SPT
What is the metaphor for the Social Penetration Theory?
Onion
What do the two questions of the Uncertainty Reduction Theory ask? (Behavioral and Cognitive)
How should I behave? (Behavioral Questions)
Who is this person as an individual? (Cognitive Questions)
What does CMC stand for?
Computer-Mediated Communication
A word that closely describes relational dialectics is:
(Hint: ______ is at the core)
Contradictions
The MiniMax Principle states:
Minimize Costs, Maximize Rewards
What happens to the relationship between liking and uncertainty? (Axiom 7)
Typically, when uncertainty is reduced, this leads to liking
Rate, not amount. Thinking about what we want to say before we say it.
Extended Time
An internal dialectic occurs within the relationship, and an external dialectic occurs:
Between the couple and the community
A person knows a lot about just a few areas of another person's life has:
What will motivate people to reduce uncertainty? (Hint: there are 3)
1. Anticipation of future interactions
2. Incentives
3. Deviance
Lauren texts her friend Michelle. She feels that her message lacks tone, so she adds a smiling emoji to the end, a lot of praise, and plenty of exclamation points. What cue is Lauren using?
Verbal Cues of Affinity
Claire is struggling with wanting to go on new adventures with her partner. Claire's partner enjoys the predictableness of the relationship. Which Internal Dialect does this scenario most closely match?
Certainty - Uncertainty
4 Observations of the Process
1. Peripheral Items are exchanged more frequently
2. Self-Disclosure is typically reciprocal
3. Penetration is rapid at first, but tappers off toward the core
4. Depentration is the layer-by-layer withdrawal
Susan is interested in why Janet behaved in a certain way. Susan draws her own inference about why she did this. What theory within Uncertainty Reduction does this example show?
Attribution Theory
Collin posts on Twitter about how sick he is and that he was sad about not being able to show up for his work shift. Collin's friend, Andrew, later posts a picture of them at a basketball game, showing Collin's boss that he isn't truly sick.
What type of value is Collin's post and why?
What type of value would then be placed on Andrew's post and why?
Collin's post has a low-warranting value and can't really be trusted. He is selectively self-presenting and is in control of what he posts.
Andrew's post has a high-warranting value and can be more readily trusted. This is higher as Collin does not have control over what Andrew uploads.
Which conversational strategy for handling relational dialectics states that we switch back and forth between contrasting voices and responding to one tug and then another?
Spiraling Inversion
What determines the breadth and depth?
The Relationship/Context
Berger said this strategy was the quickest way to uncertainty reduction:
Interactive; where you actually talk to the person
What are the two significant findings of current research? (New Social Media)
1. The 4:1 ratio is tightening as people are becoming more comfortable with technology
2. New Social Media is presenting the high and low warranting information
What theory type is Relational Dialectics? What is it from?
Interpretive; Phenomenological