Purdue COM 102 Exam 2 2023 with 100% correct answers

How has Burgoon changed her thinking about "arousal" in Expectancy Violation Theory? - correct answer She said people felt physiologically (heartbeat etc) aroused when their expectations were violated. Lack of evidence. Later, this was changed to the "orienting response" or mental alertness which focuses attention on the violator. Still lack of evidence/research. later becomes side effect rather than central concept. Privacy Management Theory - correct answer - a theory explaining how people in relationships negotiate the tension between disclosing information and keeping it private - when individuals consider revealing information to a confidant, both risks and gains within the relationship must be weighed After her work on EVT, what was Burgoon trying to establish in her "key study" on physiological arousal that was discussed in lecture? - correct answer Finding connection between physiological arousal and non-verbal behavior. to measure it. trying to validly supplant the measures of physiological arousal (replace them). Non-verbal action is an indication of physical arousal. if we can measure non verbal behavior, we can measure arousal. Are people able to accurately report their own level of arousal? - correct answer No burgoon concluded from arousal study - correct answer She thought she was successful. we can look at non verbal cues to figure out arousal What does the term "proxemics" refer to? (EVT) - correct answer The study of distance, personal space, intimate vs social space. (cultural thing: diff cultures have different spaces) Be familiar with the researchers who responded to Burgoon's key study. What were their names? What was their main finding and conclusion? (EVT) - correct answer Sparks and Greene Main findings and conclusion: suggesting that Burgoon's claim to be true, they both have to be correlate