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Chapter 10 Of Communication A Critical/Culturual Introduction Summary

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Chapter 10 of Communication:A Critical/Culturual Introduction discusses the topic of interpersonal relationships in culture. Whether it’s a significant other, parent, close friend or co-worker, you can think of someone who you share some sort of relationship with. Since we all contribute to interpersonal relationships and culture, it isn’t too hard to find experiences and examples of our every day lives that can help us understand these concepts. More specifically, I will be providing details and examples of interpersonal communication, the self and other, and relational dialects. First off, let’s get into interpersonal communication. Warren and Fasset describes this term as “the interaction or exchange that occurs between people who are …show more content…

There are tensions that exists within relationships and by understanding these tensions it can help sustain, build, or diminish a relationship(Communication:A Critical/Cultural 201). Relationship dialects also suggest that relationships aren’t structured, they’re fluid and always changing. Understanding these tensions can help notice the differences in each other and realize whether a relationship can be sustained, if both people can compromised, or if it needs to end(Guerrero, Anderson, and Afifi 128).The first tension is being able to balance connection and separation. This is the idea of being able to be able to be your own self in a relationship but also being connected with the other person in a relationship(Communication:A Critical/Cultural 201). There was once a time in high school where I had one friend who was in a relationship with a boy and they’d be attached at the hip and I would almost never see her. She therefore wasn’t obtaining that balance of being able to be her own self, but just having the almost constant attachment to her significant other, and once they broke up, it was very hard for her to bounce back to be her self again. The second tension is known as predictability and novelty. This tension is being able to have this balance of knowing where the relationship is going but also having this desire for spontaneity(Communication:A Critical/Cultural 201). An example of this that I experience would be myself and my significant other as we both usually expect to watch our TV shows during the week after finishing schoolwork but also occasionally going on different adventures and have the “in the moment” mindset from time to time. The third tension is the idea of openness and closedness. More specifically, the concept of self-disclosure. This is the information that you reveal to someone else that they wouldn’t have known otherwise about yourself. While this is

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