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Lesson 1: Advice Response Theory Advice Response Theory  Developed in 2010 by Dr. Erina MacGeorge of Penn State University, Dr. Bo Feng from the University of California Davis and Dr. Lisa Guntzviller of University of Illinois  Focuses on how people evaluate advice o Advice Definition: recommendations about what to do, say, or think about a problem Fundamental Assumptions  Advice functions as both social support and social influence o Affiliative o Power dynamic between support and persuasion  Advice can reduce distress or increase distress  Understanding advice requires considering both messages and features of the situation

Predicting Outcomes of Advice  Relationship Qualities: aspects of the relational history and the social context that come into the advice situation o Features of individuals and the nature of the relationship 

Message features: the verbal and nonverbal characteristics encapsulated in the messages o The statements themselves

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Outcomes: quality of advice o How helpful advice is for coping o Do people have intentions to implement the advice as recommended

Key Relationship Qualities  Relationship Characteristics o Satisfaction o Closeness  Advisor attributes o Expertise o Trustworthiness o Similarity o Liking

Key Features of Advice Messages  Positive Facework o Displays of liking o Advice messages are stronger when they protect a person’s desire to be liked  Affirm that the distressed person is still a good person despite experiencing a problem  Negative Facework o Honors independence o Advice situations are threatening because they assume that the stressed person doesn’t know how to run their own life  Content of Advice o Effective o Feasible o Lacks drawbacks Research Applications  Across cultures o American o Chinese  Across relationships o Parents o Friends  Across topics o Breakups o Health treatments Evaluation  Strengths: o Validity o Integration of relationships and messages  Weaknesses: o New theory o Scope limited to situations of advice

o Doctors o Romantic partners o Exercise o Self-identified current problems...