Expectancy violations are always evaluated negatively.

The communication process through which the reasons that inform our statements are examined is called ______.

a. the burden of proof b. argument c. assertion d. intentional competition

Mark and Andrea are getting married, and they decided to elope in Las Vegas instead of having the big wedding their devout Catholic parents expected. Their plan is to go to a courthouse and then jump out of an airplane after the modest ceremony. Their parents are furious, and insist this is not the way Catholics do things and God will disapprove. According to their parents, Mark and Andrea are

violating a __________________social practice. a. relational b. formal c. peripheral d. collateral