Name the Theory
Our ability to minimize our uncertainty about people will influence our chances of forming a relationship them, according to this theory.
Uncertainty reduction theory
This philosopher believed in an objective, true reality.
Plato
"You have an acute case of tachycardia, and we're going to be performing an echocardiogram," says your doctor. "Echo-what?!" you respond, feeling more alienated than ever. Your doctor just illustrated this concept in communication accommodation theory.
Divergence
This paradigm uses the scientific method to predict social behavior. It focuses on cause-and-effect relationships between communication behaviors and outcomes.
Post-positivistic
The very first group of people to adopt an innovation.
People behave in expected and socially appropriate ways most of the time, according to this theory.
Expectancy values theory
This branch of philosophy is concerned with how we know what we know.
Epistemology
Interactive, active, and passive are types of strategies for coping with this.
Uncertainty
Your best friend didn't call you today, which is weird because she calls you every day. "She's definitely mad at me!" you think, even though she was just having a bad day... This example represents this type of bias in attribution theory.
Self-reference bias
Verifiable and/or falsifiable? "Everyone either loves or does not love me."
Verifiable but not falsifiable.
Inequity in relationships is uncomfortable for both partners, according to this theory.
Equity theory
Job interview time! You call your dad and ask him to teach you how to tie a tie. The ability to explain how to do something is called this type of knowledge.
Discursive
"I am always right." These are beliefs we hold about ourselves, according to schema theory.
Self-schema
According to diffusion of innovations theory, this group of adopters are also called opinion leaders.
Early adopters
This type of approach to scholarly research requires you to derive hypotheses before you test them.
deductive
This theory assumes that we understand the practices, systems, and actions that reproduce society.
Structuration theory
"I have a really, really bad feeling about this..." is an example of what source of knowledge?
Intuition
Self-disclosure varies in depth and this term, meaning the range of topics discussed over the course of a relationship.
Breadth
"Happiness will be measured as the number of times someone smiles in an hour" is an example of this type of definition set by scholars.
Verifiable and/or falsifiable? "Adding sugar to cake will make it taste sweeter."
Verifiable and falsifiable.
Fun v. BORING. We rely on pairs of opposing terms to evaluate others, according to this theory.
Constructivism
This is a set of general assumptions, ideas, and procedures for studying something; it is broader than any specific theory.
Paradigm (or intellectual tradition)
Good theories provide the simplest explanation possible, according to this criteria of a good theory.
Parsimony
It would be so much easier to change my wedding invitations compared to the venue, an illustration of this concept from planning theory.
Hierarchy principle
"My standards for a relationship are trust, honesty, and communication." According to social exchange theory, this concept also predicts your relationship satisfaction.
Comparison level