04:192:201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Interrupt
7 Apr 2016
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03/05/2015: all messages come on two levels, content what is said, relational (nonverbal) how to take the message, relational messages, accumulate define the relationship (working consensus). How do relational messages affect us: confirming & disconfirming messages. Expression of positive feeling agreement: dominance & submission ( ) Symmetrical( ) one relational act causes a similar act. Complementary( ) one relational act causes the opposite: paradox( ) & double bind( ) Paradox no win situation the dyadic partner present themselves in contradiction. A paradoxical injunction: gives us an impossible order. Can"t meta communicate: punctuation( ) of events. Where each dyadic partner assumes a different starting and ending for communication (remember the component of communication it is a process): spirals ( ) Where the action of one dyadic partner intensifies the other"s action. It occurs regardless of topic: the sequence is unwanted, a clear sequence is in process and even through both dyadic partners believes it is unwanted.
