CMN 3138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Irreversible Process, Group Cohesiveness, Attractor

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 3138
• Professor: Peruvemba Jaya

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Also: who you actually are, who the other person actually is. And / or: who you think you should be, who you think the other person thinks you should be. Can i improve: we are simultaneously senders and receivers of communication. Characteristics of complex systems: second-order or quantum change, double-loop learning, sensitivity to initial conditions, strange attractors, phase space, bifurcation points, irreversibility. Characteristics of open systems: wholeness, synergy, openness, transformation, interdependence, feedback, entropy, equifinality, interact with their environment. Key points: groups are made up of individuals possessing different motives, personalities, and skills, complexity is a fact of group life, groups reduce uncertainty, thought they can increase complexity. Profit equals rewards minus costs; as long as rewards exceed costs, a relationship remain attractive group cohesiveness and productivity help this: benefits are highly complex and consider: what are they, rules theory: follow-able rules that structure communication behavior. Through interaction two or more symbolic worlds move close to one another or even overlap.