Purdue COM 102 Exam 2 2023 with 100% correct answer

How has Burgoon changed her thinking about "arousal" in Expectancy Violation Theory? - correct answer She said people felt aroused when their expectations were violated. Later, this was changed to the "orienting response" or mental alertness which focuses attention on the violator. Now she views it as a link between EV and communication outcome. Concept of arousal is central to the theory, later becomes side effect rather than central concept. 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. Non-verbal action is an indication of physical arousal. if we can measure non verbal behavior, we can measure arousal. What does the term "proxemics" refer to? (EVT) - correct answer The study of distance, intimate vs social space. 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 correlated (physiological arousal and non-verbal behaviors). They found they were NOT correlate. Be familiar with Griffin's critique of Expectancy Violation Theory - correct answer Has many mixed results, meets 5/6 criteria, doesn't have any reliable predictions, Burgoon does a good job of changing the theory as the mixed results come out. Be familiar with the Kant's categorical imperative (EVT) - correct answer Ask yourself what if everyone does this one thing all the time, consider and choose whether you want or do not want to follow. If it's good, go ahead. If not, don't do it.