Introduction to Communication – WGU C464/ Competency 2: Communication Strategies- 39% of assessment

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Introduction to Communication – WGU C464/ Competency 2: Communication Strategies- 39% of assessment Johari window definition ✔✔A model that describes the relationship between self-disclosure ... and self-awareness. The Johari Window (4 parts)- OHBU ✔✔1. Open 2. Hidden 3. Blind 4. Unknown Social Penetration Theory ✔✔describes how disclosure typically progress in two ways- Breadth and Depth Social Penetration Theory- two key components- B/D ✔✔Breadth- the range of topics on which disclosure is happening (talk about only work with co workers but when the relationship grows you talk about family) Depth- or the significance of information that is disclosed (talking about partner with significant others/ Depth is the partner meeting your past partners) FIRO ✔✔William Schutz's theory focused on how relationships meet inclusion, control, and affection needs F- Fundamental I- Interpersonal R- Relationship O- Orientation First stage of Relational development- Initiating Stage ✔✔the stage in which we use communication to initiate encounters w/people we are interested in dating, befriending, working with or just becoming closer to Second stage of relational development- Intensification stage ✔✔a purpose period of communication intended to move the relationship into greater intimacy and commitment Third stage of relation development- Maintenance stage ✔✔the behaviors that partners in interpersonal relationships use to keep their relationship stable, satisfying and in good repair Third stage of relation development- Maintenance stage - the three dialectical tensions ✔✔Dialectical tension- tension that exists between two competing and contradictory but related- "push/pull" 3 stages1. Connection/autonomy 2. predictability/ Novelty 3. openness and privacy Third stage of relation development- Maintenance stage - 6 relationship strategies ✔✔1. positivity 2. openness 3. Assurance 4. shared connections 5. tasks 6.Understanding Fourth stage of relational development- Termination stage ✔✔-come to explicit agreement the relationship is going to end -create distance - end on a positive not [Show More]

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