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Comm Accomodat
Comm Theory - Comm Accommodation Theory
Term | Definition |
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accommodation | the constant movement toward or away from others by changing your communicative behavior |
convergence | a strategy of adapting your communication behavior in such a way as to become more similar to another person |
divergence | a communication strategy of accentuating the differences between you and another person |
self-handicapping | for the elderly, a face-saving strategy that invokes age as reason for not performing well |
maintenance | persisting in your original communication style regardless of the communication behavior of the other; similar to divergence; underaccommodation |
overaccommodation | demeaning or patronizing talk; excessive concern paid to vocal clarity or amplification, message simplification, or repetition |
social identity | group memberships and social categories that we use to define who we are |
initial orientation | communicators' predisposition to focus on either their individual identity or group identity during a conversation |
norms | expectations about behavior that members of a community feel should (or should not) occur in particular situations |
attribution | the perceptual process by which we observe what people do and then try to figure out the intent or disposition |