
Why do we get into relationships? • Circumstance • Choice • Convenience • Appearance • Similarity • Complimentarity • Reciprocity • Competency • Proximity • Disclosure (204) • Power • Intimacy (189)
Mark Knapp—The Process of a Relationship(Page 194) Bonding Differentiating Integrating Circumscribing Stagnation Intensifying Avoiding Experimenting Terminating Initiating
“Come HERE, Go AWAY”: Dialectical Tensions • Integration vs. separation. • Stability vs. change. • Predictability vs. novelty. • Expression vs. privacy. • Conventionality vs. uniqueness. All starting on page 198.
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!