Why We Form Relationships, Definitions of Interpersonal Communication

Study guide: Multiple choice: Why we form relationships, definitions of interpersonal communication.

Ch5: Self-fulfilling prophecy, def. of symbolic interactionism, “I”, “me”, generalized other, critiques of Mead’s ideas.

Ch7: Def of nonverbal comm., proxemics, Is EVT testable? been changed? personal space, when expectations are violated ch9 onion, depth vs breadth, depenetration, optimal relationship (think about comparison levels), def of comparison level

Ch10: Def of URT, when does uncertainty decrease, what does uncertainty cause? if you like some one do you need more information?

Ch11: Impressions through CMC, chronemics, hypersonal, non-synchronous/asynchronous (they are the same), Critique of SIP

Short Answer: Johari Window: If information about you falls in the “open” quadrant of the box, what does that mean? What kind of information might that be? If information about yourself falls into the “hidden” quadrant of the window, what does that mean? What sort of information could that be?

Give and EXPLAIN 2 axioms from the uncertainty reduction theory

Extra credit : Tell me the 4 spatial zones (proxemic zones) as identified by nonverbal communication (each indicates how comfortable we are with people getting physically close to us/ “in our space”) I want the NAME AND DISTANCE!