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76 Cards in this Set
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Symbolic Interaction |
ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of how the other will react; a conversation. |
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Minding |
Inner dialogue used to test alternatives, rehearse actions, and anticipate reactions befoe responding: self-talk. |
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Looking glass self |
mental self image that results from taking the role of the other; the objective self; me. |
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I |
subjective self; the spontaneus driving force that fosters all that is novel, unpredictable and unorganized in the self |
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Me |
The objective self; the image of selfseen when one takes the role of the other |
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Generalized other |
composite mental image a person has of hois or her self based on societal expectations and responses |
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Self Fulfilling Prophecy |
The tendency for our expectations to evoke responses that confirm what we originally anticipated |
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Ethical Echo |
reminder that we are resposible to take care of each other: i am my brothers keeper. |
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Face of the "Other" |
human signpost that points to our ethical obligation to care for the other before we care for self. |
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Face |
projected image of ones self in a relational situation |
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Collectivistic Culture |
People identify with a larger group that is responsible for providing care in exchange for group loyalty; we identity; a high-context culture. |
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Individualistic Culture |
people look out for themselves and their immediate families; i-identity; a low context culture |
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High vs. Low context culture |
look up |
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Self Construal |
self image; the degree to which people concieve of themselves as a relatively autonomous from, or connected to others. |
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SC Independent |
individualist culture (U.S) |
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SC Interdependent |
Collectivist (Japan) |
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Face Concern |
Regard for self face, other face or mutual face |
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Face Restoration |
Self concerned facework strategy used to preserve autonomy and defend against loss pf personal freedom |
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Face Giving |
other concerned facework strategy used to defend and support another persons need for inclusion |
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Style of Conflict Management (Avoiding) |
responding to conflict by withdrawing from open discussion |
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Obliging |
Accommodating or giving in to the wishes of another in a conflict situation |
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Compromising |
Conflict management by negotiating or bargaining; seeking a middle way. |
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Dominating |
Competing to win when people's interests conflict |
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Integrating |
Problem solving through open discussion; collaberating for a win-win resolution of conflict |
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Passive Agressive |
Making indirect accusations, showing resentment; procrastintation, and others behaviors aimed at thwarting anothers resolution of conflict |
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Emotional Expression |
Managing conflict by disclosure or venting of feelings |
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Third Party Help |
method of conflict management in which disputing parties seek the aid of a mediator, arbitrator ot respected nuetral party to help them resolve their differences |
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Personal Space |
The invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individuals preferred distance from others |
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Proxemics |
Study of peoples use of space as a special elaboration of culture |
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Expectancy |
what people predict will happen, rather than what they desire |
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Violation Valence |
percieved positive or negative value assigned to a breach of expectancy, regardless of who the violator is |
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Communicator reward valence |
The sum of positive and negative attributes brought to the encounter plus the potential to reward or punish in the future |
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Interaction adaptation theory |
systematic analysis of how people adjust their approach when anothers behavoir doesnt mesh with whats needed, anticipated or preferred |
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Interaction position |
A persons initial stance toward an interaction as determined by a blend of personal requirements, expectations and desires |
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Categorical Imperative (Kant) |
Duty without expectation; act only on that maxim which you can will to become universal law |
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Social Penetration |
process of developing deeper intamacy with another person through mutual self disclosure and other forms of vulnerability |
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Self Disclosure |
voluntary sharing of personal history, preferences, attitudes, feelings with another person |
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Law of Reciprocity/dyadic effect |
paced and orderly process in which openness in one person leads to openness in another, "tell me yours, ill tell you mine." |
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Depth of Disclosure |
degree of disclosure in a specific area of an individuals life. |
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Breadth of Disclosure |
range of areas in a persons life over which disclosure takes place |
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Social Exchange |
Relationship behavior and status regulated by both parties evaluations of percieved rewards and costs of interaction with eachother |
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Minimaxprinciple of human behavior
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people seek to maximize their benifits and minimize costs |
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Comparison Level |
the threshhold above which an interpersonal outcome seems attractive; a standard of relational satisfaction |
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Comparisonlevel of alternatives
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The best outcome available in other relationships; a standard for relational stability |
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EthicalEgoism
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Belief that individuals should live their lives so as to maximize their own pleasure and minimize their own pain |
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Axiom |
A self evident truth that requires no additional proof. |
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Theorem |
proposition that logically and necessarily follows from two axioms |
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Passivestrategy
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Impression formation by observing a person intereracting with others |
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active strategy |
Impression formation by asking a third party about a person |
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Interactive strategy |
Impression formation through face-to-face discussion with a person |
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Extractive strategy |
impression formation by searching the internet for information about a person |
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Plan complexity |
A characteristic of a message plan based on the level of detail it provides and the number of contingincies it covers |
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Hedging |
use of strategic ambiguity and humor to provide a way for both parties to save face when a message fails to achieve its goal. |
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Hierarachy hypothesis |
Prediction that when people are thwarted in their attempts to achieve goals, their first tendency is to alter lower level elements of their message |
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Relational uncertainty |
doubts about our own thoughts of another person or the future of the relationship |
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Partner interference |
Occurs when a relational partner hinders goals plans and activities |
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Relational Turbulance |
negative emotions arising from percieved problems in a close relationship |
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Predicted outcome value |
A forcast of future benefits and costs of interaction based on limited experiance with the other. |
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Social presence theory |
Suggests that computer mediated communication deprives users of the sense that the another actual person is involved in the interaction |
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Media Richness Theory |
CMC band-with is too narrow to convey rich relational messages |
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Cues Filtered Out Theory |
interpretation that CMC that regards lack of nonverbal cues as a fatal flaw for using the medium for relationship development |
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Impression Formation |
composite mental image of one person forms another |
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Multimodal |
Using multiple media to maintain a relationshiop |
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Chronemics |
study of peoples systematic handling of time in their interaction with others |
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Hyperpersonalperspective
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claim that CMC relationships are often more intimate than those developed when partners are physically together |
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Warrantingvalue
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Reason to believe that info is accurate, typically because the target of info cannot manipulate it |
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Relationaldialectics
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dynamic knot of contridictions in personal relationship; an unceasing interplay between contrary or opposing tendencies |
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Internaldialectics
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Ongoing tensions played out within a relationship |
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external dialects |
ongoing tensions between a couple and their community |
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Dialogue
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Communication that is constituitive, always in flux, capable of achieving aesthetic moments |
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Constituitive Dialogue |
comm that creates, sustains, and alters relationships and the social world; social construction |
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Utterance Chains |
central building blocks of meaning making, where utterances are linked to competing discourses already heard as well as those yet to be spoken |
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Dialectical Flux |
unpredictible, unfinalizable, interdeterminate nature of a personal relationship |
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Aesthetic moment |
fleeting sense of unity through a profound respect for disparate voices in dialogue |
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Critical Sensibility |
obligation to critique dominant voices, responsibilty to advocate for those who are muted. |
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Principleof veracity
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truthful statements are preferrable to lies in the absence of special circumstances that overcome a negative weight. |
