COMM 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 27: Stereotype, Communication Accommodation Theory, Social Identity Theory
16 Dec 2016
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When speakers interact, they adjust their speech, their vocal patters, and their gestures to accommodate others. Accommodation: adjusting, modifying, or regulating behavior in response to others. Social identity theory: proposes a person"s identity is shaped by both personal and social characteristics. In-groups: groups in which a person feels he or she belongs. Out-groups: groups in which a person feels he or she does not belong. Speech and behavioral similarities and dissimilarities exist in all conversations. The manner in which we perceive the speech and behaviors of another will determine how we evaluate a conversation. Language and behaviors impart information about social status and group belonging. Accommodation varies in its degree of appropriateness, and norms guide the accommodation process. Perception: process of attending to and interpreting a message. Convergence: strategy used to adapt to another"s behavior. Indirect stereotyping: imposing outdated and rigid assumptions of a cultural group upon that group.
