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Unit–14: Reciprocal Category System = RCS

towards this. Ober (1968) modified Flander’s Ten Category System and introduced Reciprocal Notes

Category System.
• Interaction is done through face to face communication in class teaching. Self-initiation and responses
takes place simultaneously, but there is one sided drafting in the Flander’s Analysis System.
• Ober’s category system is an extended form of Flander’s system. Also in this process, analysis is
done through two processes—encoding and decoding, the encoding process is included in a similar
manner to that of Flander.
• Similar to the Flander’s, a 20 × 20 Analysis table is created in order to analyze the communication

flow to class teaching. In the analysis table, 10 categories are combined from top to bottom.

14.5 Keywords

• Reciprocal—Inter-related
• Process—Method

14.6 Review Questions

1. Who introduced Reciprocal Category System?
2. Write the verbal behavior of Reciprocal Category System.
3. Explain Ober’s Encoding Procedure.
4. Explain the process of analysis and decoding.
5. What is difference between R.C. Ober’s Reciprocal Category System and Flander’s Analysis System?

Answers: Self-Assessment

1. (i) Ober (ii) Two-sided (iii) Communication (iv) Simultaneously (v) transitional

14.7 Further Readings

1. Education Technology—S.K. Mangal, P.H.I Learning.
2. The Basic Premise of Educational Technology—Yogesh Kumar Singh.

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