What Are the Stages of Interpersonal Relationships Flashcards

Contact, involvement, intimacy, deterioration, repair, and dissolution

-the first stage in relationship development consists of perceptual contact and interactional contact
*perceptual*interactional

- the second stage in relationship development in which you further advance the relationship, first testing each other and then intensifying your interaction *testing*intensifying

- the closest interpersonal relationship, usually the the term denotes a close primary relationship with another *interpersonal commitment*social bonding

- The stage of a relationship during which the connecting bonds between the partners weaken and the partners begin drifting apart*Intrapersonal dissatisfaction*Interpersonal deterioration

- a relationship stage in which one or both parties seek to improve a deteriorating relationshipIntrapersonal and Interpersonal repair

- The termination or end of an interpersonal relationshipInterpersonal seperationSocial/ Public seperation

-holds that people form relationships on the basis of attraction.-similarity, proximity, reinforcement, physical attractiveness and personality, socioeconomic and educational status

Argues that people in a relationship experience dynamic tensions between pairs of opposing motives or desires.- tension between closedness and openness, autonomy and connection, novelty and predictability- you may accept the imbalance, exit the relationship, or rebalance your life

Is a theory not of why relationships develop but of what happens when they do develop- breadth and depth

Claims that you develop relationships that will enable you to maximize your profits* Profits= Rewards- Costs

Are anything that you would incur costs to obtain.

Are things that you normally try to avoid, that you consider unpleasant or difficult.

Is what results when the costs are subtracted from the rewards

A general idea of the kinds of rewards and profits that you feel you ought to get out of such a relationship