Topic/theory: This article is about the relationship between self-construal and verbal promotion. Although not specifically defined in the paper, self-construal is the intrapersonal communication in which individuals, in this case American college students, relate themselves to being connected to or separate from others. One theory suggests that an individual who has a strong interdependent self-construal will verbally promote others when attempting to appear competent. On the other hand, the second theory suggests that an …showed first 75 words of 821 total…

…showed last 75 words of 821 total…background information regarding past experiments, and stayed with the task at hand throughout the entire paper. I’m not sure if this is the article that I will use for my theory paper, but I see how this study doesn’t have much utility. I would like to write about something that has more scope, and is less open ended. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Ellis, Jennifer & Wittenbaum, Gwen. (2000). Relationship between self-construal and verbal promotion. Communication Research 27(6), 704-717.