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Research indicates that most American households are headed by a married couple.
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Mother, son, grandfather, and aunt are all examples of family roles.
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Siblings usually comprise a child's first peer group.
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An impervious response is one that ignores the person to whom you are responding.
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This strategy for giving non-evaluative feedback involves asking questions that will give you more information about what the person is expecting:
A. paraphrasing
B. probing
C. priming
D. offering support
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Most relationships have some measure of interdependence; what differentiates them is their degree of interdependence.
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Dialectical tensions are rare in most intimate relationships.
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During which of Knapp's stages of relationship termination do couples decrease both the quality and frequency of their interactions?
A. differentiation
B. termination
C. circumscribing
D. stagnating
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From a legal perspective, this is the most heavily regulated relationship in the United States:
A. parent-child relationships
B. parent-adoptive child relationships
C. sibling relationships
D. marital relationships
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Your _____________ is the family that includes your parents and your siblings.
A. family of procreation
B. family of origin
C. extended family
D. nuclear family
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People use many strategies for dealing with dialectical tensions. Going back and forth between the two sides of a tension is a characteristic of which strategy?
A. segmentation
B. integration
C. balance
D. alternation
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During conflict episodes, someone playing this family role tends to agree with whatever is said in order to keep others from getting angry:
A. computer
B. distracter
C. placater
D. blamer
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You send this type of confirming message when you signal that you agree with what another person is saying:
A. endorsement
B. recognition
C. confirmation
D. acknowledgement
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When Kim described how her weekend plans fell apart, Dean said, "Not everything goes the way you want; that's life." Bret said, "I'm sorry your plans fell through; you must be disappointed." The difference between Dean and Bret's messages is reflected in which of Gibb's message types?
A. control vs. problem orientation
B. neutrality vs. empathy
C. superiority vs. equality
D. strategy vs. spontaneity
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________________ are behaviors that indicate to other people how much we value them.
A. affectionate interactions
B. supportive messages
C. compassionate interactions
D. confirming messages
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Which of the following statements about same-sex partners is true?
A. Some of them enter into formal relationships known as domestic partnerships.
B. Communication in sex-same partnerships resembles that in opposite-sex partnerships.
C. Satisfaction levels in same-sex partnerships are equal to those in opposite-sex partnerships.
D. All of these are true.
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Most new relationships end at which stage of Knapp's stage model?
A. initiating
B. experimenting
C. intensifying
D. integrating
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At this stage of relationship formation, a deep commitment has formed and there is a strong sense that the relationship has its own identity:
A. bonding
B. integrating
C. intensifying
D. initiating
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In this marriage type, spouses adopt conventional gender roles and tend to avoid conflict:
A. traditional
B. separate
C. independent
D. mixed
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According to Gottman's couple typology, this type of couple handles disagreements in a way that is open, but discussions tend to be competitive rather than cooperative.
A. validating
B. volatile
C. conflict-avoidant
D. hostile
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Preliminary research has shown that, compared to heterosexual couples, homosexual couples tend to:
A. display more overt hostility during conflict
B. terminate their relationships at the first sign of conflict
C. take conflict less personally
D. avoid conflict as much as possible
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Gottman has discovered that satisfied couples maintain this ratio of positive to negative communication:
A. 5:1
B. 8:1
C. 14:1
D. 1:1
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Why is the discussion of routine, mundane tasks important to consider in long-term romantic relationships?
A. Most of the communication that takes place in these relationships falls in this category.
B. How to handle these issues can become a major issue of contention.
C. The way couples handle these tasks reflects the balance of power in their relationship.
D. All of these.
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The practice of polygamy is, by definition, an exception to which social expectation about marriage?
A. It is voluntary.
B. It is based on love.
C. It is permanent.
D. It is exclusive.
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When considering a potential spouse, someone from an individualistic culture such as the United States would likely ask:
A. "What's in it for my family?"
B. "How does my heart feel?"
C. "What will others think?"
D. "Will this marriage last?
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Pick a friend of yours with whom you've had a relationship for at least three months. Identify this friend and provide a brief description of your relationship. Next, evaluate your relationship in terms of social exchange theory. Make sure to include as many parts of the theory as you can.
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Much gets made of the benefits of friendship, but suppose you were asked to argue against having friends. Using what you've learned in this chapter, make a reasoned argument against friendship. Why should people avoid making friends? Your argument should be sound and should make explicit reference to concepts covered in this chapter.
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All of the following are characteristics of an intimate relationship except:
A. need for deep commitment
B. minimization of interdependence
C. dialectical tensions
D. continuous investment
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___________ is the desire to stay in a relationship no matter what happens.
A. investment
B. passion
C. commitment
D. intimacy
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This occurs when one partner expresses a substantially higher level of interest in the relationship than the other:
A. obsessive relational intrusion
B. stalking
C. codependency
D. inequitable relationship exchange
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This reflects the resources we put into a relationship:
A. interdependence
B. investment
C. commitment
D. independence
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Elizabeth and Aaron had been married for six months when Elizabeth started to feel dissatisfied in their relationship. Although Aaron was a nice person and fun to be around, he didn't do any of the cooking or cleaning despite the fact that both of them worked full time. Elizabeth's dissatisfaction was likely due to the fact that:
A. Aaron exhibited a lack of commitment in his behavior.
B. Elizabeth expected an equitable investment in household chores from Aaron.
C. Aaron was enjoying too much interdependence in their relationship.
D. Elizabeth was conflicted by her own dialectical tensions between work and home.
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Jordan wants to feel emotionally close to his girlfriend but he also wants to make his own decisions. Which dialectical tension is he experiencing?
A. openness-closedness
B. revelation-concealment
C. novelty-predictability
D. autonomy-connectedness
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Which of the following is not one of the health benefits of marriage identified in your textbook?
A. Married people live longer.
B. Married people tend to be healthier.
C. Married people have better sexual health.
D. Married people are less likely to abuse alcohol and drugs.
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Smoking cigarettes is worse for your health than not having close friendships.
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A good relationship does not involve any sort of cost to you.
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Other things being equal, we are more likely to form social relationships with people we see often than with people we don't.
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When it comes to forming friendships, similarity is good and complementarity is bad.
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41. Explain what it means that friendships are typically between peers, and give examples of friendships in which this is not true.
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Let's say you're friends with your co-worker, Eric, who's up for a promotion. Which of the following reflects the task dimension of your relationship?
A. Based on his performance, you don't feel Eric deserves the promotion.
B. As his friend, you want Eric to get the promotion.
C. If Eric doesn't get the promotion, you will console him and help cheer him up.
D. All of these are examples of the task dimension of your relationship.
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Which type of sexual harassment includes requesting romantic or sexual favors in return for preferential treatment at work?
A. hostile work environment
B. sexual bargaining
C. quid pro quo
D. harassing requests
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Which of the following statements about relationships with clients at work is correct?
A. A good relationship with clients is the single greatest predictor of job satisfaction.
B. Companies often encourage their employees to develop close, personal friendships with their clients to help sales.
C. Having friendships with clients reduces some of the pressure or expectation related to job performance.
D. Close friendships with clients can put workers in an uncomfortable or unethical position.
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When forming friendships, people find several forms of similarity to be attractive. According to research, which of the following is true?
A. Cognitive similarity is not influential at any stage of friendship formation.
B. Attitude similarity is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.
C. People generally see attitude similarity as a bad thing.
D. Similarity in personalities is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.
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According to the need to belong, we need relationships that are both emotionally close and interactive.
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Janice and Stephanie have been close friends for some time. When Stephanie recently lost her job, she couldn't afford her rent anymore and was on the verge of homelessness. Janice invited her to stay in her guest room for as long as needed. While there, Stephanie does some of the cooking. According to equity theory, which of the following statements about this relationship scenario is true?
A. Stephanie is currently over-benefited in their relationship.
B. Stephanie is investing less in their relationship than Janice right now.
C. This relationship will survive a period of brief inequity as long as long-term equity is maintained.
D. All of these statements are true.
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Which of the following statements about friendships is NOT true?
A. Friendships are voluntary.
B. Friendships are governed by rules.
C. Friendships are the same in both sexes.
D. Friendships usually occur between peers.
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Which of the following represents a peer relationship for you?
A. a graduate student instructor who teaches a class you're taking
B. your sister because you are siblings in the same family
C. your boss because he works at the same company as you do
D. your parents because you are from the same family
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When you establish a friendship with a supervisor at work, it is a good idea to establish _______________ to prevent potential problems.
A. ground rules
B. a friendship pact
C. safe words
D. relational commitment
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Which of the following is one of the friendship rules identified in a study by communication researchers Argyle and Henderson?
A. Protect your friend from potential threats.
B. Don't tell your friend information that might hurt his or her feelings.
C. Don't be jealous of your friend's other friends.
D. Routinely tell your friend that you care about him or her.
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Regarding sex differences in friendships, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Same-sex friendships are more important to women than they are to men.
B. Male-male friendships emphasize shared activities and common interests.
C. Female-female friendships emphasize conversational and emotional expressiveness.
D. Both women and men see their opposite-sex friends as more loyal and helpful than their same-sex friends.
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Which of the following statements about opposite-sex friendships is NOT true?
A. They provide men a chance to be emotionally expressive and women a chance to engage in shared activities.
B. They often contain some degree of sexual or physical attraction.
C. According to one study, about half of college students engage in sexual behavior with their opposite-sex friends.
D. They are almost always closer than same-sex friendships.
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In the ______________ stage of friendship, people begin to think of themselves as friends and their communication becomes more personal.
A. friendly relations
B. moves toward friendship
C. nascent friendship
D. stabilized friendship
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In the _____________ stage of friendship, people begin to drift apart and might lose contact with one another.
A. nascent friendship
B. waning friendship
C. declining friendship
D. drifting friendship
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Which of the following reasons is most commonly cited for ending a friendship due to changes in life circumstances?
A. having a child
B. moving away
C. getting married
D. experiencing an illness in the family
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Research shows that this is positively related to your job satisfaction:
A. being friends with your co-workers and boss
B. being friends with your customers or clients
C. maintaining personal boundaries at work
D. all of these
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Which of the following is NOT an emotional reward commonly associated with close relationships?
A. comfort
B. happiness
C. emotional continuity
D. empathy
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Which of the following statements about potential health benefits of relationships is true?
A. People with more social contacts put themselves at greater risk for illnesses like a cold.
B. People with strong social networks are more than twice as likely to survive a heart attack.
C. A lack of social relationships increases the risk of mortality, but not on the same level as smoking, heart disease, or obesity.
D. When friends share their problems with us, it increases our stress and can actually make us less healthy.
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_______________ is the force that draws people together.
A. physical attraction
B. psychic attraction
C. task attraction
D. interpersonal attraction
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When you meet Carrie, you are drawn to her as a friend because she is an excellent piano player, just like you are. That is an example of what form of attraction?
A. social attraction
B. physical attraction
C. competence attraction
D. task attraction
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Which of the following statements about similarity is NOT true?
A. Forming relationships with people unlike ourselves is more interesting and enjoyable.
B. Forming relationships with people like ourselves is socially validating.
C. Genetically, we are inclined to help people who are similar to ourselves.
D. Spending time with people like ourselves makes us feel better about ourselves.
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This theory predicts that the more we learn about someone, the more we like that person:
A. social exchange theory
B. uncertainty reduction theory
C. attraction theory
D. equity theory
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When we experience any form of attraction for someone else, we are likely to engage in __________________, behaviors that signal our interest in another person.
A. liking behaviors
B. attraction behaviors
C. approach behaviors
D. initiation behaviors
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This is your realistic expectation of what you think you deserve from a relationship:
A. comparison level for alternatives
B. comparison level
C. complementarity assessment
D. predicted outcome value
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There are four specific factors that drive interpersonal attraction: appearance, proximity, similarity, and complementarity. Define what each of these terms means and discuss their importance in the process of interpersonal attraction. Next, identify one of these factors as the single most important in the process of attraction. Make an argument for this factor and against the others in the context of both friendship and romantic relationships.
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Explain what it means that friendships are typically between peers, and give examples of friendships in which this is not true.
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People often stay in relationships that are unsatisfying or even harmful. Use the ideas of social exchange theory and equity theory to explain why this might happen. Next, talk about ways that friends and family members might be able to persuade their loved ones to abandon these detrimental relationships.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge said, "Friendship is a sheltering tree." Explain the meaning behind this statement, making explicit reference to the emotional, material, and health benefits of friendship. Use examples from your own friendships to illustrate Coleridge's point.
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Create a guide for managing successful relationships in the workplace. Generate at least two reasoned, well-articulated pieces of advice that you think will help people maintain successful relationships with co-workers, bosses, and customers (six ideas total). Write your responses as if you're actually going to present them to a company's employees. Make sure to include examples to illustrate your ideas.
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This theory says that each of us is born with a fundamental drive to seek, form, maintain, and protect strong social relationships:
A. equity theory
B. need to belong theory
C. attraction theory
D. predicted outcome value theory
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Friendships and other social relationships often involve this type of rewards:
A. emotional
B. material
C. health
D. all of these
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Define the social and task dimensions of work relationships and indicate how they can make social relationships among co-workers challenging.
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Identify and briefly define each of the five relational maintenance behaviors described by Stafford and Canary.
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Work relationships usually involve both a task dimension and a social dimension.
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Research indicates that becoming friends with your customers is almost always bad for business.
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Define and give concrete examples of the emotional, material, and health rewards of strong social relationships.
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Discuss the differences between Berger and Calabrese's uncertainty reduction theory and Sunnafrank's predicted outcome value theory.
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Compare and contrast the concepts of comparison level and comparison level for alternatives, using examples for each.
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In the service of social harmony, politeness often discourages the expression of negative emotions (even if they are felt) and encourages the expression of positive emotions (even if they aren't felt). In what ways is this good for the individual and/or the society? In what ways is it bad? Using what you know about emotion, make a case for and a case against politeness (as it relates to emotional expression).