I suppose the first place to start is to straighten out our terms so we're talking about the same things.
The field of elgibles usually refers to the group of people from which a person might select a mate. In typical use, it's a very narrow group of people who are seriously in the running rather than just everyone in your zip code who happens to be breathing. How and why one mate is chosen from that set is a subject of much discussion. And since we're talking about decisions, the basis on which those decisions are made become critical. If the decider communicates ineffectively, he or she is likely to have poor data for this decision. Not to mention that effective communication ITSELF may be considered a desirable trait and therefore effect the decision wholly outside anything that happens to be communicated.
The wheel theory of love tends to deal with slightly different aspects of relationships. In this theory, there are four things that are important to build a relationship and all must be present to have a good one. Not one this, but theoretically one leads to the next (in a circle) so that the presence of one trait will tend to lead to the presence of all, and the absence of one will tend to lead to the absence of all. Of these four characteristics, two of them involve communication: a rapport and self-sharing. Following the absence part of the theory, if you communicate poorly and develop a false sense of rapport with someone, then ultimately when you rely on them they will act in a way differently then you expect and you will be let down. Likewise if you share ideas about yourself poorly. On the other hand, effective communication should (in theory) have the opposite effect.
Hope that helps!
2007-01-04 08:28:47
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answered by Doctor Why 7
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