Assignment List the six stages of relationship development and what happens in each stage, according to the textbook. Then, apply this to Harry and Sally's relationship. Give examples of their behavior for each stage. Response The first stage of relationship development is contact. This is your first interaction with the person whether it is in person, a photo, on a webcam, etc. Sally first met Harry when meeting him in Chicago to begin an 18 hour drive to New York. Harry initiates the conversation and asks Sally why she's going to New York, to which, she says she's going to journalism school to become a reporter. He thinks that she's just an easy going, always cheerful and always optimistic personality. Sally thinks that Harry is a marginalized thinker. The second stage is involvement and according to the textbook means your relationship solidifies slightly by increasing your time together; your "mutual connection" develops. In the movie, Harry and Sally's "involvement" happens in stages. They first saw each other in the airport after 5 years. On their plane ride, they inquired about each other's professional and romantic lives. After this, it skips to them meeting a second time in the bookstore to which they go to dinner and further discuss the last 10 years (Sally's breakup and Harry's divorce). This is when they first started to become friends; they sometimes have lunch and talk on the phone. The third stage is intimacy which is when the two becomes an identifiable pair. They share personal info, their groups of friends begin to intertwine, and they become a unit. As best friends, Harry and Sally spend all of their time together. Everyone is aware that they are best friends, although they are unsure how men and women can be just friends. They spend the holidays together like the Christmas tree scene and how they shared a little peck at the New Year's Eve party. This all ultimately led to the sexual encounter they shared when H