Instructor Resource
Guerrero, Close Encounters
Discussion Questions
Chapter 6: Revealing and Hiding Ourselves
1. Think about times when you felt uncomfortable because you engaged in too much or
too little self-disclosure. What circumstances caused you to feel uncomfortable? In other
words, how does self-disclosure disrupt relationships in some cases and benefit
relationships in others?
2. Considering the dimensions of self-disclosure, in what ways does frequency actually
matter? Have you ever had a relationship where valence and veracity was not affected
by frequency? Where the depth and breadth replaced the amount of time spent with the
person?