| interpersonal relationship | a meaningful connection such as friendship
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| autistic society | a society at home with computers but disadvantaged when it comes to establishing human intimacy
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| high-tech-high-touch society | a technologically advanced society that values interpersonal relationships
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| inclusion | the need for social contact
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| loneliness | the perceived discrepancy between desired and achieved social relationships
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| control | the need to feel we are capable and responsible and able to exert power and influence over our relationships
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| affection | the need to experience emotionally close relationships
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| phatic communication | communication designed to open the channels of communication
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| breadth | the number of topics you discuss with another person
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| depth | a measure of how central the topics you discuss with another person are to your self-concept
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| social penetration theory | the theory that states that our relationships begin with relatively narrow breadth and shallow depth and develop over time
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| initiating | the relationship stage during which contact is first made
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| experimenting | the relationship stage during which we begin to probe the unknown
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| intensifying | the relationship stage during which two people become good friends
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| integrating | the relationship stage in which two people are identified as a couple
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| bonding | the relationship stage in which two people make a formal commitment to each other
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| differentiating | the relationship stage in which two people identified as a couple seek to regain a unique identity
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| circumscribing | the relationship stage in which both the quality and the quantity of communication between two people decreases
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| stagnating | the relationship stage during which communication is at a standstill
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| avoiding | the relationship stage during which persons intentionally avoid contact
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| termination | the relationship stage during which the relationship ends
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| cost-benefit/social exchange theory | the theory that we work to maintain a relationship as long as the benefits we receive outweigh the costs
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| comparison level | an expectation of the kinds of rewards & profits we believe we ought to derive from a relationship
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| comparison level for alternatives | the comparing of rewards derived from a current relationship with ones we expect to get from an alternative relationship
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| dialectical tensions | that which occurs when opposing goals meet
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| tolerance of vulnerability | the degree of trust you place in another person to accept information you disclose without hurting you or the relationship
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| distance relating | relating with persons via e-mail, chat rooms, and instant messages
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| friendships | relationships characterized by enjoyment, acceptance, trust, respect, mutual assistance, confidences, understanding & spontaneity
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education