Interpersonal Communication

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2 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Interpersonal Communication.

• Interpersonal gap — A communication model locating misunderstanding in the discrepancy between a sender's intention, the message behavior produced, the receiver's interpretation and the resulting effect.
• Social penetration theory — A relationship-development theory proposing that reciprocal self-disclosure tends to expand in breadth and depth as intimacy grows.