Examples Of Expectancy Violations Theory
Expectancy Violations Theory: Applying the Theory to Real-World Examples
Edward Ochoa
Arizona State University
Expectancy Violations Theory: Applying the Theory to Real-World Examples
Expectancy violations theory focuses on expectations and communication. Many studies have been performed on this theory through personal relationships, the public’s perception as well as friendships (Chiles & Roloff, 2014, p.66). Within these different types of relationships, many positive and negative occurrences happen, which can be violations of expected situations (Chiles & Roloff, 2014, p.66). For example, in dating relationships, there are times of happiness, which are often associated with positive expectancy violations, but also hurt, which can be negative expectancy violations (Bachman & Guerrero, 2006, p.944). These types of feeling usually occur in close relationships between romantic lovers, friend, or family members (Bachman & Guerrero, 2006, p.944). Originally, Expectancy violations theory was used to predict behavior, but research has evolved into being able to understand wrongdoings or negative occurrences in situations. People have expectancies of their behavior as well as others around them. When the behavior …show more content…
This particular theory was based off the study of proxemics, which is the study of space and expectancy violations when individuals interact (Griffin, 2012, p.85). Burgoon’s theory has updated the thoughts on this theory since its initial conception. She found that proxemics was part of a larger group of nonverbal actions, such as body lean, eye contact, and many others (Griffin, 2012, p.88). Burgoon began to apply the nonverbal linguistics to other sources of communication and eventually dropped the nonverbal aspect in the theory name, resulting in the expectancy violations theory (Griffin, 2012,
Edward Ochoa
Arizona State University
Expectancy Violations Theory: Applying the Theory to Real-World Examples
Expectancy violations theory focuses on expectations and communication. Many studies have been performed on this theory through personal relationships, the public’s perception as well as friendships (Chiles & Roloff, 2014, p.66). Within these different types of relationships, many positive and negative occurrences happen, which can be violations of expected situations (Chiles & Roloff, 2014, p.66). For example, in dating relationships, there are times of happiness, which are often associated with positive expectancy violations, but also hurt, which can be negative expectancy violations (Bachman & Guerrero, 2006, p.944). These types of feeling usually occur in close relationships between romantic lovers, friend, or family members (Bachman & Guerrero, 2006, p.944). Originally, Expectancy violations theory was used to predict behavior, but research has evolved into being able to understand wrongdoings or negative occurrences in situations. People have expectancies of their behavior as well as others around them. When the behavior …show more content…
This particular theory was based off the study of proxemics, which is the study of space and expectancy violations when individuals interact (Griffin, 2012, p.85). Burgoon’s theory has updated the thoughts on this theory since its initial conception. She found that proxemics was part of a larger group of nonverbal actions, such as body lean, eye contact, and many others (Griffin, 2012, p.88). Burgoon began to apply the nonverbal linguistics to other sources of communication and eventually dropped the nonverbal aspect in the theory name, resulting in the expectancy violations theory (Griffin, 2012,