英语四级听力 074 Interpersonal Relationship.pdf

074InterpersonalRelationship

Aninterpersonalrelationshipisarelativelylong-term

associationbetweentwomorepeople.Thisassociationmay

bebasedonemotionslikeloveandliking,regulabusiness

interactions,orsomeothertypeofsocialcommitment.

Interpersonalrelationshipstakeplaceinagreatvarietyof

contexts,suchasfamily,friends,maiage,acquaintances,

work,clubs,neighborhoods,andchurches.Theymaybe

regulatedbylaw,custom,omutualagreement,andarethe

basisofsocialgroupsandsocietyasawholealthough

humansarefundamentallysocialcreatures,interpersonal

relationshipsarenotalwayshealthy.Examplesofunhealthy

relationshipsincludeabusiverelationshipsand

codependence.

Arelationshipisnormallyviewedasaconnection

betweentwoindividuals,suchasaromanticointimate

relationship,oparent-childrelationship.Individualscanalso

haverelationshipwithgroupsofpeople,suchastherelation

betweenapastoandhiscongregation,anuncleandafamily,

oramayoandatown.Finally,groupsorevennationsmay

haverelationswitheachother,thoughthisisamuchbroade

domainthanthatcoveredunderthetopicofinterpersonal

relationships.Seesucharticlesasinternationalrelationsfor

moreinformationonassociationsbetweengroups.Most

scholarlyworkonrelationshipsfocusesonromanticpartners

inpairsordyads.Theseintimaterelationshipsare,however,

onlyasmallsubsetofinterpersonalrelationships.

Allrelationshipsinvolvesomelevelofinterdependence.

Peopleinarelationshiptendtoinfluenceeachother,share

theirthoughtsandfeelings,andengageinactivitiestogether.

Becauseofthisinterdependence,anythingthatchangesor

impactsonememberoftherelationshipwillhavesomelevel