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TEXT COMPARISON
ESSAY QUESTIONS
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11th Edition
A self-help tool to aid in the study of the First Look text (started with the 9th Edition)
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Chapter 11—Relational Dialectics Theory
- How would you describe Baxter's concept of discourse to someone unfamiliar with relational dialectics theory? Choose one object or idea and explain three or four discourses that might constitute the meaning of that object or idea.
- Reflect on the three common discursive sites. How do these shape your family relationships? Your romantic relationship (if you are in one)? Your friendships?
- Figure 11-2 portrays struggling discourses using the example of fast food. After reading the chapter and beginning to grasp Baxter's claims, recreate this table using an example drawn from the world of interpersonal relationships.
- Describe a time that you experienced an aesthetic moment. How did dialogue bring this moment about? Was the sense of unity fleeting, as Baxter predicts, or not?
- Think of a recent relational conflict you have had with someone close to you. What discourses constituted that conflict? Pages 137-140 describe several ways that discourses can struggle. In your conflict, in what ways did these discourses struggle? What this pattern of struggle satisfying to you or not?
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11th Edition
A self-help tool to aid in the study of the First Look text (started with the 9th Edition)
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Chapter 11—Relational Dialectics Theory
- How would you describe Baxter's concept of discourse to someone unfamiliar with relational dialectics theory? Choose one object or idea and explain three or four discourses that might constitute the meaning of that object or idea.
- Reflect on the three common discursive sites. How do these shape your family relationships? Your romantic relationship (if you are in one)? Your friendships?
- Figure 11-2 portrays struggling discourses using the example of fast food. After reading the chapter and beginning to grasp Baxter's claims, recreate this table using an example drawn from the world of interpersonal relationships.
- Describe a time that you experienced an aesthetic moment. How did dialogue bring this moment about? Was the sense of unity fleeting, as Baxter predicts, or not?
- Think of a recent relational conflict you have had with someone close to you. What discourses constituted that conflict? Pages 137-140 describe several ways that discourses can struggle. In your conflict, in what ways did these discourses struggle? What this pattern of struggle satisfying to you or not?
You can access the Essay Questions for a particular chapter in several ways:
- Switch to View by Theory, then select the desired theory/chapter from the drop-down list at the top of the page. Look in the list of available resources.
- To quickly find a theory by chapter number, use the Table of Contents and link from there. It will take you directly to the theory with available options highlighted.
- You can also use the Theory List, which will take you directly to the theory with available options highlighted.
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