Judee Burgon Expectancy Violation Theory

The theory I thought was best to do this paper on was the Expectancy Violation Theory created by Judee K. Burgoon. Before I continue speaking on behalf of this theory, I it would be best that I gave a little background information on Judee K. Burgoon. She is currently working at the University of Arizona as a professor of Communication, Family Studies and Human Development. She has also both written or edited 13 books and monographs. She is also accredited with developing a few communication theories we use today such as: interpersonal adaptation theory, expectancy violations theory, and interpersonal deception theory. In addition, a survey has just deemed her the most prolific female scholar in communication in the 20th century. With all …show more content…
This theory describes various different ways in which humans communicate. It was continued to be furthered studied as the “nonverbal expectancy violations theory” this was based off Burgoon’s research studying proxemics. Burgoon began by studying the humans’ expectations of personal space and how people responded to the violation of their personal space and how the parties’ relationship affected the reaction to the violator. The theory continued to expand; as the years went on researchers also began to study the violations of social behavior beyond just nonverbal communication. The whole theory is based off humans and their perceptions of the people they interact …show more content…
The journal continued to study the relations between the in-groups and out-groups and came to the conclusion that, “…in those studies that have documented more positive evaluations of favorable out group than in group targets, clear violation of expectations occurred.” These violations are exactly what Burgoon was studying; it is quite evident in everyday life because we as humans are constantly judging the actions people make whether we noticed it or