Description/Background
o Provide a one-paragraph description/background of the relationship.
Answer the following questions as you analyze the relationship you selected.
o What are some of the ways this individual affects your self-concept?
o What are some of the ways perception impacts this relationship?
o What are some ways you both display (communicate) your emotions to one
another?
o What are some ways your non-verbal behaviors impact this relationship?
o What kinds of listening styles are displayed during conversations and
interactions in this relationship?
o What is the stage of your relationship with this person?
▪ Are you both in agreement that the relationship is at this stage?
▪ Describe the relationship stages this and indicate some of the
characteristics that let you know you have entered those stages.
o Discuss some of the disclosure styles (and reasons for disclosure styles) that
are utilized in various interactions in this relationship?
▪ Do you experience any need to access any of the alternatives to disclosure,
for example, silence, equivocating, etc.?
o Discuss the communication climates that sometimes exist in this relationship.
▪ Include any confirming and disconfirming messages that are exchanged
in this relationship.
o Discuss how you manage conflict in this relationship. Provide an example.
o Discuss conflict styles, types of resolution, etc.