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Lecture22019PPSS.pptxRelational Development and Deterioration
Youtube Video: Knapps Relationship Development Model: Rich Dimock
This video is about ten minutes. Please watch it, and try to identify a behavior in the video representing each stage in the development and deterioration of a relationship. If you want to make a list one example per phase and turn it in on Wednesday, I will provide extra credit!
We will discuss your examples at the beginning of the class next Wednesday!
Initiation
Experimentation
Intensification
Integration
Bonding
Knapp Phases of Relational Development
Social behavior results from an exchange process
People weight benefits and risks of relationship
When risks outweigh benefits individuals will terminate or abandon relationships.
Homans: Social Exchange Theory
Analytical Exercise
What could be a risk in a relationship( Identify two or three)?
What could constitute a benefit in a relationship (Again identify two or three)?
What would be an example of risks outweighing benefits?
Biographical data
Preference in clothes food and music
Goals aspirations
Religious convictions
Deeply held fears and fantasies
Concepts of self
Altman and Taylor: Social Penetration Theory
Analytical Exercise
Historical Premise – the expansion of topical breadth and depth as a relationship develops over time.
What topics would cause tension or strain, or might even be considered inappropriate self disclosure during the early stages of relationship development?
What topics would provide the space and time to think about the other?
Further Discussion
Differentiating - dissimilarities
Circumscribing – quantity and quality of Exchange
Stagnation – stuck in a rut or trapped
Avoidance - exist separately
Termination – end their connection
Knapp Phases of Relational Deterioration
Analytical Exercise
Think about each of the stages of relational deterioration and strategies that could possibly be used to reverse the process of deterioration?
Often couples will be almost in a state of disbelief – asking themselves – how did this happen to us?
What kinds of issues might necessitate more sensitivity as a relationship develops that could potentially reduce the likelihood of negative momentum in the wrong direction?
