I am going to reflect on the expectancy violation theory in the perceiving and understanding chapter in the Communication Mosaics book. “Research concerning the expectancy violation theory shows that when our expectations are violated, we become more cognitively alert as we struggle to understand and cope with unexpected behaviors and events” (Wood, p.53). This theory has recently become noticeable in my life. A young man just recently passed away in the town where I’m from, this was totally unexpected. It was a tragic accident and he left his two year old daughter and wife a seven years behind. I found myself struggling to understand why this happened. Why did this young man that was only 31 years old have to pass so early when his wife and
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I met up with her a few months back and that was the first time I had seen her in a few years. She had moved to California and got a job making very good money. Before she moved to California, she didn’t have a lot of money and struggled to pay her bills. This is how I remember her being. When we talked this last time, I noticed that all she talked about was money and material things. It was all about having the nicest cars and clothes. Now I see her as a materialist girl who only cares about how much something cost. She made it hard to see what the old Megan used to be like compared to how she is now.
Someone that made a strong first impression on me would be a girl named Kadie Williams. When I first met Kadie I thought she was going to mean because of the way she always looked. She just look as though someone had made her mad but come to find out that just the way her looks were. I got to know Kadie and now she is one of my dearest friends and would do anything for me. This was definitely a positive change. If I would have gone off of the way Kadie looked instead of her real personality, then I would have never introduced myself. I’m thankful that our fiancés introduced us to one
I met up with her a few months back and that was the first time I had seen her in a few years. She had moved to California and got a job making very good money. Before she moved to California, she didn’t have a lot of money and struggled to pay her bills. This is how I remember her being. When we talked this last time, I noticed that all she talked about was money and material things. It was all about having the nicest cars and clothes. Now I see her as a materialist girl who only cares about how much something cost. She made it hard to see what the old Megan used to be like compared to how she is now.
Someone that made a strong first impression on me would be a girl named Kadie Williams. When I first met Kadie I thought she was going to mean because of the way she always looked. She just look as though someone had made her mad but come to find out that just the way her looks were. I got to know Kadie and now she is one of my dearest friends and would do anything for me. This was definitely a positive change. If I would have gone off of the way Kadie looked instead of her real personality, then I would have never introduced myself. I’m thankful that our fiancés introduced us to one