Relationships and Communication

Rules about what behaviors are and are not acceptable.

• Boundaries

• Preferences

• Cliques

• Compromise

Small group of friends who deliberately exclude other people from joining or being part of their group.

• Boundary

• Friends

• Clique

• Compromise

Agreement in which two sides come together and each side gives a little.

• Boundary

• Conflict

• Clique

• Compromise

Spending time in a group that includes someone a person is interested in romantically.

• Group dating

• Hanging out

• Having a party

• One-on-one dating

Distant relative, including aunts and uncles, cousins, and grandparents.

• Extended family

• Nuclear family

• Adoptive family

• Foster family

Intense romantic feelings for another person that develop suddenly and are usually based on physical attraction.

• Infatuation

• Jealousy

• Reciprocal

• Abstinence

Emotion characterized by wanting or being unhappy about another person's positive experiences or circumstances.

• Infatuation

• Jealousy

• Reciprocal

• Abstinence

Shared or exhibited by both sides.

• Infatuation

• Jealousy

• Reciprocal

• Abstinence

The decision to refrain from an activity for physical, social, or emotional reasons.

• Infatuation

• Jealousy

• Reciprocal

• Abstinence

Act of concentrating on the person talking and acknowledging what one has heard.

• Active listening

• Assertive

• Conflict

• Mediation