Relationship Paper
The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on a relationship you have with someone and apply course concepts to the relationship. This can be a romantic relationship, friendship, family relationship, or a close coworker as long as it is someone you communicate with regularly.
Also choose to examine an important relationship that ended for some reason.
Choose a topic we have covered in Chapters Eight, Nine, or Ten from the list below and then analyze the relationship using that topic.
To support your success with this paper you can submit a rough draft and receive feedback before submitting the final draft
This assignment is worth 150 points See Canvas for details
Topics to choose from:
Influences on relationship formation – proximity, resources, similarity
Relationship stages – initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding, differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, terminating
Relational dialectics – openness vs. protection, autonomy vs connection, novelty vs. predictability
Relational maintenance tool – positivity, assurances, self-disclosure
Conflict styles – competing, collaborating, compromising, avoiding, accommodating
