Exam 3: Cognition and Intrapersonal Communication

To persuade someone,we should focus on the irrelevance between beliefs and behaviors.

The last of Berger's uncertainty reduction strategies is ______,which is when you go straight to the source in question and ask for as much information as possible.

When consensus is low,consistency is high,and distinctiveness is low,we tend to make ______.

Cognitive structures used for organizing new information are known as ______.

______ is NOT an antecedent condition of Uncertainty Reduction Theory.

Explain violation valence.

When someone violates our expectations and we label it ______,we then tend to ______ that behavior.

Identify and explain five of the eight axioms of Uncertainty Reduction Theory.

Cognitive dissonance is a post-decision theory.

You can assess intentions by focusing on the assumed social desirability of the actor's actions.

Verbal communication typically decreases ones uncertainty.

One day you notice new neighbors moving in across the street.Because you have never interacted with them before,you are uncertain about what they are like.You decide to walk over and talk to them.Based on this description,which best explains why you decided to reduce uncertainty?

Identify and give an example for each of the three antecedent conditions necessary for motivating one to reduce uncertainty.Which condition do you think is most important? Why?

We might judge an actor's distinctiveness,that is,whether the person acts differently depending on the situation.

Personalism is when a person behaves in a manner to match social conventions.

Frankie was voted to be the next president of the fraternity over Mikael.Mikael is often late to fraternity meetings,and Frankie believes Mikael is doing this to disrespect him and show he doesn't have power even though he is the president.Frankie is using ______.

What does Burgoon mean by expectancy? Explain.Then,identify and describe each of the three factors that make up someone's expectancy.Give an example for each factor.

According to EVT,behavioral violations are almost always negative.