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Social Penetration Theory
Uncertainty Reduction Theory
Relational Systems Theory
Theories of Relational Dialectics
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100
Little information is shared during this phase.
Orientation
100
First effort to model the process of interaction during the initial stage of relational development. Generally concentrates on the reduction of the high level of cognitive uncertainty present in initial interaction.
Uncertainty Reduction Theory
100
Awarded a great to study the role of communication in psychiatric pathologies, particularly schizophrenia.
Palo Alto Group
100
The tension inherent in a contradiction is not something to be resolved through choice, but something that defines the nature of the relationship and sustains life of the relationship.
Dialectics
100
Involves communication about self and can include both intimate and nonintimate topics.
Self-Disclosure
200
Interactions are more relaxed and friendly with each other.
Exploratory Affective Exchange
200
Expands on uncertainty reduction theory by moving beyond the interpersonal and cognitive levels of explanation to include intergroup factors, includes anxiety and uncertainty as a key motivational component, and specifies intercultural adaption as a critical outcome variable.
Anxiety Uncertainty Management Theory
200
Considers the concept of hierarchy in logic and argues that varying levels of abstraction can be considered when looking at systems.
Theory of Logical Types
200
The most central and defining feature of a dialectical approach. "the coexistence and conflict of interpenetrated opposites"
Contradiction
200
When one person reveals something about himself or herself, then other person will tend to reply with similar information.
Reciprocity
300
Close friendships and romantic relationships fall within this phase.
Affective Exchange
300
Argument that the most central force in initial interactions is the prediction of positive and negative relational outcomes.
Predicted Outcome Value Theory
300
The concepts of feedback and interdependence of members suggest that family systems will be characterized by this.
Equifinality
300
Refers to the notion that the contradictions in a relationship are part of a unified whole and cannot be understood in isolation.
Totality
300
Individuals evaluate relationships in a relatively rational manner akin to an economic analysis. Approach to social exchange that is most compatible with the social penetration theory.
Social Exchange Theory
400
Interactants understand each other very well, and communication can often occur at the nonverbal level.
Stable Exchange
400
Includes passive strategies, active strategies, and interactive strategies.
Information-Seeking Strategies
400
Change within a system and is often ineffective when dysfunctional interaction patterns are present: Change of the system that often involves intervention from an outsider.
First-Order Change: Second-Order Change
400
Based on the argument that life and interactions go on in the midst of dialectical contradictions.
Praxis
400
Includes two or more persons in an important relationship, repeated experience, a primary negative injunction, a secondary injunction conflicting with the first at a more absract level, and a tertiary negative injunction prohibiting the victim from escaping the field.
Double Binding
500
Processual theory that highlights the development, maintenance, and deterioration of social relationships.
Social Penetration Theory
500
Motivations for Reducing Uncertainty
Incentives, Deviation, Prospect of Future Interactions
500
Early and influential statement about communication in family and close relationships that had its genesis in psychiatry, but has had a long-term effect on communication theory and research.
Relational Systems Theory
500
Has its roots in philosophical theories of dialectics and dialogue and has only since the 1980s been used to enhance our understanding of friendship, romantic, and family relationships.
Relational Dialectics
500
Dialectical contradictions must also be understood as parts of social ______ that exist on a variety of levels.
Processes