04:189:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Takers, Pre-Engagement Ring, Term Of Endearment

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication and Informatio
• Course: 04:189:101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

4-8-14: roadmap, review, focus on: crisis help lines, intro to cq#12, basic relational comm. Processes: the lifespan of human relationships, review, turn taking solutions. Always aiming for trp: concept: level of analysis/unit of analysis. The major unit being analyzed in a research study: the who or what of what that is being investigated, typical examples in the social sciences: the individual, group, organization, artifact, etc. If we"re interested in analyzing everyday talk, our unit of analysis is typically social interactions: special focus: crisis help line. How do people assess level of risk of a caller: accomplished through different interactional news. Relational uncertainty uncertainty we have about us as a dyad; how we negotiate uncertainties we have as a dyad: self-disclosure. Aware of in early phase of relationship. Principle of reciprocity: how disclosure happens in patterns, with dyad, if one person discloses something about themselves, the other person should also disclose something about themselves.