1. What’s to know
about the…
Interaction
Adaptation Theory

3. It is…
1

4. …how people alter
their behavior in
response to the
behavior of another.

5. It is used
in…
2

6. …studying any human
interaction, especially
interpersonal
communication.

8. It is
important
because…
3

9. …it explains how a
person adapts, through
verbal and nonverbal
reactions, to specific
behaviors in
conversation.

10. …it can help a speaker
anticipate and evoke
certain reactions from
another person or
people.

12. However…
4

13. …it is a somewhat new
theory without
extensive research.

14. …testing this theory
can put people in
unnatural situations,
making their reactions
unnatural as well.

15. One more
thing…
5

16. …People adapt using
one of two patterns:

17. Reciprocation
(reflecting behavior
matching that of the
other person)

19. OR
Compensation
(countering the other
person’s behavior with
opposing attitudes;
offering a sort of
balance)