Uncertainty Reduction Theory Paper

My girlfriend, Diana, and I had meetings in her mother’s backyard on a deck where we sat face to face. Firstly, the Social Penetration Theory has already been thoroughly penetrated between our relationship. Secondly, my girlfriend and I know each other very well, so the Uncertainty Reduction Theory has already been achieved throughout our relationship. Lastly, Relational Dialectics are always present in our relationship, but during our meetings these were typically openness. In this paper, I will briefly cover on the interpersonal communication concepts. At the beginning of my relationship with Diana we typically discussed more factual information, such as the outside layer of an onion. Like the textbook states, it took time to get through the first two layers of the onion. Today, we are through all the layers, so our meetings had much more emotions and opinions stated than what would have been when we first started talking to each other years ago. Diana explained herself straight-forward on her opinions involving our new house. She knows she can tell me anything and everything because we have come that far in our relationship. If these meetings were with someone else, the discussions would have been much vaguer and less emotional

We are like best friends now, the Uncertainty Reduction Theory has played a large role in us becoming not only partners, but best friends. I know how Diana would respond to certain answers or context, and vice versa. This allows us to communicate well and openly because we know how each other behaves. In our second meet we discussed plans and possible trips to take over the summer. I gave her responses I knew she would like, and responses I knew should would not enjoy, so I was able to determine what her behavior would be like. If I had to discuss this with someone I did not know as well, I would have far less responses because of uncertainty on how the other person would