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| the inability to predict or explain someones attitudes or behaviors |
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| feelings unsure or insecure about the ability to predict or explain someone's attitudes and behaviors |
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| felt when people feel confident in their ability to predict and explain someones behavior, often because they believe they know someone well |
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| peoples own feelings about how involved they want to be in the relationship |
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| feel uncertain about their partners feelings and intentions, including whether their partner reciprocates their feelings |
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| involves having questions about the state of a relationship |
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| Uncertainty Reduction Theory |
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| the first communication theory to focus on uncertainty and the one that has been commonly applied to understand uncertainty within relational context |
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| Predicted outcome value theory |
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| people are not driven by a need to reduce uncertainty in all cases |
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| peoples predictions about how rewarding or unrewarding future interactions with a particular person would be |
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| uncertainty management theory |
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| uncertainty is not inherently good or inherently bad, but something that is managed |
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| people have opposing interpersonal needs |
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| Theory of Motivated information Management |
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| the idea that people prefer uncertainty in some situations and certainty in others |
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| expectancy violations theory |
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| theory focused on how people react to violations of personal space |
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| Model of Relational Turbulence |
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| resolves around the idea that the transition from casual dating to commitment is a turbulent period in relationship development |
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| aspects that influence relational uncertainty |
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| consequences that relational uncertainty has for the individuals within the relationship and the relationship itself |
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