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The Relationship Between Opinion Leadership and Information Acquisition
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Richmond, Virginia P. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Presents evidence in support of the theory that the information processing of opinion leaders is different from that of other people. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education, Information Theory
Cognitive Complexity, Social Perspective-Taking, and Functional Persuasive Skills in Second-to-Ninth Grade Children
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Clark, Ruth Anne; Delia, Jesse G. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Children, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Body Movement in Relation to Type of Information (Person- and Nonperson-Oriented) and Cognitive Style (Field Dependence)
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Sousa-Poza, Joaquin F.; Rohrberg, Robert – Human Communication Research, 1977
Proposes that body-focused movement reflects a degree of uncertainty involved in generating information as a function of type of information, psychological differentiation of encoder, and psychological uncertainty of communicative setting. Object-focused movements appear to occur in relation to the type of information and listener availability.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Body Language, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
Scales for the Measurement of Innovativeness
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Hurt, H. Thomas; And Others – Human Communication Research, 1977
Reports the results of the development of a self-report measure of innovativeness, and discusses the utility of such an instrument in human communication research as well as related issues such as validity, reliability and association with social desirability. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
Communication Patterns of Foreign Immigrants in the Process of Acculturation
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Kim, Young Yun – Human Communication Research, 1977
Reports the theoretical development and testing of a causal model of communication patterns of foreign immigrants in the process of acculturation. (Author)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Cognitive Switching: A Behavioral Trace of Human Information Processing for Television Newscasts.
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McCain, Thomas A.; Ross, Mark G. – Human Communication Research, 1979
Attempts to validate the basic constructs of a theory of cognitive switching developed from human performance literature and signaled stopping research. Presents data which display behavioral traces of the ways people organize television news into their information-processing system. (JMF)
Descriptors: Audiences, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Toward a Message-Centered Theory of Persuasion: Three Empirical Investigations of Language Intensity
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Burgoon, Michael J.; And Others – Human Communication Research, 1975
Reports the results of three separate studies designed to test hypotheses about the effects of language intensity on attitude change. See CS 703 560 for availability. (MH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Anticipated Social Cost and Interpersonal Accommodation
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Larsen, Knud S.; And Others – Human Communication Research, 1977
Demonstrates the value of the concept of social cost in analyzing the cognitive processes underlying the encoding of convergent speech acts. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
Perceptions of Information Sequencing in Relationship Development
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Berger, Charles R.; And Others – Human Communication Research, 1976
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis
Inertia in Cognitive Processes: The Role of Accumulated Information in Attitude Change
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Saltiel, John; Woelfel, Joseph – Human Communication Research, 1975
Advocates a theory of attitude formation and change based on the concept that attitudes are dependent on the number of messages from which they are formed. (MH)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes
Limiting the Scope of the Spacial Model of Communication Effects
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Craig, Robert T. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Relates an experiment designed to test the hypothesis that cognitive change resulting from information inputs can be represented as linear motion of concepts in multidimensional space. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests
Informant Accuracy in Social Network Data II
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Bernard, H. Russell; Killworth, Peter D. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Repeats an earlier study by the authors concerning informants' ability to report their communication accurately and confirms results indicating that people do not know those with whom they communicate. Expands the original experimental design and offers recommendations for future research. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Higher Education
Anomia and Close Friendship Communication Networks
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Parks, Malcolm R. – Human Communication Research, 1977
Discusses a study designed to specify the interpersonal communication related determinants of anomia within a close friendship context. (MH)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes