Identify a relationship (friendship or romantic), current or past that you believe was moving close to and/or reached the intimacy and trust (relational maintenance) stages. You will write a paper that reflects on and analyzes this relationship with regards to the following three areas: A. Relational Development: Using Knapp’s model of the stages of relational development(Note: rely on the handout and model discussed in classoverview), explain each of the various stages of “coming together” in this relationship and identify/describe the communicative behaviorsyou and the other person engaged in throughout each of the stages. B. Sequence and Satisfaction:Briefly address to what extent you experienced all of the stagesas identified by Knapp, whether you skipped any stages, or whether you experienced the stages in a different sequence. What do you believe the impact of your movement through the stages had on your relational development and satisfactionwith the relationship?C. Relational Maintenance:Identify how you managed oneof the dialectical tensions in your relationship (predictability–novelty, autonomy–connection, or openness–closedness). If you felt you didn’t manage these tensions wellin the relationship, explain and describewhy not? Identifyand describe one strategy (per the list of maintenance behaviors addressed in theclassoverview) that you use(d) to “maintain” your relationship—be sure to provide a concrete illustrationof this behavior in your relationship.This paper should be approximately 2–4pages (make sure you are detailed enough to address the above three areas concretely and specifically). The assignment should be typed, double–spaced, and use 1–inch margins. You will upload this assignment on the appropriate assignment link in Canvas. See also grading rubric included in theassignment submission link in Canvas.

Download the assignment guidelines posted in the module. This paper is based on the information on intimate relationships and relational maintenance that is part of the readings for week 8 and in the class content pages.

Guidelines: This assignment should be typed, double-spaced and approximately 2-4 pages in length. Use 12 point font, 1 inch margins. This assignment should be submitted as an uploaded file into Canvas.

You will submit your assignment as a file upload in Canvas. Acceptable formats are: .doc, .docx, .rtf, .pdf

This assignment is worth 35 points. See Rubric for assignment expectations and grading criteria.