SPCM 130 - Exam 2 CSU

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What is organizational socialization?

"those ongoing behavioral and cognitive processes by which individuals join, become integrated into, and exit organizations"

What are the five decision criteria for rules?

- Cultural criteria - Gendered Criteria - Motivational Criteria - Contextual criteria - Risk-benefit Criteria

What relational dialectics layout internally and externally?

- Integration-Separation - Stability-Change - Expression-Nonexpression

What are the symptoms of groupthink?

- Over estimation of the group - Closed mindedness - Pressures toward uniformity

What chronic cues are important to online relationship development?

- Time passed - Response time

What are the four requisite functions?

1. Analysis of the problem 2. Goal setting 3. Identification of alternatives 4. Pro/Con characteristics

What are the three phases or organizational socialization?

1. Anticipatory Socialization 2. Organizational Encounter 3. Metamorphisis

What are the five principles of communication privacy management theory?

1. Ownership 2. Control 3. Rules 4. CO-ownership 5. Turbulence

What are the 3 roles of communication?

1. Promotive Communication 2. Disruptive Communication 3. Counteractive Communication

What are the four assumptions of Relational Dialectics theory?

1. Relationships are not linear 2. Relational life is characterized by change 3. Contradiction is the fundamental fact of relational life. 4. Communication is central to negotiating contradictions.

what is the definition of groupthink

A way of group deliberation that minimizes conflict and emphasizes the need for unanimity.

What is stage 3 of social penetration?

Affective Exchange - Spontaneous communication; use of personal expressions

Social Presence theory within Computer Mediated Communication?

CMC has a low degree of presence

Media Richness Theory within Computer-Mediated Communication?

CMC is lean (Not as rich as face 2 Face)

The onion analogy holds 2 key terms, what are these?

Depth & Breadth

What is stage 2 of social penetration?

Exploratory Affective Exchange- Emergence of an individual's personality

What does promotive communication do?

Facilitates function performance

What are chronemics?

How people perceive and respond to issues of time

What does disruptive communication do?

Interrupts function performance

How does Social Information Processing Theory (SIP) counter other theories?

It argues that users can adapt and form close relationships.

What are the 3 approaches to contradictions?

Monologic, Dualistic, Dialectic

How do different phases illustrate structure-agency interplay?

Organizations create structures, which can be interpreted as an organization's rules and resources.These structures, in turn, create social systems in an organization. Organizations achieve a life of their own because of the way their members use their structures.

What is the first stage of social penetration?

Orientation - Revealing bits of ourselves to others

What does Counteractive Communication do?

Redirect to performing functions

A dynamic knot of contradictions in personal relationships; An unceasingly interplay between contrary or opposing tendencies defines what?

Relational Dialectics

What is the assumption of relationship development?

Self-disclosure and reciprocity are needed to develop closeness

What are the four elements of the hyperpersonal perspective communication model?

Sender ------ Channel ----- Feedback ---- Reciever

What is stage 4 of social penetration?

Stable Exchange - Efficient communication; establishment of personal communication

What is agency is structuralation socialization?

The ability to make a difference

What does depth mean?

The degree of self-disclosure in a specific area of one's life

What is warranting value?

The perceived legitimacy and validity of information about another person that one may observe

What does Breadth mean?

The range of areas in an individual's life over which disclosure takes place

What is structure in structuration socialization?

The rules and resources used sustain a group or organization

What is the sipping metaphor?

The same amount of social information to be processed through online communication take 4x the amount of time than face 2 face. Giving a 4:1 Ratio

What are the four dimensions of intimacy?

physical, emotional, intellectual, shared activities


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