Question

Below are two of the seven original Axioms of URT.

a.Axiom 1: There is a negative relationship between Uncertainty and Verbal Communication
b.Axiom 5: There is a positive relationship between Uncertainty and Reciprocity

What is the resulting Theorem by combining these two Axioms?

Answer 1

Answer: there is a negative relationship between the reciprocity and the verbal comunication.

Step-by-step explanation:

The axioms are:

Axiom 1: There is a negative relationship between Uncertainty and Verbal Communication

This means that if we increase the verbal communication, we reduce uncertainty.

We could express this relation as U = -k*Vc

where k is a constant that says for a given change in verbal communication, how big is the change in the uncertainty.

Axiom 5: There is a positive relationship between Uncertainty and Reciprocity

This means that if we increase the reciprocity, we also increase the uncertainty.

We can write this as U = c*R

c is similar to k for the previous axiom.

We can say that U = c*R = -k*Vc

R = -(k/c)*Vc

This means that there is a negative relationship between reciprocity and the verbal communication.