COMM 3200: CHAPTER 5
19 Cards in this Set
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Selection effect
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People who choose to cohabit rather than get married have certain personal charactersitics and attitudes that make it less likely that their relationship will last
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Uncertainty Reduction Explanation
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Predicts that people will feel high levels of uncertainty during initial interactions
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Social Exchange Explanation
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When self-disclosure is reciprocated, it is rewarding because it reflects mutual trust and liking
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Liking-disclosure Hypothesis
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Predicts that people will disclose more to receivers they likeDi
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Disclosure-liking hypothesis
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Predicts that when a sender discloses to a receiver, the receiver will like the sender more
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Social Penetration Theory
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Self-disclosure usually increases gradually as people develop their relationships.
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Knapp's stages of coming together
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Initiating stage, Experimenting stage, Intensifying stage, Integrating stage, Bonding stageSt
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Stages of Social Penetration
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Stage 1: Orientation
Stage 2: Exploratory Affective Exchange Stage 3: Affective Exchange Stage 4: Stable Exchange
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As relationships become more intimate, they tend to become more...
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Personal
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Self-disclosure leads to disliking
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T.M.I., When people think you disclose personal information to everyone, When disclosure is responded to negatively
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Dimensions of Social Penetration
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Depth- intimacy level
Breadth- vareity of topics Frequency- the amount of time Valence- how positively or negatively charged something is Duration- how long a particular occurance happened
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Fear of Loss of Control
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Fear if you start talking you won't be able to stop it
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Fear of destructive impluses
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Fear that someone may cause a huge conflict
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Fear of Losing Individuality
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Afraid that telling someone everything about you means you will have nothing left
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Fear of Exposure
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Fear that if you expose negative things about yourself, the other person won't like you
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Fear of Abondonment
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Fear that someone will walk away from you once you self disclose
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Fear of Angry Attacks
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Fear that later someone will use the information against you
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Stranger on a Plane Phenomenon
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You are likely to reveal things about yourself you normally wouldn't tell anyone to somebody on a plane because you think you will never see them again.
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What foot is used to describe social penetration?
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An onion. Layers: superficial, social, and core
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COMM 3200: CHAPTER 5