Interpersonal Adaptation: Dyadic Interaction Patterns
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 3/21/1996
EAN 9780521451208, ISBN10: 0521451205
Hardcover, 356 pages, 23.5 x 16 x 2.3 cm
Language: English
When people communicate, they often adapt their interaction styles to one another. This highly interesting book examines the numerous ways in which people do this verbally and nonverbally. It reviews theories that try to explain and predict interaction patterns and examines issues involved in conducting this kind of research. It concludes with a proposed theory, Interaction Adaptation Theory, and considers how different interaction patterns can lead to positive or negative outcomes.
List of figures and tables
Preface
Part I. Overview
1. Introduction
Part II. Interaction Adaptation Theories and Models
2. Biological approaches
3. Arousal and affect approaches
4. Social norm approaches
5. Communication and cognitive approaches
Part III. Issues in Studying Interaction Adaptation
6. Reconceptualising interaction adaptation patterns
7. Operationalising adaptation patterns
8. Analysing adaptation patterns
Part IV. Multimethod Tests of Reciprocity and Compensation
9. A first illustration
10. Further illustrations
Part V. Developing a New Interpersonal Adaptation Theory
11. The theories revisited
12. A research agenda
References
Index.