Midterm

Part One

10 multiple-choice questions (20 pts.)

Social Information Processing Theory
Social Penetration Theory
Uncertainty Reduction Theory
Wood and Inman article

(know the main components of the theories/article and their authors)

OR

Write a one to two page (maximum - DS, 1 inch margins, 12 point font) paper analyzing your experience "meeting" someone over email though the lens of Social Information Processing theory. If you choose to do this, please turn it in the night of the midterm.

Part Two

Movie (1:45) Analysis/evaluation essay (80 pts.)

Analyze the primary relationship in the movie from the perspective of one of the following theories. Explain why the theory you chose is the best theory for understanding this relationship.

Duck’s Model of Dissolution
Symbolic Interactionism
Social Construction Theory
Expectancy Violations Theory
Relational Dialectics