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What lessons that you've learned from coordinated management of meaning and symbolic interactionism deepen your understanding of the interactional view? |
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How do the assumptions of the interactional view compare to the premises on which uncertainty reduction theory and social penetration theory are based? |
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The Interactional View and Relational Dialectics seem to suggest opposing views. The former suggests that families' aim for homeostasis and the latter says relationships are always in flux. Which do you think offers a clearer insight into relationships? Explain your position using concepts from the theories. |
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How might one apply the insights of Baxter and Montgomery's relational dialectics to the kind of relational systems analyzed by Watzlawick and his colleagues? Are these theoretical approaches complementary or oppositional? |
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Using the material presented in Chapters 4 through 12, discuss the principal differences between objective and interpretive communication theory. Be sure to supply specific examples to support your general assertions. |
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