Interpersonal Communication
Dyadic: Between 2 people
CHARACTERISTICS
• Discussions
about
communication
• Relational
• Content
Metacommunication
Quality
• Impersonal
• Interpersonal
Message
Environment
• Face to Face
• Mediated
Intimacy
Physical
• Hugs, Kisses, Struggles
Intellectual
• Sharing Important ideas
Emotional
• Sharing Important Feelings
Shared Activities
• Spending time together
Types of Interpersonal Relationship
Acquaintances
Romantic Relationships
Work Relationships
Family Relationships
Friendships
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?
Theories of Relational
Development
Knapp’s Developmental Model
MAINTENANCE
Bonding
Integrating
Differentiating
Circumscribing
Intensifying
Experimenting
Stagnating
Forward or Backward
Avoiding
Terminating
Initiating
Quickly or Slowly
COMING TOGETHER
May Stabilize
COMING APART
Dialectical Model
– Competing goals (dialectical tensions)
• Connection vs Autonomy
• Predictability vs Novelty
• Openness vs Privacy
Issues in Relationships
Self-Disclosure:
deliberately revealing personal and
significant information about oneself that
would otherwise be unknown
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.
Johari’s Window
Model of Self-disclosure
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?
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
• How often do you lie?
• Why do we lie?
• Is it ever okay to lie?
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”