Communication Theory Exam 1 Chapter 14

Question 1

Family System

Answer 1

self-regulating, interdependent network of feedback loops guided by members’ rules

Question 2

Games

Answer 2

sequences of behavior governed by rules

Question 3

One Cannot Not Communicate

Answer 3

One Cannot Un-communicate

Question 4

Interdependence

Answer 4

what effects one part effects the whole system

Question 5

Family Homeostasis

Answer 5

tacit collusion(understood) of family members to maintain the status quo

Question 6

Gestalt

Answer 6

a comprehensive experience of connected phenomena

Question 7

Non-summativity

Answer 7

wholeness

Question 8

Systems Theory Concepts

Answer 8

1. Interdependence
2. Homeostasis
3. Non-summativity
4. Equifinality
5. Openness

Question 9

Communication

Answer 9

content+relationship

Question 10

Relationship

Answer 10

command part of message, what is said verbally

Question 11

Punctuate

Answer 11

interpreting ongoing sequence of events by labeling one event the cause and following event as the response

Question 12

Symmetrical interchange

Answer 12

interaction based on equal power

Question 13

Complementary interchange

Answer 13

interaction based on accepted differences of power

Question 14

One-up Communication

Answer 14

conversational move to gain control of the exchange

Question 15

One-down Communication

Answer 15

conversational move to yield control of the exchange

Question 16

One-across communication

Answer 16

conversation move to neutralize level of control within the exchange

Question 17

Family systems are _______ _____ to change

Answer 17

Highly resistant

Question 18

Enabler

Answer 18

within addiction culture, person whose nonassertive behavior allow others to continue in their substance abuse

Question 19

Double-bind

Answer 19

person trapped under mutually exclusive expectations

Question 20

Reframing

Answer 20

process of instituting change by stepping outside of a situation and reinterpretting what it means

Question 21

Critique

Answer 21

adjustments needed within the system

Question 22

Whole-message model

Answer 22

which regards verbal and nonverbal components of a message as completely integrated and often interchangeable

Question 23

Equifinality

Answer 23

systems-theory assumption that a given outcome could have occurred due to any or many interconnected factors rather than being a result in cause-effect relationship

Question 24

Some effects are over-determined

Answer 24

many forces shape outcomes, not direct and plain cause and effect

Question 25

Dynamic homeostasis

Answer 25

note the changing normal