Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Social Penetration Theory

Social Penetration Theory, was created by Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor in 1973.

"Social penetration refers to the process of relationship bonding whereby individuals move from superficial communication to more intimate communication." Self-disclosure refers to the process of revealing information about oneself to others.Nonintimate relationships typically progress to an intimate level because of self-disclosure. Self-disclosure can be either strategic (planned) or nonstrategic (spontaneous). This theory is quite common in everyday life, specially when you are meeting someone newMany times I usually try to  to reveal the basics about me; where I'm from, my age, what I study. But I've been in positions where I have met people who come to exceed the limit of confidence. For example, they ask personal or intimate things.  I have also been in the situation where I meet someone and in a fraction of half an hour they reveal their life's from a to z. Revealing too much can cause also that in further situation you can become isolated because nobody would want to stay in touch with you.

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