7.2 Describe the roles of communication in revealing interpersonal attraction and initiating relationships.

We are drawn to other people because of physical, sexual, and interpersonal attraction; similarity; proximity; and complementarity. We use nonverbal immediacy cues to convey our attraction and communicate to reduce uncertainty as we initiate and develop relationships. Besides listening, adapting, and being sensitive to nonverbal cues, good interpersonal communicators ask great questions, avoid self-absorbed communication, and give and receive compliments graciously.

Maintaining Relationships