Chapter 9

2. partners reduce the scope of their contact with each other
6. the most frequently discussed and strongly supported determinant of relationship formation
7. dialectic when we want to be close to each other but we also want to be independent
8. a dialectic that sometimes causes conflicting drives
14. dialectic when people with a relationship struggle to meet the competing needs
15. aimed at keeping relationships operating smoothly and satisfactorily
17. the stage to show that you are interested in making contact
18. when people in a relationship begin to create distance between each other
19. when relationships deteriorate and reach final stage
20. people begin to take on an identity as a social unit

1. this transition often shows up in a couples pronoun usage
3. dialectic when the conflicting desires for connection and independence are embodied
4. the kind of qualitatively interpersonal relationship when you start spending more time together
5. a dialectic that captures another set of tensions
9. conflicts that arise when two opposing forces exist simultaneously
10. the old saying opposites attract is an example of wha relationship
11. a dialects that operates both between partners and when they face others outside the relationship
12. the hallmark of this relationship is small talk
13. stage when partners make symbolic public gestures to show the world their relationship
16. a hollow shell of its former self