Analysis of the Uncertainty Reduction theory on interpersonal communication Through this paper I will conduct an analysis of the uncertainty reduction theory and will then apply it to my own experience here in Colorado university. This theory has been subject to many articles and studies in the communication and social departments. Indeed‚ studying this theory can help us understanding human relations in interpersonal communication. Each of us has been one day confronted to uncertainty‚ whereas in
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Uncertainty Reduction Theory “The Vow” and “Meet the Parents” Uncertainty reduction theory is “the point of view that uncertainty motivates communication and that certainty reduces the motivation to communicate” (Wood‚ definition). This theory was first developed by Charles Berger. He believed that when people are to meet for the first time they have a high level of uncertainty and the only way for them to reduce it is to communicate with one another. “They don’t know what each other likes
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paper though we will be exploring Uncertainty reduction theory and how it was applied in the television sitcom How I Met Your Mother. How I Met Your Mother was a sitcom that aired on CBS from 2005-2014 based on a group of 5 friends living in New York City. It follows the main character Ted Mosby on his quest to find true love and all the adventures that he goes through with his friends on that journey. For the rest of this paper we will dive into how the uncertainty reduction theory was used in an
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Errors and Uncertainty in Experimental Data Causes and Types of Errors Conducting research in any science course is dependent upon obtaining measurements. No measure is ever exact due to errors in instrumentation and measuring skills. If you were to obtain the mass of an object with a digital balance‚ the reading gives you a measure with a specific set of values. We can assume that the actual measure lies either slightly above or slightly below that reading. The range is the uncertainly of
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Uncertainty about knowledge In the article The Uncertainty of Knowledge by Edward Harrison‚ the author highlights the fact that secure knowledge can never be found because it constantly changes; we develop new ideas and discover that our previous beliefs and theories were wrong. Therefore nothing is certain. He compares life to painting a picture; he explains how the picture keeps growing and how we cannot help notice that the gaps on the canvas are spreading faster the paint dabs. Human beings
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Finding the formula of Hydrated Zinc Sulphate Results Table of masses and probabilities | Mass (g) | Uncertainty (g) | Test tube | 46.94 | ±0.01 | Test tube and hydrated sample | 59.94 | ±0.01 | Hydrated sample | 13.00 | ±0.02 | Test tube and anhydrous salt | 54.15 | ±0.01 | Anhydrous sample | 7.21 | ±0.02 | Mass of water | 5.79 | ±0.04 | Calculations to find the Formula of Hydrated Zinc Sulphate * Mr of Zinc Sulphate ZnSO4 = 65 + 32 + (16 x 4) =161
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Rod Vanderhuge Period 2 Lab Title II. Data Collection and Processing A. Data Collection Amount of Substance (g) Uncertainty ±0.01g | Water Added (mL)Uncertainty ±0.05 cm3 (mL) | 3.30 g Pb(NO3)2 | 50.00 mL | 4.00 g KI | 50.00mL | 11.90 ±.06 g PbI2 (The uncertainty of this value differs from the uncertainty value of the other masses) | N/A | The qualitative data taken was that the compound created was a yellow precipitate‚ and when the water was poured through the funnel in order
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risk assessment. Weighing Risk When we talk about certainty we are really talking about weighing risk: looking at the situation at hand‚ defining all the variables and issues that are present in that situation and weighing the risk against the uncertainty of the outcome. That is not an easy position for anyone to be in‚ but the more you are in it‚ and the more you go through it‚ the better you get at understanding it. For example‚ let us say that your boss comes to you and says ’Jenkins‚ we
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every aspect of life. Notorious Japanese workaholism is another expression of their masculinity. It is still hard for women to climb up the corporate ladders in Japan with their masculine norm of hard and long working hours. Uncertainty avoidance The dimension Uncertainty Avoidance has to do with the way that a society deals with the fact that the future can never be known: should we try to control the future or just let it happen? This ambiguity brings with it anxiety and different cultures
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color to dye our hair may make us look beautiful or the wrong one‚ monstrous. Secondly‚ decision making is the process of sufficiently reducing uncertainty and doubt about alternatives to allow a reasonable choice to be made from among them. This definition stresses the information-gathering function of decision making. It should be noted here that uncertainty is reduced rather than eliminated. Very few decisions are made with absolute certainty because complete knowledge about all the alternatives
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