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CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 2) Friendship Relationships Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1.Characteristics  Interpersonal relationship  Mutually productive  Mutual positive regard (liking, trust, support, shared interests)

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 3) Friendship Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 2.Friendship types  Reciprocity – equal  Receptivity – imbalance between giver and receiver but still satisfactory (student/teacher)  Association – transitory (classmates, neighbors)

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 4) Friendship Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 5.Culture, gender, and technology  Culture – collectivist cultures value frienships more than individualist cultures do  Gender – women’s friendships are built on disclosure and intimacy; men’s are built on shared activities  Technology – network convergence: as friends grow close, their online social networks overlap

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 5) Love Relationships Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved  Love is a feeling characterized by closeness, caring, intimacy, passion, and commitment  Love is an interpersonal relationship developed, maintained, and sometimes destroyed by communication  Communication skills can enhance a love relationship

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 6) Love Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1.Six love types  Eros – beauty and sexuality  Ludus – entertainment and excitement  Storge – peaceful and slow  Pragma – practical and traditional  Mania – elation and depression  Agape – compassionate and selfless

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 7) Love Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 2.Love and communication  Personal idioms (secret messages b/t two lovers; pet names)  Increased self-disclosure 3.Love, culture, gender, and technology  Culture – individualist cultures value love relationships; collectivist cultures value friendship (“I didn’t say I love him”)  Gender – men tend to be more romantic and less realistic about love than women are

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 8) Family Relationships Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved  Family includes the children, relatives, and assorted significant others surrounding a primary relationship  A primary relationship denotes the two relationship between the two principal parties  Communication patterns of nuclear families apply to all forms of families

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 9) Family Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1.Characteristics of families  Defined roles  Recognition of responsibilities  Shared history and future  Shared living space

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 10) Family Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 2.Couple types  Traditional – sacrifice independence for relationship  Independent – stress individuality  Separate – relationship of convenience, not love

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 11) Family Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 3.Family types  Conformity orientation – degree to which family members agree on attitudes, values, and beliefs  High conformity – harmonious; children agree with parents  Low conformity – greater conflict; children permitted to disagree with parents

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 12) Family Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 3.Family types (cont.)  Conversation orientation – degree to which family members can speak their minds  High conversation – discusses issues and opinions  Low conversation – little discussion

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 13) Family Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 4.Family and communication  Equality pattern  Equal share in communication transaction  Equal power  Equitable relationship  Balanced split pattern  Equal relationship but each is dominant in a specific domain

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 14) Family Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 4.Family and communication (cont.)  Unbalanced split pattern  One person is more regularly in control of the relationship  More powerful – looks, expertise, money,  Monopoly pattern  One person is the authority, controls the other  Lectures instead of communicates

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 15) Work Relationships Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1.Types of workplace communication  Lateral communication – between equals  Upward communication – lower to upper levels in the hierarchy  Downward communication – higher to lower levels  Grapevine messages – don’t follow formal lines; not yet public, more interpersonal messages

CH 10: Interpersonal Relationship Types (slide 16) Work Relationships (cont.) Copyright © 2013, 2009, 2006 Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved 4.Romantic relationships at work  Advantages  Easy place to meet romantic partner  Can lead to greater work satisfaction  Disadvantages  Can cause negative gossip  Can cause problems for managers  Can cause problems for one-sided romances or after a break-up