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