1. Relational Dialectics and Uncertainty Reduction Theory
... , proposed the desire to reduce uncertainty predicts and explains how individuals communicate in initial interaction and how relationship outcomes are related to communication patterns. Gathering information that is perceived as adequate allows communicators to make both retroactive and proactive attributions (Honeycutt, 1993, p: 464). Providing prediction for future events is the ... axioms for predicting future events (Berger, 1986,p.36). According to Baxter (1990), dialectical perspective assumes that interdependent, but opposing tensions or contradictions occur regularly within person...
- Word Count: 1025
- Approx Pages: 4
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate