Which term describes sharing personal information to help build or strengthen a relationship?

• A. Informing
• B. Reconstructive listening
• C. Self-disclosure
• D. Intrinsic reward

Answer: (C)

Self-disclosure is sharing personal information to build or strengthen a relationship. It involves opening up about feelings, experiences, beliefs, or past events with another person, which helps create trust and closeness. When you disclose appropriately, it invites reciprocity and deepens connection, making the relationship feel more genuine and understanding. The other terms don’t fit this idea: informing focuses on passing along factual information, not on personal openness; reconstructive listening is about how you listen and interpret what the other person says to understand it, not about sharing yourself; intrinsic reward refers to the internal satisfaction from an activity, not the act of revealing personal details to someone else.