COMM 1113 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I. Why do we form social and professional relationships?II. FriendshipsIII. Tyra and Landry’s Friendship in Friday Night LightsOutline of Current Lecture I. Intimate relationships require investment and balanceA. Dialectical Tensions1. Autonomy vs. Connection2. Openness vs. Closedness3. Predictability vs. NoveltyCurrent LectureI. I. Intimate relationships require investment and balanceA. Romantic relationships in which both partners invest the same degree tend to be happier – Hacht, Martson, and LarkeyB. The key to healthy romantic relationships is learning how to balance what researchers call dialectical tensions1. Dialectical tensions is the notion that world moves and things happen when two opposing forces collide to form a new entity2. The idea of dialectical tensions is to find a balance between the two forcesa. Autonomy vs. Connectioni. Unity of the individualsii. Sense of individualityiii. Friday Night Lights example- Smash and Waverlyb. Openness vs. Closednessi. About the extent and minimum of self-disclosureii. Friday Night Lights example- Tami and Ericc. Predictability and Noveltyi. Surprise and uncertainty required to balance boredom andconsistencyii. Friday Night Lights example- Tami and EricThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.C. Romantic relationships around the world1. Expectations of exclusivity2. Expectations of voluntariness3. Expectations of love4. Expectations around sexualityD. Conflicts in romantic relationships1. Example of Eric and Tami2. Validating?3. Volatile?4. Conflict-avoiding?5. Hostile?6. Tami shifts the connection dialectic toward autonomy to resolve the conflict E. Mark Knapp: Five Stages of