Interpersonal Communication 2

Interpersonal Communication 2

1. Forming Relationships

   • •Many factors can serve as a catalyst for forming a relationship
   • Similarity
   • Appearance
   • Proximity
   • Reciprocity/liking
   • Competency
   • Complementarity/Difference
     • Differences are complementary
     • Generally, over the long term
   • Social exchange

2. Forming Relationships

   • Initial Interactions
     • Sociological/Incidentalcues—
     • Pre-interaction cues—
     • Interactioncues—
     • Cognitivecues—

3. Building & Maintaining Relationships

   • Relational Dialectics(Baxter-Rawlins)
     • Openness/closedness—
     • Autonomy/connection—
     • Novelty/predictability—