CMN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Public Space, Inter-Active Terminology For Europe
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Expectations include physical distance between interactions, speed of your. These things happen subconsciously and ppl don"t think about it unless they are. Expectancies are what we predict will occur rather than what we desire. Expectancies are defined as a range rather than one specific behavior. Applied to communication acts: verbal and nonverbal behaviors (mostly. Personal space can be quantified, clear boundaries/range. Personal space is well-defined in most cultures. Lecture 6 - 10/11 - expectancy violations theory. Expectancy violations theory = how people react to violations of their communication expectations speech, volume of your speech, eye-gaze, touching told to. Expectancy = expectations; what you think will happen, can be very different from what you desire to happen nonverbal behavior) Prescriptive expectation = what should happen; what i desire to happen. Earlier focus of theory = personal space expectations. Personal space = the invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individual"s preferred space from others.