The Social Penetration Theory (SPT) by Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor (1973) provides a framework for describing the development of interpersonal relationships between individuals. During the development, SPT explains the way of two individuals communicate and how the relationship evolve from superficial to intimate and vice versa. Onion analogy is commonly used in explaining SPT in depth that people personalities are much like onions, made up of many layers. The theory of social penetration works when people gradually peel off one layer of their personality at a time until the core of the personality is reached. During the interpersonal development along two related dimensions which are breadth (number of topics used to discuss) and depth …show more content…
Stages of self-disclosure can be seen as they get to know each other first by emailing until they reach the last stage of self-disclosure. In the scene chosen, we can see that Cathlyn updates about what is happening and things that happen at the end of day or after work. For instance, Cathlyn told her stories to Joe Fox about what has happened throughout the day even asked for opinion changing on certain issue. In fact, Joe Fox did the same thing too. For example, Cathlyn tells Joe Fox how she feels about her partner and that emphasizes how comfortable she is with Joe Fox to reveal about her partner and how she felt about it. She even stated at the end of the scene, “but I still want to talk to you” regardless she has a feeling of being guilty as what she did now talking to Joe Fox instead of her …show more content…
- Yes, they did success referring to the theory. As in the beginning of the movie, Cathlyn and Joe Fox get to know each other through emailing by introduce their name, occupation and others as an orientation or process of getting to know each other that stated in first stage of self-disclosure. As the time passed by, both of them started to reveal more about themselves that made them feel comfortable to share their private matters and they even chose to update their stories to each other by the end of the day instead of telling their stories to their own partner/fiancé because they had a thought that both of themselves can understand and have the same interest towards each other very well rather than their
Sitting in their favorite coffee shop Rachel, Ross, Joey, Monica, and Phoebe were reminiscing about the old days when they used to live within walking distances from one another. Living in different cities and leading busy lives they had not seen each other in months. Their chatter came to a halt as Chandler pranced in late.
There are several theories based on interpersonal communication that can be seen in various forms of entertainment, as well as real life experiences. You can see the social penetration theory in the bond that Maleficent and Aurora formed through the time they spent together. The communication privacy management theory can be shown in The Walking Dead as the main character asks newcomers three questions in order to determine who he can trust, and who he can’t trust. Glamour Magazine’s article about abusive relationships shows The Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation theory as it describes the reasons why the women left their toxic relationships. And finally, my personal experience with an old friend can represent the cost benefit/social exchange theory by the way our relationship costed me more than it benefited me. Communication theories are distinct in our every day lives, you just have to find
The depth and breadth of self-disclosure were equally important to forming their close relationship. Not only did Lewis and Bristler share information about their wor...
‘An individual’s interaction with others and the world around them can enrich or limit their
This classic love story describes how people can change once they interact with other people. Moreover, this is an example of how human beings in general need interaction to be normal functioning citizens of society. Having relationships, can make a person feel better about him and can possibly revolutionize or emerge a personality that was quiescent due to lack of interaction. This video demonstrates many facets of interpersonal communication.
Social Psychology is the study of how we think and relate to other people. These psychologists focused on how the social situation influences others behavior. We see social influences everywhere we go, but might not notice it. Like when watching a movie for fun you do not notice it as much as when you are actually looking for the behaviors, like in the film The Breakfast Club. There are several examples of social psychological behaviors in the film.
The main focus of this research proposal is to address the study of social psychology and the role it plays in helping one understand human social behavior. In this proposal, one will attempt to explain how the field of social psychology will evolve within the next 10 years. Allport, (1985) maintains that social psychology is the scientific study that seeks to understand the nature of individual’s behavior and how they think, feel, and are influenced by others. To understand the framework of this proposal, one will focus on human social behavior as it relates to research in social psychology.
Specifically it looks at the prosed distances of intimate, personal, social and public distances that have been established. What do we do when a person violates them? Do we allow them to or do we react negatively? This theory tells us how we should react with regard of how we feel towards the person that is the subject in question. Our reading gives examples where sometimes the theory worked and others it didn’t. This failures were exampled by extenuating circumstances that led the receiver to view the person differently than what the theory might suggest should
Self - Disclosure should be used in discretion and accurate sense of timing. Therapeutic self – disclosure
Communal relationships have been found to function through the needs of others and by the relationships of family and close friends, communal relationships are illustrated. It can be asumed that "as a friendship develops, the basis of exchange might become more communal" (347). Altman and Taylor's social penetration theory is heavily drawn from Thibaut and Kelly's theory of social exchange. Altman and Taylor believe that the nature of social exchange can foretell when people will self-disclose, as hypothesized by social penetration. The social exchange theory shows: People desire to maximize their outcomes (the end result of what is happe...
As we get older our, views, and perspectives on relationships may change. An explanation for this is that we encounter different situations in different relationships. Some relationships may affect us more than others, and can even change the way we think and view things. However, we would have to evaluate our levels of communication with different people. The social penetration theory helps us to categorize the levels of interpersonal communication we have with others. Based on these levels, we are able to categorize the importance and meaning of the relationship. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the effects of social penetration theory and how it applies to our lives.
Writers have taken the idea of human interaction and used it to their advantage. They let the confrontation of characters bring out their personality and use the human experience of company to pull out major life themes and ideas. This is represented in The Streetcar Named Desire, The Metamorphosis and “Everyday Use”. The constant interactions (or lack thereof) of fictional characters can lead real people to think that life always has to be built upon relationships so they can become who they should be. This is not true because it is who we want ourselves to become that guides our interactions with other
Social interaction is a constant and innate part of human nature. It is the contact between two or more persons. Humans were not made to be alone and therefore social interaction comes naturally to us. However, this interaction also influences our behaviors depending on how and who we are interacting with. Simply put, the society influences how we interact with each other. There are various terms, concepts and explanations surrounding human interaction and the way it helps us to function in society.
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
To discuss the association, Georg Simmel separates the association into two subcategories, the social forms, and the social types. Social forms are to define the meaning or purpose which lead to different responding while people interact with other individuals. For example, when people said “How’s your work?”, we have to find out this is a just basic greeting for improving the relationship, or the person is asking more detail information about the work. Different social forms will affect the interaction between people. To determine the forms of social interaction is a crucial interacting skill in association with people. On the other hand, the social types are talking about the first impression or the personality of people will decide how people interact with other individuals in society. For instance, Cathy is an outgoing and lay back person, so when people want to make a friend or hang out with her,