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DR. JAMES "Jim" HONEYCUTT

			Dr. Jim received his bachelor of science degree from the University of Texas Austin in interpersonal communication and social psychology. He received his master of science degree in interpersonal communication from Purdue University and his doctorate in family and relational communication from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was a visiting professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1998. He has guest lectured at numerous universities and won research awards.
			Awards for Research in Communication and Personal Relationships Referred Publications (Chronological order) Publications in Press Cognition, Communication, and Romantic Relationships

Awards for research in communication and personal relationships:
Recipient of the 1989 Louisiana State University Phi Kappa Phi Non-tenured Faculty Reward in the Humanities and social sciences for scholarly research contributions, teaching, & service to the university.
Recognition for a top-three paper in the Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Division of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, November 1995
Recognition for a top-three paper in the Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1997
Recognition for scholarship by the National Communication Association for developing the imagined interaction research program in Intra personal communication and social cognition, Gave a "Sharing the Wealth" Presentation at NCA, Chicago, November 1997
Recognition by the University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Communication for valued contribution to undergraduate and graduate teaching, May 1998.

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Referred Publications (Chronological order)

Honeycutt, J. M., Wilson, C., & Parker C. (1982). Effects of sex and degrees of happiness on perceived styles of communicating in and out of the marital relationship. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 44, 395-406.

Planalp, S., & Honeycutt, J. M. (1985). Events that increase uncertainty in personal relationships. Human Communication Research, 11, 593-604.

Honeycutt, J. M. (1986). A model of marital functioning using attraction paradigm and social penetration dimensions. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48, 651-659.

Honeycutt, J. M. & Worobey, J. L. (1987). Impressions about communication styles and competence in nursing relationships. Communication Education, 36, 217-227.

Honeycutt, J. M. (1989). Satisfaction with marital issues and topics scale. In John Touliatos, Barry F. Perlmutter, & Murray A. Straus (Eds.) Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Honeycutt, J. M., Zagacki, K. S., & Edwards, R. (1990). Imagined interactions and interpersonal communication. Communication Reports, 3, 1-8.

Honeycutt, J. M., & Cantrill, J. G. (1991). Using expectations of relational actions to predict number of intimate relationships: Don Juan Unmasked. Communication Reports, 4, 14-21.

Honeycutt, J. M., Cantrill, J. G., & Allen, T. (1992). Memory structures for relational decay: A Cognitive test of sequencing of deescalating actions and stages. Human Communication Research, 18, 528-562.

Honeycutt, J. M., Woods, B. L., & Fontenot, K. (1993). The endorsement of communication conflict rules as a function of engagement, marriage, and marital ideology. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 10, 285-304.

Honeycutt, J. M. (1993). Marital happiness, divorce status and partner differences in attributions about communication behaviors. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 21, 177-205.

Honeycutt, J. M. (1995). The oral history interview and reports of imagined interactions as marital therapy. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 6, 63-69.

Honeycutt, J. M., & Patterson, J. (1997). Affinity strategies in relationships: The role of gender and imagined interactions in maintaining liking among college roommates. Personal Relationships, 4, 35-46.

Honeycutt, J. M., & Brown, R. (1998). Did you hear the one about?: Typological and spousal differences in the planning of jokes and sense of humor in marriage. Communication Quarterly, 46, 1-11.

Honeycutt, J. M., & Wiemann, J. M. (1999). Analysis of functions of talk and reports of imagined interactions (IIs) during engagement and marriage. Human Communication Research, 25, 399-419.Honeycutt, J. M. (1996). How "helpful" are self-help relational books? Common sense of counterintuitive information. Personal Relationship Issues, 3, 1-3.

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Publications in Press

Honeycutt, J. M. (1999). Typological differences in predicting marital happiness from oral history behaviors and imagined interactions (IIs). Communication Monographs.

Honeycutt, J. M., & Eidenmuller, M. E. (2000). Communication and Attribution: An Exploration of the Use of Music on Intimate Couples' Verbal and Nonverbal Conflict-Resolution Behaviors To appear in Attribution, Communication Behavior, and Close Relationships, Valerie Manusov and John H. Harvey (Eds.), London: Cambridge University Press.

Honeycutt, J. M. (2000). Differences in imagined interactions as a consequence of marital ideology and attachment. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality.

Honeycutt, J. M., & Cantrill, J. G. (2000). COGNITION, COMMUNICATION, AND ROMANTIC RELATIOSHIPS. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers.

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Chapter by Chapter Description of:

COGNITION, COMMUNICATION, AND ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS

By James M. Honeycutt and James G. Cantrill

Chapter 1	*The Modern-Day Pursuit of Intimacy and Expertise at "Failed Relationship"*
	This previews the book. The role of cognitive expectancies for appropriate behavior in different types of relationships is discussed. The thesis of this book is that a cognitive approach to the development of romance addresses many of these criticisms by emphasizing the role of cognitive expectancies about how relationships develop. Expectancies are derived from memory about prior relationships through direct experience and indirect experience such as reading romance novels, watching movies, soap operas, or hearing about other's experiences.
Chapter 2	*Schemata, Scenes and Scripts for Interpersonal Relationship*
	This chapter introduces the reader to different types of knowledge structures including relational schemata and scripts for initial encounters, dating, and sexual encounters. In addition, date rape is seriously discussed along with his and her versions of problematic encounters.
Chapter 3	*Memorable Messages, Rules, Prototypes and Relational Memory*
	This chapter discusses memorables messages about dating and relationships that individuals recall being told from parents and friends. Prototypes of relationships and love are discussed. Similarities are noted between companionate and romantic love. Memory structure theory is further discussed in terms of cognitive expectations for the rise and demise of romance.
Chapter 4	*Emotion and Cognition About Relationships*	Buy It Today! Buy It Today!
	This chapter highlights the correspondence between emotion and information processing. The way we currently feel affects the stimuli that we attend to in forming impressions of how others feel.
Chapter 5	*Generating and Maintaining Relationships Through Imagined Interactions*
	This chapter will discuss exciting research in intrapersonal communication in which expectancies for relationships may be generated through internal, self-talk with significant others. For example, a male may imagine arguing about the use of time with his girlfriend. Conflict is imagined and kept alive in the mind of an individual. Relationships are kept alive in our minds as we think about our relational partners.
Chapter 6	*Development of Relationships: Stage Theories vs. Relational Memory Theory*
	This chapter introduces the reader to the assumptions of stage models and reviews a number of popular models. The strengths and weaknesses of these models will be noted. Relational memory structure theory addresses these criticisms and represents an improvement over existing stage models because relationship expectancies and social cognition are key components of the stage concept rather than observable behavior.
Chapter 7	*Memory Structures for Developing Relationships*
	This chapter will review expectancies for the development of intimate relationships. This chapter will also link expectancies with the number of relationships a person reports having been in as well as gender differences in expectancies for the rise of romance.
Chapter 8	*Memory for Decaying Relationships*
	This chapter will discuss the research on expectancies for the deterioration of intimate relationships. A number of critical issues are discussed in terms of human biases in articulating the breakdown of a relationship including the mixing of emotions and behaviors. Gender differences in terms of relational dissolution will be discussed.
Chapter 9	*Semantics of Breakups: Claims of Omission and Commission.*
	This chapter discusses a phenomenon in articulating the demise of romance. When asked to generate the typical behaviors of a souring romance, individuals subconsciously mention behaviors such as the partner spending time with someone else as well as null behaviors or what the partner is not doing such as not spending time with the self. Three theories to explain why this linguistic phenomenon occurs are reviewed.
Chapter 10	*Future Considerations In Relational Memory Structure Research*
	This chapter will discuss future research using a memory structure approach and what questions face us in the millenium.

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