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The Effects of Self-Disclosing Communication and Attitude Similarity on the Reduction of Interpersonal Conflict.
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Fahs, Michael Lee – 1976
The effects of self-disclosure and attitude similarity on the reduction of interpersonal conflict in a modification of the Prisoner's Dilemma Game were investigated in an experimental study of the behavior of 60 undergraduate students. Results supported hypotheses that self-disclosure and attitude similarity would elicit more conflict-reducing…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), Conflict Resolution
The Ineffable: An Examination of the Limits of Expressibility and the Means of Communication.
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Pearce, W. Barnett; Branham, Robert J. – 1978
Recurrent claims of ineffable experience and their importance for communication theory are analyzed in this paper. Four positions are identified: (1) the "complete effability/complete communicability" position is historically identified with Western culture but repudiated by modern thought; (2) the "complete ineffability/complete communicability"…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), Emotional Experience