Real Communication An Introduction

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 185 THINK ABOUT THIS ❶ Are you on Facebook? Have you ever rejected a friend ...

186 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication One of the best ways to react with empathy is through empathic listening (Chapter 6). By ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 187 Psychological Health Fewer mood swings Less risk of depression Lowered l ...

188 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication which can lead to the development of rich and meaningful relationships both online and o ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 189 Why We Form Relationships We’ve already established that romantic relati ...

190 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication CONNECT Although culture plays a powerful role in our ideas about physical attraction (C ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 191 personality traits, backgrounds, appearances, or values (Gonzaga, Campos ...

192 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication Stimulation All people have a need for intellectual, emotional, and physical stimulation ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 193 maintaining healthy relationships. Thankfully, communication scholars ex ...

194 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication Assessing the Costs and Rewards of a Relationship Think of a current romantic relationsh ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 195 Sherlock Holmes television adaptations or the original nineteenth-centur ...

196 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication Active Strategies Active strategies let you obtain information about a person more direc ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 197 In all close personal relationships—family con- nections, romantic relat ...

198 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication more closedness at other times. Partners who are willing to try to fulfill each other’s ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 199 what information to disclose to others and when has long fascinated com- ...

200 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication NAME: May Hui OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur/Matchmaker As a self-professed romantic, I love b ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 201 If there is a threat to your privacy boundaries (for example, your trust ...

202 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication Stages of a Relationship In The Descendants, actor George Clooney plays Matt King, a rea ...

Chapter 7  Developing and Maintaining Relationships 203 Exploratory Stage In the exploratory stage, you are seeking relatively s ...

204 Part 2  Interpersonal Communication SUPERSTARS Jay-Z and Beyoncé Knowles have managed to maintain a stable relationship for ...