Exercises — COM 1010 9: Interpersonal Communication — Personal Relationships
1 hands-on tasks. Do them in order; each one feeds the Canvas item it names.
12 min · on-screen-scaffold
1. Relationship Stage Map
- Think of a close relationship in your life. Which stage of Knapp's model best describes where it is now? Which stage did it move through most rapidly?
- Apply Social Penetration Theory: draw a simple diagram of the breadth and depth of self-disclosure in this relationship. What topics do you share freely? What stays in the inner layers?
- Identify one dialectical tension you manage in this relationship (closeness vs. independence, openness vs. privacy, predictability vs. novelty). How do you manage it?
- What is one relational maintenance behavior you use regularly in this relationship — and how has it shaped its quality?
Turn in / bring: No submission — use your analysis in the Interpersonal Relationships project.