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liberty university
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
03/24/2011

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Stella Ting-Toomey
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California State University, Fullerton researcher who created face-negotiation theory
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face
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The projected image of one’s self in a relational situation
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Facework
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Specific verbal and nonverbal messages that help to maintain and restore face loss, and to uphold and hold face gain.
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Penelope Brown and Stephen Levinson
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Cambridge University linguists who define face as the public self-image that every member of society wants to claim for himself or herself.
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Harry Triandis
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University of Illinois psychologist who distinguishes between collectivism and individualism.
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Collectivistic Culture
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Wherein people identify with a larger group that is responsible for providing care in exchange for group loyalty; we-identity; a high-context culture
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Individualistic Culture
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Wherein people look out for themselves and their immediate families; I-identity; a low-context culture
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Self-construal
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Self-image; the degree to which people conceive of themselves as relatively autonomous from, or connected to, others.
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Lin Yutang
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Taiwanese scholar who calls face a psychological image that can be granted and lost, and fought for and presented as a gift.
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Face-concern
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Regard for self-face, other face, or mutual face
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Face-restoration
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The self-concerned facework strategy used to preserve autonomy and defend against loss of personal freedom
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Face-giving
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The other-concerned facework strategy used to defend and support another person’s need for inclusion
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avoiding
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Responding to conflict by withdrawing from open discussion
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obliging
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Accommodating or giving into the wishes of the other in a conflict situation
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Compromising
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Conflict management by negotiation or bargaining; seeking a middle way
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dominating
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competing to win when peoples interests conflict
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integrating
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problem solving through open discussion;collaboration a win-win resolution of conflict
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emotional expression
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Managing conflict by disclosure of venting of feelings
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passive aggression
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Making indirect accusations, showing resentment, procrastination, and other behaviors aimed at thwarting another’s resolution of conflict
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Third-Party Help
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A method of conflict management whereby disputing parties seek the aid of a mediator, arbitrator, or respected neutral third party to help them resolve their differences
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mindfulness
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A recognition that things are not always what they seem and therefore seeking multiple perspectives in conflict situations
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