| Question | Answer |
| critic of URT | predicted outcome value- a forecast of future benefits and costs of interaction based on limited experience with the other |
| active strategy | asking a third party about a person |
| hierarchy hypothesis | the prediction that when people are unsuccessful in communicating a message, their first tendency is to alter-lower level elements of their message (repeating what you originally said but LOUDER) |
| passive strategy | observing people interact with others |
| interactive strategy | talk face-to-face with the other person and ask specific questions |
| hedging | use of strategic ambiguity and humor to provide a way for both people to save themselves when the other has miscalculated ( "hey, i was just kidding") |
| attribution theory | explanation of how people make assumptions about others based on observation behavior |
| uncertainty reduction | increased knowledge of what kind of person another is that provides information about how a future interaction will turn out |
| behavioral questions | concerning how you are supposed to act (should i shake hands? who pays? do i pet the dog?) |
| cognitive questions | aimed at discovering who the other person is as an individual |
| 8 axioms/ variables of relationship development | verbal communication, nonverbal warmth, information seeking, self-disclosure, reciprocity, similarity, liking, shared networks |
| axiom | a self-evident truth that requires no additional proof |
| Uncertainty Reduction Theory- predict behavior | attribution theory: explanation of how people draw inferences about the character of others based on observation behavior |
| Uncertainty Reduction Theory- motivation and reducing uncertainty | main purpose in talking to people is to make sense of interpersonal world |
| Uncertainty Reduction Theory- meeting new people | anticipation of future interaction, incentive value, deviance |
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