The First Five Stages Of The Mark Knapp Model Of...

Introduction: Jeff and I interviewed Jim and Gloria Langman, his grandpa and grandma. Jim and Gloria have gone through the first five stages of the Mark Knapp model of relational stages which include initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, and bonding. They have been married for 49 years and most people who have been together that long have a tendency to go through the next five stages. These stages describe how people grow apart. Jim and Gloria’s relationship is unique in the fact that they did not gone through the last five stages. Initiating: The initiating stage is where people people signal that they are â€Å"interested in building some kind of relationship with the other person†(Adler and Proctor, 256). Jim and Gloria met†¦show more content†¦They treasured these gifts and still have them to this day. Integrating: As their relationship grew stronger they moved into the integrating stage. This stage is characterized when â€Å"the parties begin to take on an identity as a social unit†¦ [and] social circles merge. As they grew closer, they began spending more time at each other s houses. Jim mentioned that he began to get to know her â€Å"crazy brothers† better and said that they were called â€Å"hoods†. They had a tendency to get him into trouble. He told us a story about how her brothers were driving an extremely expensive car around a ramp and were trying to flip it over. Gloria’s dad came outside with a belt and Jim took off running. They also told me about a turning point in their relationship. A few days after their graduation, Jim was going to go to a girl’s graduation party, which happened to be on the same day as Gloria’s. He was going to go to the other girl’s party instead of Gloria’s, but couldn’t find her house. Coincid entally, in his search for the girl’s house in town, he saw Gloria’s mom and she told him that he should go to Gloria’s party. He decided to go and according to him, this was the point in their relationship that they truly knew that they were going to stay together forever, and this when when their â€Å"courtship† began. Bonding: The bonding stage of a relationship occurs when â€Å"the parties make symbolic public gestures to show the world that their relationship exists† (Adler andShow MoreRelatedHow Does Communication Affect Relationships Change?1437 Words   |  6 Pagesthe positive, negative, or just different. Mark Knapp created a ten stage system to describe how communication in relationships change (255). The ten stages of Knapp’s system are: initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding, differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and terminating (256). These ten stages can occur in any order, and not all of these stages are present in each relationship. 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