Group Theory and Uncertainty
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date published 04/11/2007
 
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section Summary
 
 
Relationships are still a mystery to many people in many walks of life. Man to woman, woman to woman and man to man. Dating is not just the only form of relationship in question by theorists of communication but all types of friendship are thrown into the controversy as well.
In 1973, Altman and Taylor came out with a theory attempting to explain and interpret the way relationships grow, and even die over time. The theory, called the Social Penetration Theory, is a broad overview of how relationships work over a gradual increase in time but in the end it doesn’t do justice to each personalized relationship. The theory came with a number of different premises.
 
 

Table of Contents Group Theory and Uncertainty Table of Contents

 
  1. The Premises
  2. The Buried Self
  3. Stages of Relational Development
  4. Theory Conclusion
  5. Assumptions
  6. Important Axioms
  7. Strategies for coping with uncertainty
 
 
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