Chapter 7&8 -> Part 2 :P

Relationship stage & theories 
:- after you've developed a good sense and etiquette
:- relate to relationship around you

Contact

:- people become aware of one another's existence

:- perceptual & interactional contact take place

# perceptual = human senses

# interactional = first point of contact

Involvement

:- people have tighter bonds & engagements with one anther

:- testing & intensifying stage take place

#testing stage = "do you like this song?"

#intensifying stage = the amount of time or commitments you committed to one another

Intimacy

:- people have deep & committed relationship with one another

:- interpersonal commitment & social bonding take place

:- in this stage, you've become familiar & comfortable

Deterioration

:- other communication factors such as temporal, cultural or societal context weakens the bond 

:- intrapersonal & interpersonal dissatisfactions become apparent

:- due to different stages or life, has different priorities

Repair

:- try to work things out

:- intrapersonal & interpersonal repairs take place

Dissolution

:- where bonds are broken or returned back to a platonic

:- interpersonal & social separation take place

Relationship theories

Attraction Theory

#similarity : similar taste, beliefs, ideas with you 

#proximity : individuals who are close to you 

#reinforcement : individuals who reinforces your personality & lifestyle

#physical attractiveness & personality : inner & outer beauty

Relationship Rules Theory

:- different relationship levels & attributes

#friend rules : acquaintances, normal friend , best friend

#romantic rules : loves & couples

#family rules : different roles in the family

#workplace rules : different roles in the workplace

Relationship Dialectics Theory

:- want to explore the extremes of opposite qualities 

:- three pair of opposites are...

# closeness & openness - individual that like to be involved in society or group

# autonomy & connection - individual that like to have both independence & dependency

# novelty & predictability - individual that like surprises or uniqueness

Social Penetration Theory

:- people in relationship often have the need to explore each other's personalities

# deeper relationship would go deeper into core personality of the person

# the more you know the person , the deeper the level of conversation

Social exchange theory & equity theory

#Social Exchange theory 

:- rewards > costs

:- individual form relationship with one another based on whether or not it would bring benefit to them 

#Equity Theory

:- rewards = costs

:- this theory more towards forming professional relationship 

The dark side of interpersonal relationship

:- relationship can get complicated and can lead to ugly things in life and with one another

:- three types of jealous...

# cognitive jealous - suspicious thinking, worrying & exaggeration of thing that you think would occur

# emotional jealous - seeing someone you like react to something else that is out of your control

# behavioral jealous - responses or behavioral change that takes place with the individual as result of the envy & jealousy

finished chapter 7 & 8 :D

hooyah !