Lecture Outline for January 18, 2000
Introduction


I. The Centrality of Communication

II. The Importance of the First Exchange

III. Why Do People Meet and Talk?

• A. Proximity
  
• B. Appearance
  
• C. Utility
  
• D. Loneliness
  
  

IV. Why Do We Say What We Do?

• A. Manage an impression
  
• B. Reduce uncertainty
  We try to make predictions at:
  
  
  1. the cultural level
     
  2. the sociological level
     
  3. the interpersonal (psychological) level
  
  

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