Notecards for Exam #7

Question 1

Theorist: Seven traditions in the field of communication

Answer 1

Robert Craig

Question 2

Passive

Answer 2

Observing others from a distance, like a fly on a wall

Question 3

Relational Dialectics Theorists and Meaning

Answer 3

Highlight the tension, struggle, and general messiness of close personal ties.
Theorists: Baxter and Montgomery

Question 4

Theorist: Social Information Processing Theory

Answer 4

Joseph Walther

Question 5

Ethical Tradition

Answer 5

Strives to understand and respect other communicators before evaluating and responding to their messages

Question 6

Thinking

Answer 6

The process of taking role of the other

Question 7

Theorist and Meaning of Contrast Error

Answer 7

Muzafer Sherif: A message falls in someone’s LATITUDE OF REJECTION- meaning it is a message that they do not agree with because it involves ideas that do not align with their beliefs

Question 8

Symbols

Answer 8

Symbolic interactionism is the way we interpret the world