Turning Point Theory In Relationship

Have you ever faced a turning point or a life-changing experience that impacted society? A turning point can be described as a life-changing event that teaches someone about themselves or the world around him/her. People who endure a life-changing event respond positively or negatively. The autobiography “I Never Had It Made”, by Jackie Robinson, the memoir “Warriors Don’t Cry”, from Melba Pattillo Beals, and the article “The Father of Chinese Aviation”, by Rebecca Maksel, each of the individuals faced turning points. Jackie Robinson, Melba Pattillo Beals, and Feng Ru faced life-changing experiences that altered both their lives and their countries.

As time passes in a relationship, it is inevitable that confrontations are bound to occur. Whether small disagreements created from minor issues, to mediocre arguments based on daily matters, to serious incidents that can reflect relationship taboos, it is a couple’s perception and understanding of each other that can strengthen or weaken their union. The poem “How It Will End” by Denise Duhamel portrays two couples involved in similar matters as those previously described. One couple is having, what appears to be, an argument at the beach and the second couple is watching them from afar, as they’re on a boardwalk. As the poem progresses, the second couple’s assumptions of what

I remember my feelings began to intensify, as did hers. She explained that I was the first girl she had ever had feelings for. We entered the integrating stage as far as we could, considering we were long distance. I said goodbye to habits and activities that she frowned upon. I changed my circle of friends for those who did not party, since she really didn’t like me participating in those kinds of things. I changed my views on certain things,

Therefore, just like the coming together stages of a relationship there are five stages to coming apart. The first sign of a relationship coming to an end is Differentiating, meaning the couple’s commonalities and differences are affecting them. In the course of this stage, the impetus of “working together” stance instantly move from “couple” to “individualistic”. Temporary estrangement become a solution. For that reason, the relationship shifts rapidly from differences to setting boundaries on the couple’s interaction. This is called the Circumscribing stage, which means to know everything you need to know about your partner but you avoid it by going around the problem. It is like saying your partner isn’t sincere so you avoid the problem and not sort it out which includes less communication.

Step three: Change the course of your relationship. To restore love you must change your negative attitude. It's time to bury the hatchet and start over. Leave bad feelings behind and start fresh.

The bonding stage of a relationship occurs when “the parties make symbolic public gestures to show the world that their relationship exists” (Adler and

This type of turning point can be understood as a change in a relationship due to a human interaction of some sort. For example, two individuals spending quality time together, which leads to either a positive or negative point in their relationship (Lecture Citation). As well as being dyadic, these two turning points represent an intermediate trajectory, which is one of the four main trajectories of relationship development. An intermediate trajectory occurs over a period of time when the turning points in one’s relationship show a gradual growth in closeness due to the different relationship changing events (Lecture Citation???). The theory I chose to apply to these dyadic turning points is the social exchange theories.

Marriage is one of the most precious relationships known to humanity and continues to be the foundation of society and families. What is more, marriage is the blending of two very distinct people with their own personalities, desires and ambitions into one, which can create conflict. In fact, every couple faces conflict in marriage; and yet, why do some couples seem to navigate conflict while others eventually break down and fall apart? One study states that, “Millions of individuals experience marital distress, destructive conflict, and divorce every year” (Markman 1). In fact, one study suggests marriages have a 20% chance of ending in the first five years (Worthington, et al 15). However, study after study indicates that communication is a major variable in marital satisfaction (Carroll, et al 531). Sarah Carroll states, “How a couple interacts is a key indicator of the quality and stability of their relationship. Furthermore, the quality of couple communication has been found to be one of the best predictors of relationship satisfaction” (Carroll, et al 531). Yet research shows that only 19% of couples ever seek professional help in becoming better communicators (Worthington, et al 15). Therefore, it is imperative for all couples to understand the importance of communication in their relationship and aim to grow so that their marriage can be healthy and thriving. These skills include constructive communication, emotional support, encoding and decoding, initiator tendency

For the purpose of this paper, I am planning to explore the idea of commitment and how commitment is linked to relationship satisfaction and longevity. The lecture of module nine, as well as chapter nine from the textbook, focuses on concepts of commitment. The chapters and lecture ascribes the various components of commitment as being vital in establishing a true and lasting relationship. A particularly interesting aspect of module nine is the varying motivators behind why people become and remain committed to their partner. For example, there are those who wish to be committed to one another, those who feel they have to remain committed to each other due to the work they’ve already put in, and those who believe they ought to continue their

Throughout relationships, what separates them from healthy and unhealthy is a wide spectrum of uncertainty. Furthermore, not every relationship will be stagnant throughout each person’s lifetime. In this paper, I will be discussing the lengths of my relationship with a good friend of mine, Devon. Furthermore, I can pinpoint some areas in the Power and Control Wheel that may have been of use when we were younger. Also, I see an importance of the Equality wheel and how it relates to our relationship today.

to form at all for that matter, they must go through five stages. The stages include: initiating,

However, the way argumentative episodes are engaging could in some way be different from those enacted by other people. In order to explore these issues at a more intimate layer, future research should also consider setting specific criteria for participants to be approved before taking part in the research. This could mean that participants who are able to participate must have had been in a relationship for over 1 year in order to narrow down the subjects even further. In addition, the studies should also try to relate to the Relationship Stage Theory where the participant would try to identify the particular stage they are currently in with their romantic partner. Since this helps to standardize the results to a particular category that people fell in as well as helping to represent the majority of the couple that falls within that particular

Relationships, whether romantic or platonic, seem like an unpredictable area of life, but are they really? According to communication scholar Mark Knapp, this simply isn’t the case. In fact, Knapp created ten stages of relationship development to model the predictable course relationships take. To illustrate Knapp’s model, and other interpersonal communication concepts, the movie When Harry Met Sally is a perfect example. We will explore just how When Harry Met Sally clearly depicts all ten stages, along with many other concepts. This paper will start with initiation, then move through experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding, differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and end at terminating, while exploring other concepts within these stages

The main factor that caused our relationship to go astray was communication. Instead of talking face to face with each other, we communicated through text messaging. By doing this it made us say things that we wouldn’t normally say to one another in person. It gave us this false sense of power that we abused with harsh word to bring the other down. We weren’t able to listen and actually analyze what the other person was saying or feeling without being interrupted with the rapid fire of text messages. In order to have stopped this from occurring. We should have arranged a time and place where we could’ve sat down and talked face to face about the situation.

During all the time we had together, we both started hanging out a lot in school, with our mutual group of friends. He was so easy to talk to, fun to be around, and if the conversation died down, it wasn't a silence I felt needed to be filled. We would listen to music, laugh, eat lunch, go on hikes and walk each other to class. By this time we had become a typical high school "couple." I don’t think either of us could have guessed how far our relationship would go. After a few months it was quite clear that we in fact, did love each