COMM256 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Terror Management Theory, Fokker E.Ii, Social Constructionism

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Communication
• Course: COMM256
• Professor: Mortenson Steven

Document Summary

Freedom and intelligence: if you are frightened you will never be intelligent . The problem of freedom: we are condemned to be free a. i. We are always obligated to make some kind of choice a. ii. We may not choose the circumstances, always choose attitude towards them: to be understood we have to follow the rules - language, society rules. Cognitive choices: be able to think about something in more than one way, the moment we want to be something else we are no longer free . Five facts of freedom: choice, agency, autonomy, exit, voice: five facts a. i. Choice: the presence of a number of alternatives a. ii. Agency: will and ability to choose without bias from internal or external sources a. iii. Autonomy: when we declare our choice independent of others a. iv. Conservative and liberal perspective on freedom: freedom- from a. i. Want to be left alone and do things the way you want to do them a. ii.