ABSTRACT
To develop and maintain bonding with others, we must effectively use social conventions, social skills, and social strategies. If successful, then others will think and feel positively about themselves and us. If unsuccessful, however, then their interpersonal thoughts and feelings will be negative, thereby endangering relationships. The strategies that might be used to promote positive relationships include communication of acceptance, admiration, appreciation, compliments, and on and on; these may be somewhat unconscious, automatic reactions, or conscious and thoughtful ploys; and they may be truthful and reflect our beliefs and feelings, not directed by intended goals, or they may be fabrications guided by desired outcomes.
