Relationships, Relationships,
Relationships
Why do we get into relationships?
• Circumstance • Reciprocity
• Choice • Competency
• Convenience • Proximity
• Appearance • Disclosure (204)
• Similarity • Power
• Intimacy (189)
• Complimentarity
Mark Knapp—The Process of a Relationship
(Page 194)
Bonding
Differentiating
Integrating Circumscribing
Stagnation
Intensifying
Avoiding
Experimenting
Initiating Terminating
“Come HERE, Go AWAY”:
Dialectical Tensions
• Integration vs.
separation.
• Stability vs. change.
• Predictability vs. All starting on
novelty. page 198.
• Expression vs.
privacy.
• Conventionality vs.
uniqueness.
Can it Work?
• Relationships are
constantly changing.
• Relationships are
made up of two
individuals.
• Movement is always
to a new
place…either ______
or ______.
• Communication is
KEY!