15 Questions
What is the focus of Relational Dialectics Theory?
The meaning-making between relationship parties
Which type of discourse involves talk where unity and difference play with and against each other?
Dialogue
What is the central building block of meaning-making according to Relational Dialectics Theory?
Utterance chain
Which of the following is one of the four links in the chain of utterances?
Nearby-not yet spoken disclosures
What is the future audience whose moral authority is beyond question called in Relational Dialectics Theory?
Supper addressee
According to Relational Dialectics Theory, what does dialogue involve?
Talk where unity and difference play with and against each other
According to the constitutive approach, communication creates, sustains, and alters __________.
Relationships and the social world
Which principle asserts that truthful statements are preferable to lies in the absence of special considerations?
Principle of Veracity
What does the Autonomy-Connection Dialectic refer to in a relationship?
The balance between independence and connection
What represents the ongoing tensions and contradictions within relationships?
Certainty - Uncertainty dialectic
According to ethical reflection, what has an 'initial negative weight'?
Lying
'The unpredictable, unfinalizable, indeterminate nature of communication' is referred to as __________.
Dialectical flux
What does the Openness-Closedness Dialectic involve in a relationship?
The balance between expression and nonexpression
What does Critical Sensibility entail?
A responsibility to advocate for those who are muted
Which ethical framework judges actions solely based on their beneficial or harmful outcomes?
Consequentialist Ethics
Test your knowledge of Relational Dialectics Theory (RDT) by Leslie Baxter & Mikhail Bakhtin, a theory of meaning-making in relationships arising from the interplay of competing discourses. Explore the types of discourse such as monologue and dialogue that create meaning in relationships.
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