The second component involves deriving meaning and understanding from one
interactant's communication act retroactively, to form reasonable explanations of behavior (Berger & Calabrese, 1975).
For Wiemann, an
interactant must first meet the verbal context requirement by "making sense in terms of wording, of statements, and of topic" (p.
Dominance: One
interactant is displaying overt dominance and pressuring the partner into agreement.
While African Americans emphasized strategies that required both
interactants (Black and White) to be responsible for improvement, European Americans reported a focus on strategies requiring the other
interactant to be more responsible.
New understandings of space,
interactant roles, and identities are evidenced in close analysis of native-speaker conversations.
According to Miller and Steinberg (1975), interpersonal communication is characterized by communication strategies that are adapted to the individual's psychological make-up, rather than the sociological or cultural assumptions of the other
interactant. In addition, in order for interpersonal communication to lead to increased intimacy/relational development, the participants must engage in mutual self-disclosure.
For its clinical and accounts receivable software, GSS has selected the Health Care Software (HCS)
INTERACTANT programs, which have been designed for use on a high-speed server from IBM (the eServer iSeries, for the technologically literate, which has a reputation for being virtually virus-proof).
To be angry at someone is to act toward that person in an assertive manner markedly devoid of recognition of the person as commanding deference as an equal or mutual
interactant, in direct violation of a sense of social community.
Rather, they signal that the technology is a competent and cooperative
interactant with respect to the user's sociolinguistic background.
Here is the hallmark of his socialization as an
interactant. If he and others were not socialized in this way, interaction in most societies and most situations would be a much more hazardous thing for feelings and faces.
First they indicated their agreement with three broad categories of interventions (i.e., individual, contextual, and
interactant) and then indicated if a particular item reflected the intervention described.
Adaptation is typically defined as behavior that helps an
interactant survive and function better in his or her environment.
Strangers use initial interactions to form impressions about an
interactant, and they form forecasts regarding the utility of developing a relationship with that person based on those exchanges.
In use at over 5,000 LTACH, behavioral health, and senior living facilities, the
Interactant' platform helps multi-site providers deliver better quality and safety in care while increasing efficiencies and financial performance.
