Family and Community Services-Positive Relationships

The condition of being divers; differing from one another.

• Diversity

• Communication

• Friend

• Dating

Process by which ideas, feelings and information are shared; it involved the sills of listening, speaking and writing.

• Diversity

• Communication

• Friend

• Dating

A close acquaintance a person you know well and are fond of; supporter or sympathizer; someone who is helpful and reliable.

• Diversity

• Communication

• Friend

• Dating

A form of courtship which involves a series of appointed meetings for social interaction and activities; an exclusive relationship may evolve between two people.

• Diversity

• Communication

• Friend

• Dating

Several boys and girls spend time together some call this "hanging out."

• Group Dating

• Random Dating

• Steady Dating

• Self-concept

A person dates more than one person at a time.

• Group Dating

• Random Dating

• Steady Dating

• Self-Concept

One is attracted to one particular person, spending time as a couple building their friendship.

• Group dating

• Random dating

• Steady dating

• Self-Concept

How a person perceives themselves and their relationships.

• Group Dating

• Random Dating

• Self-Concept

• Steady Dating

Uses words to send and receive messages

• Verbal Communication

• Nonverbal Communication

• Mixed Messages

• Self-concept

Uses factors other than words to communicate, such as gestures, facial expressions, eye contact and body movements.

• Self-concept

• Verbal Communication

• Nonverbal Communication

• Mixed Messages