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TEXT COMPARISON
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11th Edition
Annotated list of scholars and terms, from the Instructors Manual and margin notes in the text
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Chapter 6—Expectancy Violations Theory
- Judee Burgoon
- A theorist from the University of Arizona who developed expectancy violations theory.
- Personal Space
- The invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individual’s preferred distance from others.
- Edward Hall
- An anthropologist from the Illinois Institute of Technology who coined the term proxemics.
- Proxemics
- The study of people’s use of space as a special elaboration of culture.
- Intimate Distance
- The American proxemic zone of 0 to 18 inches.
- Personal Distance
- The American proxemic zone of 18 inches to 4 feet.
- Social Distance
- The American proxemic zone of 4 to 10 feet.
- Public Distance
- The American proxemic zone of 10 feet to infinity.
- Threat Threshold
- The hypothetical outer boundary of intimate space; a breach by an uninvited other occasions fight or flight.
- Arousal, relational
- A heightened state of awareness, orienting response, or mental alertness that stimulates a review of the relationship.
- Expectancy
- What people predict will happen, rather than what they desire.
- Violation Valence
- The perceived positive or negative value assigned to a breach of expectations, regardless of who the violator is.
- Communicator Reward Valence
- The sum of the positive and negative attributes that the person brings to the encounter plus the potential he or she has to reward or punish in the future.
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11th Edition
Annotated list of scholars and terms, from the Instructors Manual and margin notes in the text
List mode: Normal (click on theory name to show detail) | Show All details | Clear details
Chapter 6—Expectancy Violations Theory
- Judee Burgoon
- A theorist from the University of Arizona who developed expectancy violations theory.
- Personal Space
- The invisible, variable volume of space surrounding an individual that defines that individual’s preferred distance from others.
- Edward Hall
- An anthropologist from the Illinois Institute of Technology who coined the term proxemics.
- Proxemics
- The study of people’s use of space as a special elaboration of culture.
- Intimate Distance
- The American proxemic zone of 0 to 18 inches.
- Personal Distance
- The American proxemic zone of 18 inches to 4 feet.
- Social Distance
- The American proxemic zone of 4 to 10 feet.
- Public Distance
- The American proxemic zone of 10 feet to infinity.
- Threat Threshold
- The hypothetical outer boundary of intimate space; a breach by an uninvited other occasions fight or flight.
- Arousal, relational
- A heightened state of awareness, orienting response, or mental alertness that stimulates a review of the relationship.
- Expectancy
- What people predict will happen, rather than what they desire.
- Violation Valence
- The perceived positive or negative value assigned to a breach of expectations, regardless of who the violator is.
- Communicator Reward Valence
- The sum of the positive and negative attributes that the person brings to the encounter plus the potential he or she has to reward or punish in the future.
You can access the Key Names 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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