Affinity - The degree to which people like or appreciate one another, whether they display that outwardly or not., Control - The amount of influence one has over others., Developmental model - Theoretical framework based on the idea that communication patterns are different in various stages of interpersonal relationships., Immediacy - Expression of interest and attraction communicated verbally and/or nonverbally., Intergroup contact hypothesis - A proposition based on evidence that prejudice tends to diminish when people have personal contact with those, they might otherwise stereotype., Interpersonal communication - 2-way interactions between people who share emotional closeness and treat each other as unique individuals., Johari Window - A model that describes the relationship between self-disclosure and self-awareness., The open area - Information shown about you that both you and your relational partner are aware of. , The blind area - Information you are unaware of but the other person knows., The hidden area - Information that you know but aren't willing to reveal to others., The unknown area - Information about you that neither you nor the other person knows., Metacommunication - Messages that refer to other messages; communication about communication., Phubbing - Description of episodes in which people pay attention to their devices rather than to the people around them., Relational dialects - The perspective that partners in interpersonal relationships deal with simultaneous and opposing forces of connection versus autonomy, predictability versus novelty, and openness versus privacy., Relational message - A message that expresses the social relationship between 2 or more individuals., Respect - The degree to which a person holds another in esteem, whether or not they like them., Self-disclosure - The process of deliberately revealing information about oneself that is significant and that would not normally be known by others., Social exchange theory - The idea that relationships are worth maintaining if the rewards are greater than or equal to the costs involved., Social penetration model - A theory that describes how intimacy can be achieved via the breadth of self-disclosure.,

Chapter 8 - Understanding Interpersonal Communication

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