Self-Disclosure in Virtual Relationships

Question 1

Self-disclosure increases when people communicate through…

Answer 1

computers

Question 2

Altman and Taylor’s Theory

Answer 2

Social Penetration Theory

Question 3

Altman and Taylor’s Social Penetration Theory date

Answer 3

1973

Question 4

What does Social Penetration Theory say?

Answer 4

intimacy and closeness develop in relationships through a gradual process of self-disclosure

Question 5

What is self-disclosure?

Answer 5

revealing information about yourself

Question 6

Joinson Date

Answer 6

2001

Question 7

What did Joinson find?

Answer 7

that self-disclosure happens more when people communicate via computer then face to face

Question 8

Joinson: Type of study

Answer 8

laboratory study

Question 9

Joinson: who were the participants?

Answer 9

undergraduate students

Question 10

Joinson: Method

Answer 10

participants were paired and asked to discuss an abstract dilemma which stimulated conversation

Question 11

Joinson: what was rated?

Answer 11

their levels of self-disclosure

Question 12

Joinson: Experiment 1

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Half of the pairs discussed the dilemma face to face and half discussed it from separate rooms using a computer chat room

Question 13

Joinson: Experiment 2

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All of the pairs used the chat program but half of them also had a video connection so they could see each other

Question 14

Joinson: Results - Experiment `1

Answer 14

participants in the computer condition showed significantly more self-disclosure then the face-to-face participants

Question 15

Joinson: Results - Experiment 2

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pairs who could see each other over video had significantly lower levels of self-disclosure than pairs without a video

Question 16

Joinson: Conclusions

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people disclose more about themselves when communicating via computer then they do face to face and using video reduces the level of self-disclosure in computer communication

Question 17

Joinson: Evaluation - Laboratory Experiment

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variables were controlled and and the study can be replicated

Question 18

Joinson: Evaluation - Same Sex Pairs

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because the test used same sex pairs, the results cannot be generalized

Question 19

Joinson: Evaluation - The First Experiment

Answer 19

the raters could have easily figured out if the transcripts were chat or face to face

Question 20

what might affect computer communication?

Answer 20

self-awareness

Question 21

what does self-awareness mean?

Answer 21

paying attention to yourself

Question 22

public awareness

Answer 22

being aware to how you appear to others

Question 23

private self-awareness

Answer 23

this is ‘looking inwards’ - being aware about whats going on in your head

Question 24

Joinson (2001) study also included a…

Answer 24

third experiment

Question 25

what was third experiment in Joinson (2001) study?

Answer 25

participants discussed the dilemma through computers in conditions which were designed to induce either public and private self-awareness

Question 26

What did Joinson (2001) find in the third condition?

Answer 26

conditions designed to create high private self-awareness and low public self-awareness caused higher levels of self-disclosure then other conditions