Definitions
What does Coherence mean?
The process of making and managing meaning by telling stories
What is the name of claim one?
Our communication creates social worlds
What is the name of claim two?
The stories we tell differ from the stories we live
What is the name of claim three?
We get what we make
What is the name of claim four?
Get the pattern right, create better social worlds
What is mindfulness?
The presence or awareness of what participants are making in their own conversation
What is the first parallel seen in M.C. Escher's art?
Shows interpersonal communication as the primary activity going on in the social universe
Are the stories we tell the same stories as we live?
NO
What are the 3 questions we should ask when reflecting on past interactions?
1. How did that get made?
2. What are we making?
3. What can we do to make a better social worlds?
What do mindful participants focus on?
Doing and becoming
What are social constructionists?
Participants who believe that people in conversation construct their own social realities and are shaped by the worlds they create
What is the second parallel seen with M.C. Escher's art?
The figures are bound together regardless of what they are talking about
What does the acronym in claim 2 enlarge your awareness of?
How complex our social worlds are
What two patterns of interaction will most likely make a defensive relationship?
Destructive accusations and reactive anger
What should the communicator be in order to create conversational patterns that will change the social world for the better?
Mindful
What is the bifurication point?
A critical point in a conversation where what one says will next affect the unfolding pattern of interaction
What is the third parallel for M.C. Escher's art?
The endless ribbon shows both persons-in-conversation
What is the acronym used in claim two?
LUUUUTT
Genuine questions and curiosity
What do CMM advocates think we have a moral responsibility for?
To create the best social worlds possible
What is dialogic communication?
Conversation in which parties remain in the tension between holding their own perspective while being profoundly open to the other
What does Kim Pearce say about communication?
"Communication is not just a tool for exchanging ideas and information...It makes selves, relationships, organizations, communities, cultures, etc"
CMM looks directly at the communication _________ and what it does
Process
Who urged the 3 questions we should ask when we reflect on past interactions
Barnett Pearce
According to Barnett Pearce what is the best social world?
There isn't one, it depends on the situation