Interactional View Theory is based on systems theory and was developed by Paul Waltzawick. Waltzawick was part of the Palo Alto group because he was one of twenty scholars and therapists who were inspired by and worked with anthropologist Gregory Bateson. The Palo Alto group does not focus on why a person acts a certain way, but rather on how that behavior affects everyone in the group (Griffin, 2012, p.182). “The family system is an autonomous and mutually dependent network of feedback loops guided by members' rules; the behavior of each person affects and is affected by the behavior of another” (Griffin, 2012, p.182). Interactional view theory posits that relationships within a family system are interdependent. The theory infers that relationships neither arise nor collapse because of a single individual. A popular song, "Stick to the Status Quo", reflects the theme of the theory. Essentially, everyone must continue to play the role they are accustomed to; if they do, things won't change and everything will continue like this. Sticking to the status quo can also be called homeostasis. A thorough analysis of interactional theory places my mother and me at the heart of the theory. As I examined this theory, I realized that my mother and I have had a “status quo” for as long as I can remember. She was a strict mother, very dictatorial in many ways, and as long as I did what I was told, everything was fine. Over the years, I realized that a miscommunication was inevitable. “A communication problem occurs because people do not “speak the same language” (Communication Pragmatics). This often becomes evident in my family when my mother tells me to clean my room. In my mind she means that I should.... .middle of paper......govern and create its own reality" (Axioms of Communication). The four axioms that Watzlawick focuses on are as follows : we cannot communicate, content plus relationship equals communication, the nature of a relationship depends on how the two parties punctuate the communication sequence and all communication is either symmetrical or complementary (n.d.). Accessed April 22, 2014 at http://cailinburke.blogspot.comCommunication Pragmatics/Interactional View - Interpersonal Communication Context (nd). at http://www.uky.edu/~drlane/capstone/interpeGriffin, E. (2012) Paul Watzlawick's interactional view A first look at communication theory (Eighth ed., pp. 181-190). ).New York: McGraw-Hill.