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Conversational Partners (conversational + partner)
Selected AbstractsSociopolitical Activist or Conversational Partner?FAMILY PROCESS, Issue 1 2003Collaborative Therapies, Distinguishing the Position of the Therapist in Narrative In this article, we explore the similarities and differences of two contemporary family therapy approaches: narrative and collaborative therapies. These therapies are contrasted by describing positioning of the narrative practitioner as sociopolitical activist and the collaborative practitioner as conversational partner. The article begins with a brief overview of the two therapies. Subsequently, we outline their epistemological genealogies and the practice similarities that arise from the theoretical assumptions underpinning these therapies. The remainder of the article addresses the theoretical and therapeutic differences in narrative and collaborative approaches reflected in the positioning of therapist as either sociopolitical activist or conversational partner. While narrative and collaborative approaches share more similarities than differences in relation to their emphasis on the constitutive characteristics of language, focus on socio,elational contexts, and critique of singular objective truths, prominence is given to the starker contrasts in narrative and collaborative understandings of politics, power, dialogue, and discourse. It is proposed that by outlining some provocative contrasts between narrative and collaborative approaches, new conversations and generative practices will emerge in the therapy room. [source] Lucidity in a woman with severe dementia related to conversation.JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 7 2005A case study Aims and objectives., The aim of this study was to explore the presence of lucidity in a woman with severe dementia during conversations and whether it occurred when conversational partners or the woman with severe dementia initiated the conversation topics about the present, past or future time and whether she was presented with support or demands during the conversation. Background., Communication problems as well as episodes of lucidity in people with dementia are reported in the literature. Design., A researcher held 20 hours of conversation with a woman with severe dementia. A daughter participated for about three and a half hours. The conversation was tape-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Methods., The text was divided into units of analysis. Each unit of analysis was then assessed separately and discussed among the authors. Chi-square tests and logistic regression analysis were performed. An ethics committee approved the study. Results., The woman as initiator of the conversation topic and support to the women during conversation from the conversation partner were found to be the most significant factors explaining lucidity, while conversation about the present or past time showed no connection with lucidity. Very few topics (n = 7) concerned future time and they were not used in the statistical analysis. The researcher initiated 41%, the woman 43% and the daughter 16% of the topics. Support was registered in 49%, demands in 15% and both support and demands in 16% of the units of analysis. There were 58% topics about present and 40% about the past time. Conclusions., The presented study is a case study and the results cannot be generalized. For the woman with severe dementia, lucidity was promoted by the conversational parties carefully focusing on conversation topics initiated by the woman while supporting her during conversation. Relevance to clinical practice., To share the same perception of reality, focusing on the topics initiated by the patient with severe dementia and a supporting attitude to what the patient tells, will hopefully give more episodes of lucidity in the patient. This approach in caring for patients with severe dementia might give more meaning and well-being to the conversational partners in daily care. [source] Embodied conversational agents as conversational partnersAPPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, Issue 9 2009Max M. Louwerse Conversational agents are becoming more widespread in computer technologies but there has been little research in how humans interact with them. Two eye tracking studies investigated how humans distribute eye gaze towards conversational agents in complex tutoring systems. In Study 1, participants interacted with the single-agent tutoring system AutoTutor. Fixation times showed that the agent received most attention throughout the interaction, even when display size was statistically controlled. In Study 2, participants interacted with iSTART. Fixations were on the relevant agents when these agents spoke. Both studies provided evidence that humans regard animated conversational agents as conversational partners in the communication process. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Hypertext in the Key of G: Three Types of "History" as Influences on Conversational Structure and FlowCOMMUNICATION THEORY, Issue 1 2002Steve Duck This article argues that an essential piece in the puzzle of everyday communication is the history that exists among conversational partners. Three types of history are examined as creators of "hypertextual links" among ideas in conversation in a way that allows the flow of conversation to continue. The importance of the relational history among participants in any conversation is stressed as a major influence on the understanding necessary for conversation to be coherent. Theorists of communication are urged to attend to the history existing among participants in interpersonal communication. A method for incorporating history into studies of interpersonal communication is suggested. [source] | ||||||||||