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Theory Models Applied

What situations have you witnessed or experienced where one or more of the theory models in this chapter could have been applied? What would have been the strengths and weaknesses of two of the models?

Like its predecessors, this fourteenth edition provides in-depth coverage of interpersonal communication, blending theory theory and research on one hand and practical skills on the other. The book's philosophical foundation continues to be the concept of choice. Choice is central to interpersonal communication (as it is to life in general). As speaker and listener, you're regularly confronted with choice points at every stage of the communication process: What do I say? When do I say it? How do I say it? Through what channel should I say it? And so on. The choices you make will determine in large part the effectiveness of your messages and your relationships. The role of this text, then, is threefold: (1) to identify the choices you have available in a vast array of interpersonal situations; (2) to explain the theory theory and research evidence bearing on these choices-enabling you to identify your available choices and to select more reasoned, more reasonable, and more effective communication choices; and (3) to provide you with the skills needed to communicate your choices effectively.

The questions refer to several processes to be discussed below: the self-fulfilling prophecy (statement 1), personality theory theory (2), perceptual accentuation (3), primacy-recency (4), and consistency (5). Statements 6, 7, and 8 refer to the barriers we encounter as we attempt to determine motives for other people's and even our own behaviors: self-serving bias, overattribution, and the fundamental attribution error.