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Comm Theory - Interactional View

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Family System   A self-regulating, interdependent network of feedback loops guided by members' rules; the behavior of each person affects and is affected by the behavior of another.  
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Games   Sequences of behavior governed by rules.  
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Family Homeostasis   The tacit collusion of family members to maintain the status quo.  
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Symptom Strategy   Ascribing our silence to something beyond our control that renders communication justifiably impossible - sleepiness, headache, drunkenness, etc.  
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Content   The report part of a message; what is said verbally.  
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Relationship   The command part of the message; how it's said nonverbally.  
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Metacommunication   Communication about communication.  
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Punctuate   Interpreting an ongoing sequence of events by labeling one event as the cause and the following event as the response.  
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Symmetrical Interchange   Interaction based on equal power.  
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Complementary Interchange   Interaction based on accepted differences of power.  
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One-up Communication   A conversational move to gain control of the exchange; attempted domination.  
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One-down Communication   A conversational move to yield control of the exchange; attempted submission.  
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One-across Communication   A conversational move to neutralize or level control within the exchange; when just one party uses it, the interchange is labeled transitory.  
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Enabler   Within addiction culture, a person whose nonassertive behavior allows others to continue in their substance abuse.  
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Double Bind   A person trapped under mutually exclusive expectations; specifically the powerful party in a complementary relationship insists that the low-power party act as if it were symmetrical.  
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Reframing   The process of instituting change by stepping outside of a situation and reinterpreting what it means.  
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Addiction Model   Assumes alcoholism and other addictions are diseases to be cured rather than character disorders to be condemned.  
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Whole-message Model   Regards verbal and nonverbal components of a message as completely integrated and often interchangeable.  
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Equifinality   A systems-theory assumption that a given outcome could have occurred due to any or many interconnected factors rather than being a result in a cause-effect relationship.  
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