Mark Knapp and Anita Vangelisti Created a Model for the Development

question 11

Essay

Mark Knapp and Anita Vangelisti created a model for the development of relationships between close friends and romantic couples. Identify the stages in coming together and the stages in coming apart. Discuss how a relationship might not use every stage in the model.

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Definitions:

Entropy

In thermodynamics, a measure of the disorder or randomness in a closed system; in information theory, a measure of the unpredictability or complexity of information.

Critical Organizational Communication

A field of study that analyzes how power, domination, and inequality are experienced and challenged within organizational settings through the use of communication practices.

Middle Schools

Educational institutions that serve students in the intermediary grades, typically between elementary and high school, often encompassing grades 6 through 8.

Equivocality

The characteristic of possibly being understood in multiple ways; vagueness.