Further research into Deborah Tannen's Difference Theory

Further research into Deborah Tannen's Difference Theory:

• Explored and discussed her theory in her 1990 book 'You Just Don't Understand' and the theory became popular and recognised as a result of this
• Females engage in rapport-talk - a communication style meant to promote social affiliation and emotional connection, while men engage in report-talk - a style focused on exchanging information with little emotional input
• Her evidence is based on literature, and Tannen's friends, family and students 
• Brief recap of her discovery of the different male and female conversational styles

1. Status v. Support
2. Advice v. Understanding
3. Information v. Feelings
4. Orders v. Proposals
5. Conflict v. Compromise
6. Independence v. Intimacy