chapter 6

Building Relationship
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Nahwil al fiqra sheva
besse nur fatima
iqram wahyu dresta

selpy yohanis
Adrian naufal
Apriani mahfud
table of content
kind of relationship
CHARACTERISTICS OF FRIENDSHIPS
RELATIONSHIP DIARY
LIKENESSES AND DIFFERENCES
NEED FULFILLMENT
THE RELATIONSHIP WHEEL
DEVELOPING TRUST
REWARDS THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS
SELF-CONCEPT
POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS
PERSON-TO-PERSON RELATIONSHIPS
CHARACTERISTICS OF RELATIONSHIPS
 Relationships between people are not all the same. You
kind of relate to your parents in a different way than to your
relationship teachers. The relationship between you and a special
friend is different from your relationship to your doctor.
Your relationships tend to fall into the categories of family,
friends, acquaintances, and dating partners.
  ACQUAINTANCES
Everyone has a variety of acquaintances. They can be someone you know at school, the
characteristic of person who pumps gas at your local station, or a family who lives in your neighborhood.
You may see acquaintances often. How-ever, relationships with acquaintances are
friendship. generally without much closeness or strength.

 DATING PARTNERS
One special kind of relationship is between dating partners. Dating relationships are like
other relationships, but also include some amount of sexual attraction. As with friend-
ships, your dating relationships may be weak and mild, close and strong, or anything in
between.
 RELATIONSHIP DIARY

Maintaining a relationship diary involves recording insights

and observations about various relationships. It's distinct
from a general diary as it specifically focuses on
interactions with others. The purpose is to uncover hidden
motives, understand personal roles in relationships, and
identify what one gives and receives within them
 LIKENESSES AND DIFFERENCES

The likenesses and differences between people help to make relationships with others
enriching. Searching for likenesses and finding differences is an important part of relating to
friends and acquaintances. Likenesses help you to be comfortable and have rapport with
others. Differences provide variety, which helps to keep relationships interesting. The following
experience helps you identify likenesses and differences with another person.

Find a partner (someone you don't know well is best) and sit facing each other. To begin, in a
brief sentence that makes only a single point, tell your partner one way in which you believe
you are like each other.
 It is hard to discover what purposes people have or rewards they get in their
relationships. It is also hard to determine the needs that people seek to fill in their
interaction with oth-ers. The fourth spoke of the relationship wheel is need fulfillment,
which is a vague term and hard to define. This is especially true because people have
Need Fulfillment their own special needs to be met.

With your classmates, brainstorm to make a list of all the possible personal needs that
you think could be met through relationships with others. Some examples might be:
I need someone to. . .
Love me.
Appreciate what I want to do.
Understand my moods.
 The relationship wheel, comprising rapport, self-revelation, mutual dependency, and need
THE fulfillment, can be observed in various real-life relationships. One can analyze a chosen
relationship in terms of these four elements to assess its growth or decline. An individual
RELATIONSHIP could examine a relationship they're familiar with, whether a newly budding one or a long-
standing one involving others.
WHEEL
Many people think that physical intimacy is sexual. However, physical intimacy includes many
kinds of physical expression.

•Begin to notice how people relate to each other in a physical manner.

•Make a list of at least ten examples of physical touching and intimacy that you have
observed outside of marital or dating relationships.
•To explore further how you react to physical closeness, form a circle with your class-
mates.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF RELATIONSHIPS
As a relationship grows and develops, certain characteristics influence how it will proceed. Three of these characteristics of relationships are trust,
affection or liking, and power.

 TRUST
The ability to trust other people is to place your confidence in the fact that they will not reject, betray, or hurt you. Trusting means that you expect
another to give you acceptance and support. Trust usually begins during the first two phases of the relationship wheel. As you build rapport and
begin to share feelings with a partner, trust becomes involved.

DEVELOPING TRUST
Developing trust is important in building a relationship. The following experiences will help you think more about why trust is so important, how it
feels to trust, and how trust is developed between people.
REWARDS THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS
Each person seeks rewards from relationships with others. However, the kinds of rewards sought vary because personal needs and desires differ.
One reward that most people seek, at least to some degree, involves agreement with others. It is rewarding when others agree with you. You tend
to like people who agree with you and agree with the people you like. Disagreement is a form of social punish-ment
SELF-CONCEPT
How you relate to others depends in large part on how you feel about yourself. The following experience dramatizes how people have their own
style of interaction based in part on their self-concepts.
With your class members, imagine yourself at a large party. Your hostess has given you a cup of punch and left you to find your own way around.
As you stand there drinking punch, role play how you would act in such a situation.
 POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS
Power is a subtle factor that is present in every relationship. It can be used either for the growth or the
destruction of that relationship. The following experience will help you begin to see how power works in
some of ships. your relationships.

You and a partner are to plan an activity for the two of you to share together. Begin by suggesting a plan
or proposing something you would like to do. Your partner responds by indicating willingness to
participate in the activity. If your partner says "No," you must suggest another plan until your partner
agrees to some idea. At that point, work out a plan in detail together. Include the time, place, and other
arrangements which are necessary to make the plan a reality. Your partner then relationships. If one
person holds power and begins the process again by suggesting an both feel that this is all right, the
relationship activity. Go until agreement is reached and a is likely to go smoothly. However, many part-
second plan is made.
 CONCLUSION
“BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS”
the importance of building human relationships for personal growth and development. In
building relationships, it is important to understand the uniqueness of each person, find
similarities and differences, and be aware of different perceptions.
The importance of eye contact in building human relationships, because eye contact
can show a willingness to initiate or maintain a relationship with another person. In
addition, it is recommended to accept other people's perceptions as reality for them,
even though we may have different views.
provides a variety of activities and exercises to help readers improve communication
skills and build stronger relationships with others. In addition, it also discusses the
importance of identifying sources of positivity and exploring ways to improve or change
the nature of our relationships.
Overall, this material provides valuable insights and practical tips for building positive
relationships with others. Therefore, building good relationships with others is important
for personal growth and development.