Expectancy violations theory

Burgoon et al. (2016) use expectancy violations theory to examine how different forms of interfaces that confirm or violate user expectations affect the communication process, social judgments, ability to influence, and accuracy to recall associated with HtEAC (communication with a computer generated person). Burgoon et al., (2016) have participants interact with an embodied agent or with a human partner to solve a task. Their results suggest that people trust EAs more than actual human beings (Burgoon et al., 2016). Chiles & Roloff (2014) use expectancy violations theory to understand the relationship between expectations and responses to apologies. Their participants answer open-ended questions that ask them to describe a hurtful event,…

Expectancy Violation Theory holds positive violations produce more favorable communication outcomes than conformity to expectations, while negative violations produce less favorable ones (Burgoon & Hale, 1988). Burgoon defined personal space as the “invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individual’s preferred distance from others” (Griffin et al., 2015, p. 82). Multiple factors assist in deciding each person’s personal space such as culture and…

Relationships are intricate, they are messy and constantly changing, at times making it difficult to understand what may have caused such a change. Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT) is a theory of communication which analyzes how individuals respond to unanticipated violations, social norms, and the expectations that looks into these relationships on numerous levels (Griffin et al. 2015, p. 81). For starters, an expectancy violation is not necessarily considered to be negative. Expectancies…

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…

is coming next. Expectancy Violation Theory plays right into the need to predict what each communication event holds in store. It states that one has preconceived notions of how social interactions should go and when someone violates those predictions one must evaluate how that makes them feel. The reaction that occurs gets assigned a violation valence, whether the encounter was positive or negative, and it is often dependent on the reward value, or what one might lose or gain in each…

Judee Burgoon’s, Expectancy Violations Theory also known as EVT, explains how individuals react to unexpected violations of social norms either in a positive or negative way. Scientific theories usually predict and explain how something is going to work and we usually never try to tweak proven scientific theories because they are great proven hypothesis. In the beginning of Burgoon’s research, her theory focused on how preferred personal space for an individual is created and confronted. These…

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…

treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect, to fail to respect (someone's peace, privacy, or rights) and to break or fail to comply with (a rule or formal agreement). Violation is a term that often carries a negative connotation. However, what most people do not account for is a positive violation. Another way Expectancy Violations Theory is flawed is that it often does not assume that a violation is positive. A huge fault in the theory is that it assumes that most violations are…

uses Expectancy Violation Theory and violation valence to explain how people perceive swearing, specifically in the workplace. Johnson notes that the basic premise of EVT is that individuals enter into an interaction with expectancies about how each person will behave; when these expectancies are violated, individuals experience arousal. A central tenet of EVT is that this arousal can be either positive or negative in valence. This is any behavior that falls outside a range of expected…

Expectancy Violations Theory Application: I have worked at Weis Markets in Frostburg, Maryland for almost two years. I am a cashier and spend most of my time throughout the day around customers. There have been many times where customers did not follow social norms. One of my main pet peeves is whenever I’m in the middle of bagging and someone will reach over the counter. Sometimes customers try to take the bag before I am done packing it. This always makes me uncomfortable and I jolt back so…