EXPECTANCY VIOLATIONS THEORY:---Chapter 6

• How has Burgoon changed treated the concept of “arousal” in Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT)?
• If Burgoon’s EVT doesn’t offer hard-core laws, what DOES it offer?
• In expectancy violations theory, what is “violation valence?
• Know what Burgoon concluded from her “key study” on arousal.
• What does the term “proxemics” refer to?
• Be familiar with Griffin’s critique of Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT) Possible additions?
• Know the difference between a positively valencened violation and a negatively valenced violation
• Understand the neutrality of the words expectation and violation in relation to this theory

SOCIAL PENETRATION THEORY:- Chapter 8

• Be familiar with the Kant’s categorical imperative
• Understand the “depth and breadth” of self-disclosure in social penetration theory.
• Know about the “comparison level” (CL) and the “comparison level of alternatives (CLalt).
• What do most ethical thinker’s think about “ethical egoism”?
• In social penetration theory, what is the optimum situation for two people to have a deeper relationship (relationship between outcome, CL and CLalt, what DOES it offer?)
• Understand the rates of social penetration and different levels of the metaphorical onion.
• What is the minimax principle?
• Who is associated with the “experiential approach”
• What were the significant predictors of long-term friendship in the study that Prof. Sparks was involved with and reported in lecture?

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