In this paper I will analyze my own behavior, behaviors of others, and interactions I have noticed pertaining to social penetration theory. Social penetration theory provided me with insight on my daily communication practices. It brings light to the reasons as to why we feel comfortable, and uncomfortable in our ongoing experiences.
Social penetration theory states, in order to develop stronger relationships, each party must engage into information disclosure. And the strength of a relationship runs parallel with the type of information we decide to share. People are like onions. They have layers, and these layers are referred to as public which is available to all, semi-private which is available to some, and private which is rarely available
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The buildup and the possible breakdown, which is known as social depenetration, is explained. My past relationships have begun and ended in this way. I will use my last relationship as an example because it is the most fresh in my mind. It started off with shallow superficial things. There was physical attraction, I like the way she looked and carried herself. I enjoyed the same hobbies as well as the movies she watched. Then we eventually started disclosing more personal information. We had deeper talks such as life goals. I feel that these are the “honeymoon” stages, when it’s all about fun. Things started to get serious, and she implied that we live together. At first I was a little hesitant, because I was afraid that there were things about me that may ruin the smooth relationship we were having. As the theory insists, this feelings of discomfort stemmed from the “Self-Concept” factor. I was worried that the way I lived was not up to her expectations. One example would be my level of organization. In comparison to my Jitchan, I am not the tidiest person. She was, in my opinion, a high maintenance girl, but after living with her for a month, I could see that the way she presented herself in public didn’t correlate with the tidiness of her home. I had mix feeling on that one, I was glad that my tidiness was not a problem, although her untidiness signaled possible future …show more content…
This phenomenon is triggered by trust issues. This began with an argument of me hanging out with my friends drinking, as well as her use of social media. I went out and had two drinks more than I said I will. We got into a phone argument and the next day her Instagram feed was filled with subliminal messages that were directed to me. On top of that she was “single.” I shared with her some of my past drinking experiences. So I understood why she’d be uptight about me going out and drinking. But going on social media as “single” in one night, on our first argument stunned me. She lost trust in me because I drank two more than I said. I lost trust in her because she claimed single in a heartbeat. The worst part is I had to find out a couple days later from someone else, because I didn’t have an Instagram. Interestingly, relational disintegration and relational renegotiation took place so quick that I couldn’t distinguish the starting and ending point of each. Long story short, after a few months of smooth sailing, the Instagram gimmick happened again. So there was another case of relational renegotiation. I suggested that we should be friends because we were both unhappy most of the time. For her it was all or nothing. We were either in an intimate relationship, or enemies. After a year later, she came around and we to this day we are civil. I explained to
Two individuals, who barely know each other, can have many personal traits in common. For example, Marin and Geraldo are both “young” people who enjoy going to “dances” even though they know “nothing” about each other. Geraldo is basically a nobody to everybody, and Marin is a nobody to Geraldo. Marin was just someone who went to dances, and Geraldo was just some “wetback”, so that means that they were both insignificant on their own levels. Geraldo “wasn't [Marin's] boyfriend or anything like that”. Geraldo and Marin both shared a casual, short relationship. Neither of them saw it necessary to build a strong, long-lasting, serious
The film, The Breakfast Club, is an impressive work of art, addressing almost every aspect of interpersonal communication. This is easily seen here, as I’ve gone through and shown how all these principles of interpersonal communication apply to real-life, using only two short interpersonal interactions from the movie. I’ve explained aspects of interpersonal communication, nonverbal communication, verbal misunderstandings, communication styles, gender issues, and self-disclosures. With that said, I believe I have demonstrated my ability to apply principles of interpersonal communication with simulated real-life examples.
Social interaction is the foundation upon which humanity has built our language, politics, and each and every relationship we have with another being. Our communication with the world is the building block of society and has controlled the way we interact with others from the beginning of humankind. It is a straight forward psychological path that is seemingly irrelevant to the mundanity of everyday life until that path is interrupted. To do so is considered a Social Violation of the Norm, or, put simply, a Norm Violation. In this experiment, I was asked to come up with a social faux pas that was both within the guidelines of the law and generally safe for the person in violation of the norm. For my norm violation I chose to upon entering
Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor’s Social Penetration Theory provides for a deeper analysis on how relational closeness develops. A multi-layered onion model is used to depict the personality structure of an individual. Each layer constitutes perspectives and beliefs about oneself, other individuals, and the world (Griffin 114). Self-disclosure, the process by which we “peel back the layers,” is a gradual process that is motivated by what we perceive as the outcome of an interaction. The depth, level of intimacy, and breadth, the extent of self-disclosed areas, are essential to forming an intimate relationship. Communication privacy management, explaining the ways individuals manage the tension between privacy and disclosure, contributes to the overall outcome of relational closeness. The Social Penetration process can be applied to the concept of ‘work spouses’ to explain the high level of intimacy one would deem equivalent to a married spouse.
Beuys Dorminvil Sociology 31 Final Essay. Being someone who had no prior knowledge of sociology before attending college. This particular subject is extremely fascinating. It did, in fact, force me to think outside of the box. Allowing me to become aware of myself and my contributions to my society, as well as becoming more mindful of other cultures and their societies.
This theory has been subject to many articles and studies in the communication and social departments. Indeed, studying this theory can help us understanding human relations in interpersonal communication. Each of us has been one day confronted to uncertainty, whereas in initial encounters, or moving to a new a new place, or beginning a new work.
Throughout the semester, we have studied numerous communication theories. Their purpose is to help understand exactly what happens when we interact with others. We might not necessarily agree with all of the theories, but the idea is to develop tools to evaluate situations we may encounter. Often, when the theories are explained in the readings or lecture, it is beneficial to apply the concepts to a "real life" situation. Using this approach, I will use a situation that many of us have faced, or will face, and analyze it according to a particular communication theory.
This section of sociology focuses on the impact society has on the educational facilities and also how schooling affects individuals. Some of the well-known people for this branch include Durkheim, Sumner, and A.W.Green.
Prior to entering the stages of coming apart, the relationship between my ex and me was very average. We were introduced by mutual friends, became acquaintances and about a month of being friends, we entered the stage of an intimate relationship. The first stage is differentiating. During this stage, differences between the two partners are emphasized and what was thought to be similarities begins to fall apart. Instead of working together, the two individuals quickly start to become more individualistic in their attitudes. Differentiating is expected to happen in romantic relationships. A common solution to differentiating is for each partner to give the other "some space" though extreme differentiating can lead to a damaged relationship. I found that in my relationship, something had changed after the spark was gone. I started to notice more differences between the two of us. At one point we had started to become more like each other, taking on each other’s good and bad habits. Instead of giving each other space or talking things through, I became more attached thinking it would fix things. I thought that we would get through things and get closer, or at least back to the way things used to because we always used to work things out in the past. I feel that these predictions wouldn’t come true if our feelings towards each other changed in anyway, for better or for
Everyone has had that person in his or her life who is a good friend and only getting better. Everything is going great until this person gets a boyfriend or girlfriend. Almost everything is downhill from there. No matter how much someone likes his or her boyfriend or girlfriend, there is always a need for community elsewhere as well. There are some needs that generally just cannot be adequately met by a single person, even if that person is a significant other before marriage. As a matter of fact, there is much loss to be had when ones priorities become skewed. The effects of this are definitely cause for attention. When one throws all of his or her available time into a single relationship before marriage, other important facets of this individual’s life tend to crumble from a lack of maintenance; relationships already held tend to decay, other responsibilities are neglected, and an inappropriate intimacy can grow.
The social environment has a massive influence on the physical and mental health of individuals. Legal dictionary defines social influence as “social influence occurs when one 's emotions, opinions, or behaviors are affected by others. Social influence takes many forms and can be seen in conformity, socialization, peer pressure, obedience, leadership, persuasion, sales, and marketing”, (2016). Environmental factors such as triggers also play major roles that affect and effect on how society approaches its environment and the challenges that are faced on a daily basis. Triggers included, but not limited to, are racism, bias, gender, suggestion, religion, poverty, education, economics, technology, music, products purchased and consumed. Schroder states social sciences are “ill-equipped to tackle environmental challenges confronting society”, because theoretical approaches provide little in coherent understanding centralized focus missed the bigger
Sociology is distinguished by the study of sociology theories, which play a significant key role in enabling us to analyze different societies. Sociology theories give us different outlooks different perspectives within factors of different societies that can be analyzed. This will make it easier for someone to understand and predict social behavior and happenings within societies that offer great importance to our generation. This author will focus on sociologist concepts that are related to the videos for our assignments and factors that have been put into consideration including: aging, discrimination and social theories with an increase in the size of the older population in relation to the younger generation. These videos in relating to aging, discrimination and social satisfaction I am going to analyze the findings that were a result in which will give an analytical detail of aging.
In interpersonal communication there are many theories that are similar yet different in many ways. The theories can be combined to describe people and how those people interact and communicate with each other. Many of these theories help explain how people in society form impressions of others, how they maintain these impressions, why people interact with certain people in society, and how people will use these impressions that they have formed later on in life. These theories also help people to better understand themselves, to better understand interpersonal communication, and to better understand people in general. There are two theories in interpersonal communication that, despite their differences, can go hand in hand. The first is interaction adaptation theory and the second is emotional contagion theory. These two theories’ similarities and differences and their relevance to my everyday life will be discussed in this paper. These two theories are very important in understanding how people interact with others and why people do the things they do sometimes.
The purpose of this literary analysis is to determine if social networks are helpful or harmful to relationships. As social networking evolves, different aspects of communication suffer. Such as the social penetration theory, which “describes people as onions with several layers of information”. pressed tightly together in the cuff. The outermost layer consists of the kind of information you would get.
According to Lorenzini and Giugni, (2010) negative consequences of unemployment, however, might be compensated or at least reduced if young people dispose of certain external resources. For example, the help of the family in supporting them financially might prove essential. Similarly, being in a relationship with a partner and having close friends with whom one can talk to might help overcoming the psychological distress caused by unemployment. “Social integration may increase the individual’s ability to cope in a way that reduces mental health symptoms and prevents social exclusion” (Hammer, 2000). Social integration is understood as having a network of family and friends, but also as having contacts with them. In