Other factors include proximity, responsiveness, complementarity, and social exchange.

Summary Aggressiveness Androgynous Argumentativeness Attractiveness Bargaining Behavioral fl exibility Complementarity Complementary relationships Compliance-gaining Compliance-resisting Contradictions Deceptive communication Defensiveness Dialectic Hurtful messages Interpersonal relationships Personal idioms Proximity Relational deterioration Relational development Relational maintenance Responsiveness Rituals Self-disclosure Similarity Symmetrical relationships Key Terms Go to the Online Learning Center at www.mhhe.com/pearson4e to further your understanding of the following terminology.

c Relationship maintenance is challenging.