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COMM 3200: CHAPTER 5
Selection effect |
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 |
Predicts that people will feel high levels of uncertainty during initial interactions
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Social Exchange Explanation |
When self-disclosure is reciprocated, it is rewarding because it reflects mutual trust and liking
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Liking-disclosure Hypothesis |
Predicts that people will disclose more to receivers they likeDi
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Disclosure-liking hypothesis |
Predicts that when a sender discloses to a receiver, the receiver will like the sender more
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Social Penetration Theory |
Self-disclosure usually increases gradually as people develop their relationships.
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Knapp's stages of coming together |
Initiating stage, Experimenting stage, Intensifying stage, Integrating stage, Bonding stageSt
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Stages of Social Penetration |
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... |
Personal
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Self-disclosure leads to disliking |
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 |
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 |
Fear if you start talking you won't be able to stop it
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Fear of destructive impluses |
Fear that someone may cause a huge conflict
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Fear of Losing Individuality |
Afraid that telling someone everything about you means you will have nothing left
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Fear of Exposure |
Fear that if you expose negative things about yourself, the other person won't like you
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Fear of Abondonment |
Fear that someone will walk away from you once you self disclose
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Fear of Angry Attacks |
Fear that later someone will use the information against you
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Stranger on a Plane Phenomenon |
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? |
An onion. Layers: superficial, social, and core
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