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- Never ending process of theory building.
- Seek to explain more and more.
- Constantly expanding, sometimes contracting. |
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- Work under certain assumptions.
- Drives what questions we ask. |
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- Making connections.
- Dictates what the next step may be. |
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- "The study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity."
- How we define knowledge.
- How we seek out knowledge.
- the study of the origin, nature, method, and limits of knowledge.
(no one way to do this) |
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| The assumption that truth is singular and is accessible through unbiased sensory observation; committed to uncovering cause & effect relationships. |
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| The linguistic work of assigning meaning or value to communicative texts; assumes that multiple meanings or truths are possible. |
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| The ongoing use of language and gestures in anticipation of how the other will react; a conversation. |
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| Coordination Management of Meaning |
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-The persons in conversation co-construct their own realities & are simultaneously shaped by the worlds they create.
-Every conversation has an afterlife. |
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The mental self image that results from taking the role of the other; the objective self; me.
- Imagining how we look to other people.
- Socially constructed. |
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| The SUBjective self; the spontaneous driving force that fosters all that is novel, unpredictable, and unorganized in the self. |
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The Objective self; the image of self seen when one takes the role of the other.
- viewed as an object
- the image of self seen in the looking glass of other people's reactions |
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| The constant movement toward or away from others by changing your communicative behavior. |
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| A strategy by which you adapt your comm. behavior in such a way as to become more similar to another person. |
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| A strategy of accentuating the differences between you & another person. |
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| Continuing to use the same communication style you started during an interaction. |
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| how many of the world's people are born into a COLLECTIVIST CULTURE. |
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| How do countries with large power distances view equality? |
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| They tend to view inequality as normal. |
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| A strong human tendency to respond to another's actions with similar behavior. |
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negative or positive value assigned to a breach of expectation.
when violations occur = switch to evaluation mode |
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| displacement toward the anchor (appears closer than it really is) |
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| displacement away from the anchor (appears farther away than it really is) |
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| a drive or feeling of discomfort that was originally defined as caused by holding inconsistent cognitions (beliefs). |
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