Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Communication Theories and Application Worksheet. Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines. Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab. Hi All -- Sometimes, if a student presents the wrong theory in response to the initial clue, it throws off all the rest of the boxes. The theory name will earn zero; the other boxes may earn partial credit, depending on how accurately they portray the actual theory that was named. Examples should be brief, concrete and specific, and -- of course -- accurate and clear. Please do not write an essay for each. STUDENT NAME Comment Theory Identification 2 Theorists 2 Context 2 Application 3.4 Credit 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 2 2 2 3.4 9.40 Matching (1 ea) 6.00 TOTAL 100.00 Example: You earned 97.75% = 9.78 points This mini spreadsheet shows how I evaluate the boxes. Title ABC/123 Version X 1 Communication Theories and Application Worksheet BSCOM/336 Version 5 1 University of Phoenix MaterialCommunication Theories and Application Worksheet Fill out the different cells with regard to each theory definition. You are to identify the name of the theory the example represents, who developed the theory (theorist), note the context of the theory (interpersonal, intrapersonal, group, etc.), and then provide your own brief personal or professional application example of the theory. Remember to use APA citation rules if you integrate information from your text or other sources. Theory Definition Identify the Theory Theorist(s) Context of Theory (Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Organizational, Public, Mass) Application Example from your Personal or Professional Life Theory explains why as relationships develop, communication moves from less intimate levels to more intimate, more personal levels. Theory explains how people hold expectations about the nonverbal behaviors of others. Violations of these expectations may trigger a change in the perception of exchange either positively or negatively, depending on the relationship. Theory explains the process that people use to manage the relationship between concealing and revealing private information. Theory explains how people experience a limited effect from media. Individuals are thought to be actively seeking specific types of media to generate specific needs. However, some theorists working within this model study how effects, such as attitudes and perceptions of social reality, can and do happen. Theory explains why parties to communication experience conflicting pulls causing relationships to be in a constant state of flux. The closer individuals become to one another, the more conflict will arise to pull them apart.   Theory explains meanings for routine organizational events, thereby reducing the amount of cognitive.

1. Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Communication
Theories and Application Worksheet.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level
APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
Hi All --
Sometimes, if a student presents the wrong theory in response to
the initial clue, it throws off all the rest of the boxes. The
theory name will earn zero; the other boxes may earn partial
credit, depending on how accurately they portray the actual
theory that was named.
Examples should be brief, concrete and specific, and -- of
course -- accurate and clear. Please do not write an essay for
each.
STUDENT NAME
Comment
Theory
Identification 2
Theorists 2
Context 2
Application 3.4
Credit
2
2
2
3.4

2. 9.40
2
2
2
3.4
9.40
2
2
2
3.4
9.40
2
2
2
3.4
9.40
2
2
2
3.4
9.40
2
2
2
3.4
9.40
2
2
2
3.4

3. 9.40
2
2
2
3.4
9.40
2
2
2
3.4
9.40
2
2
2
3.4
9.40
Matching (1 ea)
6.00
TOTAL
100.00
Example: You earned 97.75% = 9.78 points

4. This mini spreadsheet shows how I evaluate the boxes.
Title
ABC/123 Version X
1
Communication Theories and Application Worksheet
BSCOM/336 Version 5
1
University of Phoenix MaterialCommunication Theories and
Application Worksheet
Fill out the different cells with regard to each theory definition.
You are to identify the name of the theory the example
represents, who developed the theory (theorist), note the context
of the theory (interpersonal, intrapersonal, group, etc.), and
then provide your own brief personal or professional application
example of the theory. Remember to use APA citation rules if
you integrate information from your text or other sources.
Theory Definition
Identify the Theory
Theorist(s)
Context of Theory
(Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Organizational, Public, Mass)
Application Example from your Personal or Professional Life
Theory explains why as relationships develop, communication
moves from less intimate levels to more intimate, more personal
levels.

5. Theory explains how people hold expectations about the
nonverbal behaviors of others. Violations of these expectations
may trigger a change in the perception of exchange either
positively or negatively, depending on the relationship.
Theory explains the process that people use to manage the
relationship between concealing and revealing private
information.
Theory explains how people experience a limited effect from
media. Individuals are thought to be actively seeking specific
types of media to generate specific needs. However, some
theorists working within this model study how effects, such as
attitudes and perceptions of social reality, can and do happen.
Theory explains why parties to communication experience
conflicting pulls causing relationships to be in a constant state
of flux. The closer individuals become to one another, the more
conflict will arise to pull them apart.
Theory explains meanings for routine organizational events,
thereby reducing the amount of cognitive processing and energy

6. members need to expend throughout the day.
Theory explains how different cultures manage conflict and
communication. The theory explains that the root of conflict is
based on identity management on an individual and cultural
level.
Theory explains how individuals act toward things on the basis
of the meanings they ascribe to those things. The meaning
comes from the social interaction that one has with others and
society.
Theory explains why people tend to remain silent when they
feel that their views are in the minority.
Theory explains why certain groups in society are muted, which
means they are either silent or not heard.
Matching

7. Match the six communication theories with the appropriate
definition by placing the letter of the definition in the blank.
Communication Theory
Definition
1. ____ Cultivation Theory
(a) Theory that explores the relationship between technology
and social structures
2. ____ Coordinated Management of Meaning
(b) Theory is an audience-centered approach that states when an
audience actively seeks out media, they are typically seeking it
in order to gratify a need.
3. ____ Adaptive Structuration Theory
(c) Theory suggests that exposure to television, over time,
subtly "cultivates" viewers' perceptions of reality.
4. ____ Uses and Gratifications Theory
(d) Theory explains relational development (or lack thereof)
between strangers.
5. ____ Uncertainty Theory
(e) Theory that sees communication as doing things fully as
much as talking about them.
6. ____ Standpoint Theory
(f) Theory suggests standpoints influence how the people
adopting it socially construct the world.
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