COMST 301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Asperger Syndrome, Interpersonal Relationship

• School: Iowa State University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMST 301
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Persons in coversation co-construct their own social realities and are simultaneously shaped by the worlds they create. Useful in helping us identify critical moments in our conversations and helping us act wisley in those moments. Strange loop- an unwanted repetitive communication pattern (ex: couple thinks son has. Asperger"sthey treat him caringly and his symptoms decrease . this leads them to believe he doesn"t have it, they become more demanding, and his symptoms increase ) Dialogic communication structuring situations in which people with all sorts of views could speakin in a manner that made others want to listen and others want to speak. Reflexivity=effects of our words and actions on others bounce back and affect us: cmm researchers see themselves as curious participants in a pluralistic world. Stories lived- co-constructed actions we perform with others. Stories told- the narratives we tell to make sense out of stories lived.