Communications Chapter 8

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Across
  1. 3. the closest interpersonal relationship
  2. 7. the stage in an interpersonal relationship that normally follows contact
  3. 9. in the social penetration theory of interpersonal relationships, the number of topics about which individuals in a relationship communicate
  4. 12. a condition in which the breadth and depth of a relationship decrease
  5. 14. a principle of attraction stating that we are attracted by qualities that we do not possess or that we wish to possess and to people who are opposite or different from ourselves
  6. 15. the breaking of the bonds holding an interpersonal relationship together
  7. 16. in attraction theory, rewards or favors that tend to promote interpersonal relationships
  8. 17. a principle of attraction holding that we are attracted to qualities similar to those we possess and to people who are similar to ourselves
  9. 18. efforts to reverse the process of relationship deterioration
Down
  1. 1. the state or process by which one individual is drawn to another and forms a highly positive evaluation of that other person
  2. 2. in a relationship this may be distinguished as physical abuse, verbal or emotional abuse, and sexual abuse
  3. 4. a theory hypothesizing that we develop relationships in which our rewards or profits will be greater that our costs and that we avoid or terminate relationships in which the costs exceed the rewards
  4. 5. the stage of a relationship during which the connecting bonds between the partners weaken and the partners begin drifting apart
  5. 6. verbal and nonverbal signals that show love for another person
  6. 8. the quality of communication referring to the dependency of each element on each other element in the process
  7. 10. the first stage of an interpersonal relationship
  8. 11. the reaction to relationship threats
  9. 12. in social penetration theory of interpersonal relationships, the degree to which the inner personality-inner core-of an individual in penetrated in interpersonal interaction
  10. 13. physical closeness; one of the qualities influencing attraction
  11. 16. a theory that describes relationships as interactions governed by series of rules that couples agree to follow