Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor explain how close relationships develop through self-disclosure. They also introduced the onion metaphor to explain one's personality structure.
2. Key Names and Terms
– Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor
– Social Penetration
– Personality Structure
– Self-Disclosure
– Orientation, Exploratory Affective, Affective, Stable,
Depenetration
– Depth of Penetration
3. Key Names and Terms (con’td)
– Law of Reciprocity
– Breadth of Penetration
– Social Exchange
– John Thibaut and Harold Kelley
– Outcome
– Minimax principle of human behavior
– Comparison level (CL)
– Comparison level of alternatives (CLalt)
11. The Breadth and Depth of Self-Disclosure
Depth of penetration – degree
of disclosure in specific area
of an individual’s life
Breadth of penetration – range
of areas in individual’s life over
which disclosure takes place
23. Social Exchange Theory
by John Thibaut and Harold Kelley (1959)
Relationship behavior and status regulated by
parties’ evaluations of perceived rewards and
costs of interaction with each other
24. Minimax principle of human behavior –
people seek to maximize benefits and minimize costs
25. If the costs outweigh the rewards, the process of social
penetration will not proceed.
30. Happy-ever-after relationship
“The grass is greener on the other side.”
“I’d rather be in a miserable relationship
than no relationship at all.”
Leaving a relationship for something more
promising.