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BEGINNING, MAINTAINING AND ENDING RELATIONSHIPS

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This chapter examines the role of communication in beginning, maintaining, and ending interpersonal relationships. Specifically, the objective of the chapter is for you to learn to:

•Explain that relationship beginnings, maintenance and endings vary greatly.

•Define and illustrate the roles of task-orientation, friendship-orientation, and intimate-orientation in relationships.

•Recognize the high levels of uncertainty when people meet for the first time.

•Define love as it relates to intimate relationships.

•Explain that culture influences nearly every aspect of relational development.

•List and explain each of the sequential patterns of relationship beginnings, maintenance and endings.

•Explain and illustrate why people are attracted to each other.

•Describe the process of meeting potential relational partners.

•Define and illustrate cyber-meeting/cyberdating, including fee-based relational, introduction services, speed dating, matchmaking and relational coaching.

•Explain how to initiate relational communication.

•Clarify how to maintain a relationship.

•Explain the concept of right brain/left brain thinking in relationships.

•Analyze the stages and reasons for ending a relationship.

CHAPTER 7

BEGINNING, MAINTAINING AND END RELATINSHIPS

LEARNING OUTCOMES

THE ROLE OF CULTURE IN RELATIONSHIPS

RELATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: BEGINNING, MAINTAINING AND ENDING

BEGINNING A RELATIONSHIP

ATTRACTIVENESS

PROXEMITY

FAMILIARITY

SELF-ESTEEM ENHANCEMENT

MEETING POTENTIAL RELATIONAL PARTNERS

CYBERDATING

PERSONAL ADS

FEE-BASED INTRODUCTION SERVICES

SPEED DATING

MATCHMAKING

RELATIONAL COACHING

INITIATING RELATIONAL COMMUNICATION

MAINTAINING A RELATIONSHIP

ACHIEVING YOUR OBJECTIVES

SELF-DISCLOSURE

COMPLIANCE GAINING

RIGHT BRAIN/LEFT BRAIN THINKING IN RELATIONSHIPS

ENDING A RELATIONSHIP

ALTERNATE WAYS OF EXAMING RELATIONAL STAGES

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONAL STAGES

KEY TERMS

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I-CAN PLAN!

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