Thursday, November 11, 2010

Involvement

           When we have friends or other relationships with people, we may want to know more information about those people. We do something to help us know more about our friends. According to the textbook, “at the involvement stage, a sense of mutuality, of being connected, develops. During this stage you experiment and try to learn more about the other person” (DeVito 211). In my opinion, involvement is when we try to know more about the other person; the same time, we also begin to know about ourselves and share our feelings or other information with the person.
            Involvement is useful to help us to know more about the relationship. For example, when we have a romantic relationship with somebody, with the involvement stage we try to date our boyfriends or girlfriends. Through this process we share more about our feelings and emotions. For example, when I studied with my classmate for one month, we formed a friendship and exchanged cell-phone numbers. Sometime we discuss questions together. Finally, we share interesting information about each other’s life. I think this is an involvement process.

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