Chapter 10 -- Friendships:

Nature of friendships are unique because it is voluntary.  They also lack institutionalized structure and guidelines

What is a friend of a heart?

How do women and men build friendships differently?

Friendships need:  Willingness to Invest; Emotional Closeness (women tend to show closeness through dialogue while men tend to show it though doing); Acceptance; Trust; Support       

Understand the “Developmental Course of Friendship” and what happens in each of the following phases:

ü       Role-limited Interaction

ü       Friendly Relations

ü       Moving toward Friendship

ü       Nascent Friendship

ü       Stabilized Friendship

ü       Waning Friendship

Communication between friends is essential! Dual Perspective is very important.