Explaining Conversations
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Explaining Conversations

A Developmental Social Exchange Theory
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ISBN-13:
9780765708779
Veröffentl:
2011
Seiten:
220
Autor:
R. Murray Thomas
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:

Explaining Conversations offers a different way of interpreting people’s social exchanges than has been available in the past. The book is replete with examples of people’s verbal interactions in the form of chats, arguments, debates, and negotiations, both within a culture and across cultures. The volume’s subtitle, A Developmental Social-Exchange Theory, identifies a theme featured in Chapters 2 and 5—the typical pattern by which social-exchange skills evolve over the first two decades of life.

Explaining Conversations offers a different way of interpreting people’s social exchanges than has been available in the past. The book is replete with examples of people’s verbal interactions in the form of chats, arguments, debates, and negotiations, both within a culture and across cultures. The volume’s subtitle, A Developmental Social-Exchange Theory, identifies a theme featured in Chapters 2 and 5—the typical pattern by which social-exchange skills evolve over the first two decades of life. Throughout the book, the underlying meanings of conversations are interpreted in terms of (a) the needs people seek to fulfill through their conversations, (b) the influence of a person’s culture on what is said, (c) individuals’ patterns of thought (metacognition) during a conversation, (d) how people’s expectations about a conversation affect what they will say, and (e) strategies individuals adopt to achieve their goals. The book includes a chapter designed to guide parents and teachers in promoting young children’s and adolescents’ social-exchange skills.

Preface

Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: The Nature of Social Exchanges

Chapter 2: The Anatomy of the Theory

Part II: The Theory Components

Chapter 3: Needs as Motivators

Chapter 4: The Significance of Culture

Chapter 5: Developmental Stairways

Chapter 6: The Role of Issues and Beliefs

Part III: Enhancing Social-Exchange Skill-Development

Chapter 7: Further Features of Exchanges

Chapter 8: Coping with Cross-Cultural Encounters

Chapter 9: Promoting Social-Exchange Skill-Development

Part IV: Afterthoughts

Chapter 10: Unfinished Business

References

Index

About the Authors

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