Interpersonal Relationships, Media Style

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Chapter 9 talks about the stages of interpersonal relationships (pg 224-229) and Figure 9.1 summarizes the stages.

Select a film or TV show that features the stages in a relationship (e.g., He’s Just Not That Into You, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Grey’s Anatomy, etc.). It doesn’t have to be a romantic relationship, as there are many kinds of interpersonal relationships.

1. List AND explain the six stages of relationships in Chapter 9 in your own words. Cite your source.

2. Describe the selected film or TV show in terms of the six relationship stages. Be sure to select ONE relationship that goes through at least 5 of the 6 stages. In other words, don’t pick one that is just at the beginning stages. But it’s okay if the featured relationship doesn’t get all the way to the final stage, Dissolution. For this part of the assignment, you should: (1) briefly indicate and define (again) a particular stage of the model as you (2) describe what happens at that stage in the selected relationship. Please be clear on expectations for this part of the assignment, as it is worth a lot of points. For example: Stage 1: Contact. Based on the textbook, this is what happens in this stage: _____________ (DeVito, 2016). In the film, Joe and Emily do the following in the Contact stage: ­­­­­­­­­___________________. Stage 2 is Involvement, which is defined in the book as __________. In the film, Joe and Emily’s Involvement stage plays out by ______________.

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