Theories Commu Flashcards
People Making sense of the world around them
Attribution theory
People want to decrease the uncomfortableness in their everyday lives
Uncertainty reduction
Reducing uncertainty in another culture, the context is different, the way groups interact
Anxiety uncertainty management
How you perceive people invading your space
Expectancy violations
You’re convincing yourself to make a decision, interpersonal “because I can “
Cognitive dissonance
Everyone is making face (positive/negative face)
Politeness theory
What the rewards/costs are in a relationship
Social exchange theory
Interpersonal relationship = managing tensions
Dialectical perspective
Boundaries of relationship, what’s private or public
Communication privacy management
How we adapt our communication with others
Communication accommodation
Face explains and predicts the cultural differences with conflict management
Face negotiation
In persuasion the way messages are routed (2ways)
Elaboration likelihood model
Built in counter attack
Inoculation
Influence through storytelling
Narrative paradigm
Dysfunctional way of collaborating with people
Groupthink
