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Parts of SCT
Important Concepts
Stages of the Life Cycle
100
Dramatization of situations or making up stories to create group like mindedness in a group.
What is Symbolic Convergence Theory?
100
A part of SCT that has a setting theme, character theme, and action theme and creates groupthink through a tale.
What is fantasy theme?
100
The truthfulness of a the fantasy.
What is Rhetorical Vision?
100
A series of dramatic events that cause uncertainty
What is emergence/creation?
200
Earnest Borman
Who created the symbolic convergence theory?
200
Means "the people involved"
What is Dramatis personae?
200
The presentation of fantasies in an appealing way.
What is fantasy theme artistry?
200
Events leading to the story, and the emotions related to it.
What is consciousness-raising?
300
1985
What is the year symbolic convergence was created?
300
The mirroring of the real situation.
What is master analogue?
300
The one thing that must exist for the symbolic convergence theory to exist.
What is shared group consciousness?
300
Stage where bonds are strengthened through reiteration and and repetition.
What is consciousness-sustaining?
400
Stories, inside jokes
What are examples of the symbolic convergence theory?
400
A joke, word, or slogan that triggers a memory.
What is a symbolic cue?
400
Synonym for rhetorical vision
What is reality link?
400
The end of the fantasy.
What is terminus?
500
To unite a group
Why is the symbolic convergence theory used?
500
The telling or retelling of a groups achievements?
What is a saga?
500
A group going from "I" to "we."
What is shared group consciousness?
500
Principle of explanatory deficiency, principle of exploding free speech, principle of resurfacing competitive rhetorical visions.
What are the three parts of declining vision?