COM 310 Lecture Notes - Nonverbal Communication
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We want to be able to understand behavior: high uncertainty: feeling unsure or insecure about your ability to predict or explain someone"s attitudes and behaviors. Occurs a lot in relationships: low uncertainty: feeling confident in your ability to predict and explain someone"s behavior, often because they believe they know someone well. Types of uncertainty: self uncertainty: uncertainty about your own feelings and how involved you want to be in a relationship. Not sure what they want: partner uncertainty: uncertainty about their partner"s feelings and intentions, including whether their partner reciprocates their feelings. How the other feels about you; finds out indirectly: relationship uncertainty: uncertainty about the general state of your relationship. Unsure where the relationship is going; friends with benefits. Uncertainty in initial encounters: general principles: people seek information to reduce uncertainty during initial encounters with others. Attraction: people can reduce uncertainty using passive, active, or interactive strategies, passive: unobtrusive observation.
