What Is the Formation of Information Boundaries That Allows Individuals

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is the formation of information boundaries that allows individuals to monitor and control what they disclose and who they share it with called?

• A) intimacy
• B) social penetration theory
• C) communication privacy management theory
• D) relational dialectics
• E) openness versus protection

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Definitions:

Fundamental Attribution Error

The tendency to overestimate the impact of personal disposition and underestimate the role of situational factors in explaining other people's behavior.

Availability Heuristic

Estimating the frequency or likelihood of an event based on how easy it is to recall relevant information from memory or how easy it is for us to think of related examples.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

The tendency of one’s expectations to affect one’s behavior in such a way as to make the expectations more likely to occur.

In-Group

A social group to which an individual identifies as being a member, fostering a sense of belonging and identity among its members.