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  2. Script theory - Wikipedia

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    Scripts are used in natural-language understanding systems to organize a knowledge base in terms of the situations that the system should understand. The classic example of a script involves the typical sequence of events that occur when a person drinks in a restaurant: finding a seat, reading the menu, ordering drinks from the waitstaff...

  3. Coordinated management of meaning - Wikipedia

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    Taking the communication perspective confers something like "communication literacy"—the ability to inscribe and read the complex process of communication in real-time. Among other things, CMM's concepts and models guide practitioners in helping clients become aware of the patterns of communication which make up aspects of the social world.

  4. Behavioral script - Wikipedia

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    In the behaviorism approach to psychology, behavioral scripts are a sequence of expected behaviors for a given situation. [1] Scripts include default standards for the actors, props, setting, and sequence of events that are expected to occur in a particular situation. The classic script example involves an individual dining at a restaurant.

  5. Script analysis - Wikipedia

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    Script analysis at the individual level considers that "from the early transactions between mother, father and child, a life plan evolves. This is called the script...or unconscious life plan". [6] Script analysts work on the assumption that a person's behavior is partly programmed by the script, "the life plan set down in early life.

  6. Affect theory - Wikipedia

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    Affective resonance is considered to be the original basis for all human communication (before there were words, there was a smile and a nod). Also according to Tomkins, affects provide a sense of urgency to the less powerful drives. Thus, affects are powerful sources of motivation. In Tomkins' words, affects make good things better and bad ...

  7. Varieties of criticism - Wikipedia

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    People may be able to see only the negative side of something, so that it becomes necessary to highlight the positive side. A positive criticism may also be a type of self-justification or self-defense. The term "positive criticism" is also used in the sense that the criticism is "well-meant" or "well-intentioned" ("I mean it in a positive way").

  8. Loaded language - Wikipedia

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    An emotion, elicited via emotive language, may form a prima facie reason for action, but further work is required before one can obtain a considered reason. [ 2 ] Emotive arguments and loaded language are particularly persuasive because they exploit the human weakness for acting immediately based upon an emotional response, without such further ...

  9. Communications management - Wikipedia

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    When communication is thorough, accurate, and timely, the organization tends to be vibrant and effective. [3] Communication is central to the entire management process for four primary reasons: Communication is a linking process of management. Communication is the primary means by which people obtain and exchange information.