Interpersonal Theory

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Theory specifies how two people from different cultures interact in way that reflect their personal goals and cultural Identities
Involves converge and diverge

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Communication Accommodation Theory

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A theory where affection is though of as an adaptive behavior that is helpful to long-term human survival by promoting bonding and increased access to resources

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Affection Exchange Theory (dad to gays)

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Theory says that people attempt to maintain a certain comfort balance in their interaction with others

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Equilibrium Theory

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relies on the size of the change in behaviors (called the "violation") and on how people label the behaviors.

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Cognitive Valence Theory

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whether we reciprocate or compensate another's behaviors depends on how much the other person changed the intimacy or immediacy balance and on how we interpret the motives or reasons underlying the behaviors

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Cognitive Valence Theory

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Theory adds layers of detail to previous models of how we respond to changes in intimacy cues...we tend to match others' behaviors in most of our interactions

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Interaction Adaptation Theory

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deception during human interaction is different from deception that occurs outside of interpersonal contexts such as in a taped deposition

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Interpersonal Deception Theory

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when we try to determine why others acted in a certain way, we judge them based on how many positive or negative attributes they have

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Expectancy Violations Theory

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Shows the ways in which our general ways of thinking about relationships make interpreting behavior easier

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Relational Framing Theory

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we assume we can know someone relatively easily based on a few cues, by seeing people as relatively consistent in their thoughts and actions

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Implicit Personality Theory