Which of the following are strategies for handling dialectical tensions?
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Strategies for Managing Dialectical Tensions•Integration: involves some type of synthesis between the opposites•Recalibration: communicators can respond to dialectical challenges by reframing them so that the apparent contradiction disappears. Show Strategies for Managing Dialectical Tensions•Reaffirmation: dialectical tensions will never disappear. STAGE MODEL•Initiating•Goal: to reduce uncertainty–Favorable impressions•Behaviors: commonalities»Emphasize positive »Reciprocate immediately»"Hi, how ya doin'?" »"Fine, you?" •Experimenting•Goals: increase commitment–Establish common ground•Behaviors: small talk»Exchange of information»"Oh, so you like to ski...so do I." "You do?! Great. Where do you go?" •Intensifying•Goal: establish conception of one’s relationship•Behaviors: »More self-disclosure»Informal forms of address»Markers of intimacy (forms of endearment)»We-statement»"I...I think I love you." "I love you too." •Integrating ‘coupling’: a single social unit (pair)•Behavior: shared interests»Shared responsibilities»e.g: "I feel so much a part of you." »"Yeah, we are like one person. What happens to you happens to me." •Bonding•Goal: relationship as a social institution•Behavior: public/official declaration•"I want to be with you always" "Let's get married." Knapp's Relationship Termination Model •Differentiating: how couples begins to notice ways in which they differ.•"I just don't like big social gatherings." •Sometimes I just don't understand you. This is one area where I am not like you at all." •Circumscribing: restraining communication behaviors•"Did you have a good time on your trip?" "What time will dinner be ready?" •Stagnating•"What's there to talk about?" "Right, I know what you're going to say and you know what I’m going to say’•Avoiding•I'm so busy, I don't know if I'll be able to see you." "If I'm not around when you try, you'll understand." •Terminating: ‘it’s all over’•"I'm leaving you...and don't bother calling me." "Don't worry." Figure 6-1 Stages of Relational Development End of preview. Want to read all 35 pages? Upload your study docs or become a Course Hero member to access this document Tags Physical attractiveness, Interpersonal relationship, Interpersonal attraction, Dialectic What are the 3 dialectical tensions?There are three main dialectical tensions within relationships. They are: integration/separation stability/change, and expression/privacy. Each of these tensions contains two separate forms.
How is dialectical tension handled?Neutralize: The first option is to neutralize the extremes of dialectical tensions. Here, individuals compromise, creating a solution where neither person's need (such as novelty or predictability) is fully satisfied. Individual needs may be different and never fully realized.
What are the 6 dialectical tensions?According to the original relational dialectic model, there were many core tensions (opposing values) in any relationship. These are autonomy and connectedness, favoritism and impartiality, openness and closedness, novelty and predictability, instrumentality and affection, and finally, equality and inequality.
Which of the following is a way to manage dialectical tensions in a relationship quizlet?A way of managing dialectic tension that involves avoiding full engagement of either side of the dialectical tension through moderation (striving to reach a "midpoint") or disqualification (being ambiguous so that neither side of the dialectic is engaged).
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