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Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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Symbolic interactionism

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the symbols we use in our interactions

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2
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Phil. professor father of Symbolic Interactionism

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George Herbert Meade

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3
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Settlement house movement

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Jane Adams

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Who was a good friend of George Herbert Meade?

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John Dewey

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5
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What amendment did GHM support?

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19th Women’s suffrage

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What is progressive social activism

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The idea government could correct what is wrong with society

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7
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Where did GHM believe reality could be found?

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in shared meanings

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What was “Mind, Self, Society”?

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a book written by GHM’s students based on their interactions with him

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What was the book written by GHM’s students based on their interactions with him called?

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“Mind, Self, Society”

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10
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A disciple of GHM coined term “symbolic interactionism”

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Herbert Blumer

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11
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What is the humanizing effect of communication?

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Meaning, thought and language (semantic triangle)

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12
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What is the semantic triangle?

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1) thought (reference)
2) object (referent)
3) words (symbols)

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13
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How do we create social reality?

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through symbolic interactionism

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14
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What causes the way humans act?

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humans at toward people or things on the basis of the meaning they assign to those people or things

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15
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What is true about people and their definitions of situations

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once people define a situation as real, it is very real in its consequences.

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16
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What is the looking glass self

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a way of looking at others and seeing ourselves through their eyes

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17
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What is language according to GHM

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source of meaning

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18
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What is inherent in objects

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no meaning

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19
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how do we find shared thoughts?

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through interactions

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20
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meanings are negotiated though what?

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language

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21
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What is thought according to GHM

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taking the role of another

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22
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What is minding

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self-monitoring in our heads or the inner conversations with yourself

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23
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what does language do to the mind?

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it activates it.

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24
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The “I” of oneself

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  • inborn
  • Is original
  • Is unorganized
  • Is the driving force
  • Who we are
  • Creative
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The “me” of oneself

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  • Structured
  • Social interactions
  • Formed from looking glass
  • Formed by feedback given to us
  • Roles
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26
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Erving Goffman

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The presentation of self in everyday life.

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27
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Dramaturgical metaphor

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life is like a play

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28
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What are the two aspects of the dramaturgical metaphor

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  • onstage self

- backstage self

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29
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Self-fulfilling prophecy

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thought and action that leads to an increase in the possibility of something happening

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30
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Judee Burgoon

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Expectancy violations theory

31
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What is the expectancy violations theory

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our reaction when someone violates our expectations to their behavior

32
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What is expectancy violations theory based on?

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personal space

33
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Personal space

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is invisible and variable between persons

34
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Personal space is based on

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we have a continuum or range between avoiding and approaching people

35
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Edward Hall

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came up with four distances between people

36
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What are the four distances

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1- Intimate space (body to body)
2- Personal distance
3- Social distance
4- Public distance

37
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Four factors that influence personal space

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  • Culture
  • Context
  • Situations
  • Relationship with person
38
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What did Judee Burgoon’s original theory deal with?

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Space and touching and the “threat threshold”

39
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What does the threat threshold cause?

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physical and psychological discomfort

40
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What did Judee Burgoon’s do for her new theory?

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  • Dropped concept of threat threshold
  • Deals with orienting responses
  • Mental alertness (arousal)
  • Other non-verbal behaviors
  • Goes beyond verbal communication
41
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What does the communicator/reward valence deal with

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value like a scale

42
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communicator/reward valence is looking at _____

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the communicator and their positive/negative characteristics and their ability to punish

43
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Who came up with the social penetration theory?

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Altman and Taylor

44
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Social penetration theory looks at how what develops

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relational closeness

45
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In what fashion does closeness develop according to the Social penetration theory?

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in a gradual and orderly fashion. From superficial to intimate levels of exchange

46
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According to the Social penetration theory, what vegetable is used?

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onion

47
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What peels back the onion?

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getting to know someone

48
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What is the outer layer of the onion

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your public self (appearance)

49
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What is phatic communication?

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most basic, easy-going, non-invasive communication. (THE SAFE TOPICS)

50
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How are layers peeled back?

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through self-disclosure

51
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What is involved in self-disclosure?

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truth, risks, and personal stories

52
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What is rare but enjoyable?

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genuine, intimate exchange between persons

53
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What is breadth?

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How broad our range of topics may be

54
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What is peripheral information?

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a topic which spurs a conversation based on another topic

55
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Depth information is?

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most personal, most intimate information

56
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What is reciprocity?

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responding to a positive action with another positive action

57
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What is reciprocal communication?

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How are you? Good, how are you? (Just because you have one experience does not mean they did too)

58
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Proverbs 18:24

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One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

59
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Depenetration

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Mentally separating oneself to ease final separation (leave-taking behaviors)

60
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What do we mentally do when we begin a relationship?

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mentally weigh out the pros and cons

61
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What is the social exchange theory attached to?

A

the penetration theory

62
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Who is responsible for the social exchange theory

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Thibaut and Kelley

63
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What is the formula for the social exchange theory?

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Outcome= rewards-cost

64
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what are rewards according to the social exchange theory?

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anything that is positive

65
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What is the outcome according to the social exchange theory

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mathematical. If more rewards-positive. if more cost-negative

66
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Who is responsible for the minimax principle

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John Stuart Mill

67
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What do people want when it comes to rewards and cost vs. outcome?

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People want most rewards for least cost for the most positive outcome.

68
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What does the comparison level of alternatives deal with?

A

stability

69
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What does the comparison levels deal with

A

satisfaction

70
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Short hand for Comparison levels?

A

CL

71
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Short hand for Comparison level of alternatives

A

CLalt

72
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What is the CLalt comparing?

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  • What else is out there definitely
  • Current relationships to what may be out there
  • Choosing nothing over current relationship
73
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What is the CL comparing?

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  • Your relationship with others
  • Current relationships with past relationships
  • Current relationships with fictional relationships

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