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Instructor Resource
Guerrero, Close Encounters
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4: Making Sense of Our World
1. How does it feel when you are unable to predict or explain someone’s attitude or
behavior? How can this harm or benefit our self-uncertainty? Uncertainty in our partners
and possible relationships?
2. How can some uncertainty reduction strategies be harmful to our relationships? Do
you see manners in which the secret tests can positively reduce uncertainty or benefit
someone in a relationship? What might be some alternatives to the secret tests?
3. Reflect on a time someone’s behavior surprised you. How were your perceptions or
expectations positively or negatively affected? Does expectancy violations theory help
explain your reaction? Did that experience change how you react to similar moments?
How?
