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EVT assumptions - Answer✔-Expectancies drive human interaction
-Expectancies are learned from individuals and culture
-Expectancies are influenced by prior knowledge, relational history, and observations
-People make predictions about nonverbal behavior
-Nonverbal communication influences message production
Proxemics - Answer✔Study of a person's use of space in conversations and perceptions of
another's use of space.
EVT tradition, context, and approach - Answer✔tradition: Socio-psychological
approach: objective/positivist/empirical
context: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal
Proxemic Zones - Answer✔-Hall (1966) identified primary zones of personal space expectations
among North Americans.
-intimate, personal, social, public
-for F2F, vary when we are communicating side-by-side.
Intimate distance - Answer✔0 to 18 inches
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Personal distance - Answer✔18 inches to 4 feet
Social distance - Answer✔4 to 12 feet
Public distance - Answer✔12 feet and beyond
two competing needs for space (Burgoon, 1978) - Answer✔• Affiliation: Relational; Integration,
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• Personal space: Individual Body Space; Autonomy
Territoriality - Answer✔Person's ownership of an area or object
types of territories (Altman, 1975) - Answer✔• Primary territories (home)
• Secondary territories
• Public territories (no personal affiliations)
Expectancies - Answer✔-Cognitions and behaviors anticipated and prescribed in conversations
with another person
-can be verbal and nonverbal
Types of expectations - Answer✔• Pre-interactional
• Interactional
_____ influences expectations - Answer✔cultural background
Arousal - Answer✔-Increased interest or attention when violations to expectations occur
-Focuses attention on the source of arousal rather than on the message
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Types of arousal - Answer✔•Cognitive: We become alert (aware) and focus on the violation
•Physical: physical response—(e.g. moving to adjust space/distance; change body posture—
offensive display)
Threat Threshold - Answer✔• Tolerance for distance violations
• Threats may occur after arousal
•Size of the threshold is based on how the initiator of the threat is viewed
Violation Valence - Answer✔•Perceived negative or positive assessment of an unexpected
behavior
• Focus is on the deviation of an expectation
•Communicators interpret the meaning of a violation and decide whether they like it or not
Communicator Reward Valence - Answer✔•Potential to either reward or punish in
conversations
•People bring both positive and negative characteristics to an interaction
•Reward includes a number of characteristics that allow a person to be viewed favorably or
unfavorably
which theory offers a way to link behavior and
cognitions and offers us an understanding of our need for both personal space and people? -
Answer✔EVT
___'s work continues to be critical and groundbreaking in the
communication discipline for EVT - Answer✔Burgoon
EVT: Scope - Answer✔•Nonverbal communication is an expansive area.
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SPC Exam 3 Questions And Answers |Latest
2025 | Guaranteed Pass
EVT assumptions - Answer✔-Expectancies drive human interaction
-Expectancies are learned from individuals and culture
-Expectancies are influenced by prior knowledge, relational history, and observations
-People make predictions about nonverbal behavior
-Nonverbal communication influences message production
Proxemics - Answer✔Study of a person's use of space in conversations and perceptions of
another's use of space.
EVT tradition, context, and approach - Answer✔tradition: Socio-psychological
approach: objective/positivist/empirical
context: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal
Proxemic Zones - Answer✔-Hall (1966) identified primary zones of personal space expectations
among North Americans.
-intimate, personal, social, public
-for F2F, vary when we are communicating side-by-side.
Intimate distance - Answer✔0 to 18 inches
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Personal distance - Answer✔18 inches to 4 feet
Social distance - Answer✔4 to 12 feet
Public distance - Answer✔12 feet and beyond
two competing needs for space (Burgoon, 1978) - Answer✔• Affiliation: Relational; Integration,
Close
• Personal space: Individual Body Space; Autonomy
Territoriality - Answer✔Person's ownership of an area or object
types of territories (Altman, 1975) - Answer✔• Primary territories (home)
• Secondary territories
• Public territories (no personal affiliations)
Expectancies - Answer✔-Cognitions and behaviors anticipated and prescribed in conversations
with another person
-can be verbal and nonverbal
Types of expectations - Answer✔• Pre-interactional
• Interactional
_____ influences expectations - Answer✔cultural background
Arousal - Answer✔-Increased interest or attention when violations to expectations occur
-Focuses attention on the source of arousal rather than on the message
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Types of arousal - Answer✔•Cognitive: We become alert (aware) and focus on the violation
•Physical: physical response—(e.g. moving to adjust space/distance; change body posture—
offensive display)
Threat Threshold - Answer✔• Tolerance for distance violations
• Threats may occur after arousal
•Size of the threshold is based on how the initiator of the threat is viewed
Violation Valence - Answer✔•Perceived negative or positive assessment of an unexpected
behavior
• Focus is on the deviation of an expectation
•Communicators interpret the meaning of a violation and decide whether they like it or not
Communicator Reward Valence - Answer✔•Potential to either reward or punish in
conversations
•People bring both positive and negative characteristics to an interaction
•Reward includes a number of characteristics that allow a person to be viewed favorably or
unfavorably
which theory offers a way to link behavior and
cognitions and offers us an understanding of our need for both personal space and people? -
Answer✔EVT
___'s work continues to be critical and groundbreaking in the
communication discipline for EVT - Answer✔Burgoon
EVT: Scope - Answer✔•Nonverbal communication is an expansive area.
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