RLGN 2030 Lecture 18: march 31
20 Sep 2018
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Honeycutt: imaginary interactions (daydreaming) interpersonal communication inner speech . Honeycutt sees all communication as coming from the self. Ford: deceased, role identity contradicts the idea that communication is based off of our communication of ourselves. Function of supernatural entities (sn) give meaning to misfortune, luck, events answer existential question morality social order (high gods) cope with emotions-fear/anxiety/death/loss strategic information reduces dissonance. Function if imaginary relationships/companions (ic) preparation of social interactions compensation- lls a social void social affordances emotion processing developmental helps people complete social tasks (con icts) Function of imaginary interactions (ii) relational maintenance con ict linkage rehearsal self understanding catharsis compensation. Overlapping functions meaning/coping (death) norms (sn + ic) emotions (ii, sn, ic) Imaginary interactions is based on a person, imaginary relationships are based on people that don"t exist/are deceased. Therefore they stated that praying is an intra personal communication that takes shape as an interpersonal communication.
