Notecards for Exam #3

Question 1

One day in communication theory class Dr.Nelson mentions that social media is killing our society because it is making individuals more self-centered. Since you are an entrepreneur and completely depend on social media to advertise your business, you disagree with her statement and think it is unrealistic and a false representation of reality. You now believe that social media is definitely beneficial to our society and makes us better citizens. The result of this situation is best described by:

Answer 1

Boomerang affect: When you try to persuade someone but they do not believe what you have to say so they then believe strongly more on their own opinion on the subject.

Question 2

Allison and David have been together for a year now and have been experiencing a lot of conflict in their relationship because Allison does not like David’s friends. She always comes up with an excuse when David asks her to go out with him and his friends. According to relational scholars, their relationship may lead to long-term relational dissatisfaction because of this maintenance behaviors:

Answer 2

Networking

Question 3

Which of the following is a criterion to evaluate interpretive communication?
A. Practicality
B. Falsifiability.
C.Parsimony
D. All
E. None

Answer 3

A. Practicality
B. Falsifiability.
C.Parsimony
D. All
THE ANSWER IS
E. NONE

Question 4

Four claims about meaning: First claim: Our communication creates our social worlds

Answer 4

Selves, relationships, cultures, etc. are the “stuff” that makes up our social worlds.
Our social worlds are not something we find or discover. We create them.

Question 5

Four claims about meaning: Second claim: The stories we tell are different from the stories we live

Answer 5

Stories told are tales we tell to make sense of the world.

Stories lived are the ongoing patterns of interactions we enact as we seek to mesh our lives with others around us.

Question 6

Four claims about meaning: Third claim: We get what we make

Answer 6

If your patterns of interaction contain destructive accusations and reactive anger, you will most likely make a defensive relationship.
If your patterns contain genuine questions you will have a better chance of making a more open relationship.

Question 7

Four claims about meaning: Fourth claim: Get the pattern right, create better outcomes

Answer 7

Communicators must be mindful to make social worlds better

Question 8

LUUUUTT Model

Answer 8

LIVED stories, UNKOWN stories, UNTOLD stories, UNHEARD stories, UNTELLABLE stories, story TELLING, stories TOLD

Question 9

Unknown stories vs untellable stories

Answer 9

Unknown is information thats missing whole untellable is stories that you don’t want others to know

Question 10

RDT 2

Answer 10

Focus on couple’s, relational focus and actual communication