Types of interpersonal relationship; Friendship

Types of interpersonal relationship; Friendship
Blog Entry 001 week 6
One of the most prominent types of interpersonal relationship is friendship. It is divided into three which is friendship of reciprocity, receptivity and association.
Friendship of reciprocity is a 100% mutual relationship. In other words, both parties involved in this kind of relationship give and take equally.
Example
When a best friend puts lots of efforts of finding the best gift for her best friend wedding, the same is done onto her by her best friend when she gets married.

Friendship of receptivity is a relationship with unequal input and output from both sides, such as one party benefits more than the other. Nevertheless, both still profit from this kind of relationship for one side has high capacity to receive and the other, high capacity to give. In simpler words, this kind of relationship comes about when one party requires certain needs and the other party could accommodate the need due to his/her expertise.
Example
A weak student gets tutorial from a good student. The weak student a benefit by gaining knowledge and the good student gets to strengthens his/her memory by teaching someone else what one already knows.

Friendship of association is a temporary relationship@ surface level relationship. In majority, this kind of relationship is practical based relationship. It does not involve much emotions compared to the other two. This type of relationship has minimal give and take in all aspects.
Examples of friendships of association could be seen between a new employee with her new boss.

Posted by Wan Hani Arifah B0802457