You may do this assignment on any movie of your choosing. I prefer a American movie, please tell me the movie you choose before beginning!!! Please let me know if you have any questions. This is for an interpersonal communication class. I will give you the book.
Conflict, Climate & Interpersonal Relationships
Chapters 8 -11 – Movie Application
Guidelines: Your task is to find examples from the movie to illustrate 12 different terms from the list below. Concepts must be explained and illustrated within the context of the applicable chapter. Please do not write on this handout. Use the list below to select 12 different concepts (3 from each chapter) and for each:
- Identify the concept and briefly explain it in your own words (no text quotes) and
- Describe how the term/concept is illustrated in a scene from the movie; be sure to develop the example enough to directly connect the scene with the term/concept chosen.
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Chapter 8 |
Chapter 9 |
Chapter 10 |
Chapter 11 |
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Why we form relationships: Appearance Similarity Complimentary Reciprocal attraction Competence Disclosure Proximity Rewards Affinity Avoiding Bonding Circumscribing Connection-autonomy dialectic Control Dialectical tensions Differentiating Experimenting Immediacy Initiating Integrating Intensifying Meta-communication Openness-privacy dialectic Predictability-novelty dialectic Relational commitment Relational maintenance Relational transgression Respect Stagnating Terminating |
Intimacy Dimensions of intimacy Masculine & feminine intimacy styles Cultural influences on intimacy Limits of intimacy Self-disclosure Social penetration Depth Breadth Clichés, facts, opinions and feelings Johari Window Catharsis Reciprocity Self-clarification Self-validation Identity management Relational maintenance & enhancement Social influence Rejection Negative impression Decreased relational Satisfaction Loss on influence Hurting the other Guidelines for SD Alternatives to SD Silence Lying Equivocating Hinting Benevolent lie Privacy management |
Comm. climate Confirming comm. Recognition Acknowledgement Endorsement Disconfirming comm. Impervious Interrupting Irrelevant Tangential Impersonal Ambiguous Incongruous Disagreeing message Complaining Argumentativeness Escalatory conflict spiral De-escalatory conflict Spiral Face-threatening acts Gibb’s Categories: Evaluation Description Control Problem-orientation Strategy Spontaneity Neutrality Empathy Superiority Equality Certainty Provisionalism Saving face The assertive message Format Responses to criticism |
Conflict Avoiding Accommodating Competing Compromising Collaborating Crazymakers Relational conflict styles: Complementary Symmetrical Parallel Conflict rituals Influences on conflict styles: Gender Culture Constructive conflict skills |


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