Communications Chapter 8

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Across
  1. 5. the closest interpersonal relationship
  2. 6. a principle of attraction holding that we are attracted to qualities similar to those we possess and to people who are similar to ourselves
  3. 7. the state or process by which one individual is drawn to another and forms a highly positive evaluation of that other person
  4. 8. 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
  5. 9. the reaction to relationship threats
  6. 11. in social penetration theory of interpersonal relationships, the degree to which the inner personality-inner core-of an individual in penetrated in interpersonal interaction
  7. 12. the quality of communication referring to the dependency of each element on each other element in the process
  8. 14. the stage of a relationship during which the connecting bonds between the partners weaken and the partners begin drifting apart
  9. 16. the stage in an interpersonal relationship that normally follows contact
  10. 17. in a relationship this may be distinguished as physical abuse, verbal or emotional abuse, and sexual abuse
Down
  1. 1. physical closeness; one of the qualities influencing attraction
  2. 2. verbal and nonverbal signals that show love for another person
  3. 3. a condition in which the breadth and depth of a relationship decrease
  4. 4. efforts to reverse the process of relationship deterioration
  5. 6. 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
  6. 8. the first stage of an interpersonal relationship
  7. 10. in attraction theory, rewards or favors that tend to promote interpersonal relationships
  8. 13. in the social penetration theory of interpersonal relationships, the number of topics about which individuals in a relationship communicate
  9. 14. the breaking of the bonds holding an interpersonal relationship together
  10. 15. a theory that describes relationships as interactions governed by series of rules that couples agree to follow