; be an effective partner in conflict; be faithful; be transparent; be willing |
| Self-disclosure | sharing biographical data, personal ideas, and feelings that are unknown to the other person |
| Feedback | verbal and physical responses to people (and/or their messages) within their relationship |
| Johari window | a tool for examining the relationship between disclosure and feedback in the relationship |
| 4 quadrants in window | open-both you and your partner know about each other; secret-info about yourself your partner doesn't know; blind-info about you that your partner knows but you don't realize they know; unknown-info about you you nor your partner knows |
| Beginning and developing stage in relationship | process of getting to know each other |
| Maintaining a relationship | behaving and communicating in ways that preserve a particular level of closeness or intimacy in a relationship |
| De-escalating and ending a relationship | process of weaken intimacy and support; 3 stages: Recognition of dissatisfaction; disengaging; ending |
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