Week 12: Interpersonal Relationship Development

Interpersonal Relationship Development (10 points for the worksheet—10 points for the Facebook portion)

This week’s lab activities are designed to get you thinking about your own relationships and how the ideas of interpersonal relationship escalation and deescalation apply…

1.  Worksheet:  Open, print, and complete the worksheet by clicking here.

2.  Facebook:  Think about three relationships you have that have remained in the exploration or intensification stage.  What has prevented the relationship from escalating to the next stage?  Why have you sustained the relationship?  In a facebook post of 8-10 sentences, explain your answers to these questions.  Then, look at your classmates responses and see if/where you find similarities and differences between the reasons they have provided and the reasons you have provided.  Comment on at least two of your classmates responses.