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Parks, Arlie Muller – 1980
This paper contains an examination of equity theory, which is based on the assumption that when a state of equity exists in an exchange situation, there is a perceived balance between the effort and reward ratios of the individuals involved in the exchange. The paper offers a rationale for examining equity theory in a communication context,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
McDermott, Virginia; Baker, Deborah – 1982
Self-disclosure may be viewed through the framework of the role-taking processes by which we come to know ourselves and to be known to others. Because individuals ground utterances contextually, in anticipation of another's responses and according to the prescriptions of the situation itself, self-disclosure is more likely to be flexibly scripted…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Interaction
Ewbank, H. L. – Southern Speech Communication Journal, 1987
Notes that the primary arbiters of acceptable behavior in informal social conversation are authors of works on etiquette, and that their rules and taboos reflect and shape conversation in the social era in which they appear. Describes behavior books for adults and children in the first half of the eighteenth century in the United States. (SKC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Reference Materials, Social Behavior

Street, Richard L., Jr.; Murphy, Thomas L. – Communication Monographs, 1987
Indicates that (1) males with low interpersonal orientation (IO) were least vocally active and expressive and least consistent in their speech performances, and (2) high IO males and low IO females tended to demonstrate greater speech convergence than either low IO males or high IO females. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship

Warner, Rebecca M. – Language and Speech, 1979
Vocal activity in spontaneous speech appears to alternate between regular periods of high and low activity. These cycles may be properties of social systems, internal cognitive rhythms, or physiological rhythms that affect readiness to initiate activity. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Interaction

McCroskey, James C. – 1985
Communication competence has been approached primarily from three perspectives in the communication literature: (1) as cognitive understanding of communication, (2) as a capability of performing certain communication skills, and (3) as achieving effective communication. Most scholars who write about communication competence view competence either…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer)

Leary, Mark R. – Human Communication Research, 1983
Demonstrates that there are important conceptual distinctions among the constructs of reticence, shyness, communication apprehension, and unwillingness to communicate. Argues that the failure to recognize the distinctions impedes research and precludes improved methods of identifying the problems and improving treatment. (PD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Apprehension
Stano, Michael – 1983
Critical Incident Technique (CIT) involves the collection of real-world examples of behavior that characterize either very effective or very ineffective performance of some activity. The principal advantage of the CIT is that it generates data based on actual behavior rather than on a particular researcher's subjectivity. The CIT has much to offer…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Critical Incidents Method, Data Analysis
Apple, Charles G. – 1985
Mary Cunningham, a Harvard Business School graduate in 1979, received more than 30 job offers from major financial corporations. She accepted a positition as the executive assistant to the Chairman of the Board of Bendix Corporation. By October 1980, she had been promoted twice and held the position of vice president of strategic planning.…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Employer Employee Relationship

Hatfield, Deborah Weider; Hatfield, John D. – Communication Monographs, 1978
Examines whether the use of a particular unit of interaction behavior enhances reliability in interaction analysis research. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research

Deturck, Mark A. – Communication Monographs, 1987
Indicates that males were more likely than females to use (1) violence against a noncompliant male persuasive target in a noninterpersonal relational context, and (2) direct coercion against persistently noncompliant and noninterpersonal persuasive targets in relational contexts with short-term consequences. (JD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Communication Problems, Communication Research

And Others; Brandt, David R. – Human Communication Research, 1980
Investigates the relationship between an observer's familiarity with the normal, truthful communicative behavior of an individual, and the observer's ability to detect deception on the part of that individual. Provides an experimental test of the degree of linearity between familiarity and judgmental accuracy in detecting deception. (JMF)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Credibility
Booth-Butterfield, Melanie – 1986
Two hypotheses were posed in a study that examined the communicative consequences of structured versus nonstructured tasks on subjects with varying levels of communication apprehension (CA): (1) task structure and level of CA will interact to predict behavioral disruption in dyads, and (2) CA and evaluation will interact to predict behavioral…
Descriptors: Assignments, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Environment, Communication Apprehension
Ferrari, Joseph R.; Leippe, Michael R. – 1985
Only about 9% of the eligible American population actually donates blood, and the rate of donors who fail to give a second time is very high. Since many people who view blood-giving as a humanitarian act also see it as an unpleasant experience, persuasive appeals that promote a sense of moral obligation may be ineffectual in prompting donations. A…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Higher Education
Vangelisti, Anita L. – 1985
A study was conducted to describe the speech patterns of four adolescent girls. All four subjects were in the same eighth grade class and knew each other. Approximately 19 hours of observational data and 9 hours of interview data were collected. The descriptive framework of D. Hymes (1972), which focuses specifically on settings, participants,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Communication Research