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| movement of a relationship from one stage to another, either toward or away from greater intimacy |
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| specific event or interaction associated with positive or negative changes in a relationship |
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| event that brings about a change in a relationship |
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| event that signals that a change has occurred in the way a relationship is defined |
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| movement of a relationship toward intimacy through five stages: preinteraction awareness, acquaintance, exploration, intensification, and intimacy |
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| sub-stage of the acquaintance stage of relationship development, in which interaction is routine, and basic information is shared. |
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| sub-stage of the acquaintance stage of relationship development, in which impersonal topics are discussed but very limited personal information is shared. |
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| movement of a relationship away from intimacy through five stages; turmoil or stagnation, deintensification, individualization, separation, and post-separation |
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| Formerly intimate relationship that is maintained at a less intimate stage |
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| process of reducing partners moving to each stage by applying selection criteria |
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| theory that claims people make relationship decisions by assessing and comparing the costs and rewards |
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| immediate rewards and costs |
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| rewards and costs that are associated with a relationship at the present moment |
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| forecasted rewards and costs |
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| rewards and costs that an individual assumes will occur, based on projection and prediction |
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| cumulative rewards and costs |
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| total rewards and costs accrued during a relationship |
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| cumulative rewards and costs |
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| total rewards and costs accrued during a relationship |
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| expected rewards and costs |
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| expectation of how much reward we should get from a given relationship in comparison to its costs |
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| theory that relational development occurs in conjunction with various tensions that exist in all relationships, particularly connectedness versus autonomy, predictability versus novelty, and openness versus closedness |
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| affinity-seeking strategies |
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| strategies for getting other people to like you |
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| uncertainty reduction theory |
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| theory that claims people seek information in order to reduce uncertainty, thus providing control and predictability |
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| talk about the nature, quality, direction, or definition of a relationship |
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