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Q:
According to research studies, which family communication pattern produces more productive and satisfying results?
a. No pattern is necessarily better than another.
b. consensual
c. both consensual and pluralistic
d. protective
e. both protective and laissez-faire
Q:
DO NOT USE Almost every message has
a. content dimension.
b. relational dimension.
c. both a content and a relational dimension.
d. no dimensions unless the communicators intend them to.
e. an unintentional message.
Q:
When Marlina and Zach fight, they blow things out of proportion, interrupt each other, and yell. Their conflict style is most likely
a. volatile.
b. avoidant.
c. validating.
d. protective.
e. laissez-faire.
Q:
DO NOT USE The relational dimension of a message
a. makes statements about how the parties feel toward one another.
b. deals with one or more social needs.
c. are usually expressed nonverbally.
d. All of these choices are correct.
e. None of these choices are correct.
Q:
Having too many online friends can mean others perceive you as
a. not very social.
b. someone whose relationships are less than genuine.
c. not very friendly.
d. both b and c.
e. all of the above.
Q:
Friendships are more likely to end than any other relationship.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Friendships are either task-oriented or relationship-oriented, but not both.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Young adults from laissez-faire backgrounds are more confident listeners and more intellectually flexible than those from consensual or pluralistic families.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE A study of 78 Internet dating profiles showed that about __________ percent strayed from the truth on some level.
a. 20
b. 50
c. 65
d. 80
e. 98
Q:
It is quite possible to have a wide range of relationships with coworkers, roommates, and even family members without having much intimacy at all.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE A couple might declare themselves Facebook official (or FBO) in which stage of relational development?
a. initiating
b. intensifying
c. integrating
d. bonding
e. circumscribing
Q:
Intimacy can come from intellectual sharing.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE According to the text, we are usually attracted to people who
a. like us.
b. are high self-disclosers.
c. are perfect.
d. approve of us even in ways we know are inaccurate.
e. live far away from us
Q:
By definition, an intimate relationship must exhibit all four intimacy dimensions.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE According to Knapps model of interaction stages, symbolic public gestures that show the world that a relationship exists usually occur in which stage in interpersonal relationships?
a. experimenting
b. intensifying
c. bonding
d. integrating
e. circumscribing
Q:
Because men share less personal information and feelings than women, they are not capable of achieving the type of intimate relationships that women have.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Which of the following does not typically occur in the intensifying stage of interpersonal relationships?
a. The parties spend an increasing amount of time together.
b. The parties begin to take on an identity as a social unit.
c. The parties hint and flirt.
d. Feelings are expressed nonverbally.
e. The parties might take trips together.
Q:
Because cultures like Japan and Taiwan are collectivist, people there communicate the same with members of in-groups and out-groups alike.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Social exchange theory suggests that we often seek out people who can give us
a. rewards greater than or equal to the costs we encounter in dealing with them.
b. more self-esteem.
c. relational rewards rather than physical ones.
d. something in exchange for what we give them.
e. both relational and physical things without demanding anything of us.
Q:
Focusing on having intimate communication daily will lead to extremely satisfying relationships.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Why dont you go ahead and visit your friends without me this weekend. Ill stick around and catch up on my studies. This statement typifies which relational stage?
a. integrating
b. differentiating
c. bonding
d. terminating
e. intensifying
Q:
One researcher concluded that close relationships may be the single most important source of life satisfaction and emotional well-being, across different ages and cultures.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE When two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously in an interpersonal relationship, the struggle to achieve these opposing goals creates what is called a
a. collectivistic tension.
b. differentiating end state.
c. counterfeit goal state.
d. dialectical tension.
e. proximity problem.
Q:
Managing your privacy settings on social network sites could have an impact on intimacy in cyber-relationships.
a. True
b. False
Q:
While workplace romances can be messy, some research has shown that 34 percent of people who said they dated a coworker ended up marrying that person.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Telling someone You can count on me will usually guarantee loyalty because its a measure of surefire commitment.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Attachment theory argues that, while secure attachment in childhood leads to confident adult communicators, insecure attachment has little to no impact on later life.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The way parents communicate with their young children creates secure or insecure bonds that have powerful and lasting effects.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Whereas most other interpersonal communication is transactional, as described in Chapter One, families tend to have more linear interactions.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE According to Chapter Eight, we are usually attracted to people who are similar to us.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Affinity is defined as the degree to which people like or appreciate one another.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Small talk typically occurs during the initiating stage of an interpersonal relationship.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE There are two types of relational control: decision control and conversation control.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE The experimenting stage of interpersonal relationships is characterized by small talk.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE According to your text, we are more attracted to people who are good at what they do but admit their mistakes.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Reciprocal liking builds attractiveness.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Social circles merge and the relational partners take on a new relational identity in the intensifying stage of relationships.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Differentiation in relationships is always negative, since it is part of the coming apart process.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE The circumscribing stage of interpersonal relationships involves total avoidance of the other.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE The initiating stage of interpersonal relationships is usually brief.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Attraction to others is greatest when we perceive we are similar to them in a high percentage of important areas, like goals and beliefs.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Differences strengthen a relationship when they are complementary.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Dialectical tensions exist in relationships when two incompatible forces or pressures exist at the same time.
a. True
b. False
Q:
One characteristic of relationships is that they are constantly changing. Explain this principle and include experiences from one of your own significant relationships in your discussion.
Q:
DO NOT USE Dialectical tensions exist in relationships when two incompatible forces or pressures exist at the same time.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Describe specific ways relationships are and arent affected by cultural difference. Explain some ways in which cultural differences can make relationships challenging, and identify specific skills that could help manage these challenges.
Q:
DO NOT USE Immediacy only occurs through nonverbal behavior such as eye contact and facial expressions.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Dialectical tensions arise when a relationship is new and tend to disappear after the first two years.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE The person who exercises the greatest amount of conversational control doesnt always make the decisions in interpersonal relationships.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE A person can be too competent. We are generally attracted to those who are talented yet have visible flaws like us.
a. True
b. False
Q:
DO NOT USE Metacommunication is communication about communication.
a. True
b. False
Q:
In any relationship, the power to determine what will happen in the relationship is a type of relational control called
a. decision control.
b. conversation control.
c. distributional control.
d. powerful control.
e. context control.
Q:
Talking the most, interrupting the other person, and changing the topic most often are all common indicators of
a. conversation control.
b. decision control.
c. powerful control.
d. context control.
e. distributional control.
Q:
Whenever we discuss a relationship with another, we are
a. arguing.
b. improving our relationship.
c. self-disclosing.
d. metacommunicating.
e. receiving double messages.
Q:
The degree to which the partners in an interpersonal relationship like or appreciate one another is called
a. appreciation.
b. self-respect.
c. the communication of honesty.
d. affinity.
e. the like-love phenomenon.
Q:
The stage where a couple might come up with our song is
a. initiating.
b. experimenting.
c. intensifying.
d. integrating.
e. bonding.
Q:
All of the following are true about similarity research except which one?
a. For the most part, we like people who are similar to us.
b. Communication ability is more important to relational happiness than being similar.
c. Being similar to others can boost your ego.
d. Attraction is greatest when were similar to others in areas like goals and beliefs.
e. We tend to have stronger dislike for people who are similar to us but offensive.
Q:
The stage where partners act in old, familiar ways and no growth occurs is
a. differentiation.
b. circumscribing.
c. stagnating.
d. avoiding.
e. terminating.
Q:
One of the key differences between marriages that end in separation and those that are restored to their former intimacy is
a. how long the couple remained in the integration stage.
b. how much metacommunication occurs.
c. the types of relational transgressions that happened.
d. the communication that occurs when the partners are unsatisfied.
e. None of these choices are correct.
Q:
According to your text, the process of getting to know others by gaining more information about them is called
a. initiating.
b. approach behavior.
c. networking.
d. uncertainty reduction.
e. All of these choices are correct.
Q:
Describe each of Knapps relational stages, those of coming together and coming apart. Use a personal relationship and explain the stage(s) that you have gone through including the communication used to reflect each stage.
Q:
Identify a dialectical tension in one of your interpersonal relationships. Explain how this tension has affected the relationship and identify/explain the strategy (or strategies) you use to manage the dialectical tension.
Q:
When two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously in an interpersonal relationship, the struggle to achieve these opposing goals creates what is called a
a. collectivistic tension.
b. differentiating end state.
c. counterfeit goal state.
d. dialectical tension.
e. proximity problem.
Q:
Similarity is considered a significant reason for why we form relationships. Explain in detail the various findings of similarity research as they apply to our attraction to others.
Q:
The strategy where communicators respond to one end of the dialectical spectrum and ignore the other is
a. denial.
b. disorientation.
c. alternation.
d. segmentation.
e. recalibration.
Q:
Judith and Natalie work for the same employer and often have lunch together to talk about their current romances, problems with their families, and apartment headaches. Most Saturday afternoons they play tennis together. Which relationship stage do they seem to be in?
a. initiating
b. differentiating
c. bonding
d. intensifying
e. circumscribing
Q:
Molly makes an excuse not to attend a party she knows Jack is invited to. Shes most likely in which stage with Jack?
a. initiating
b. avoiding
c. circumscribing
d. experimenting
e. bonding
Q:
Almost every message has
a. content dimension.
b. relational dimension.
c. both a content and a relational dimension.
d. no dimensions unless the communicators intend them to.
e. an unintentional message.
Q:
Relational partners begin to share identities and their social circles merge.
a. avoiding
b. circumscribing
c. experimenting
d. integrating
e. differentiating
Q:
Relational partners begin to withdraw from one another to avoid disagreement.
a. avoiding
b. circumscribing
c. experimenting
d. integrating
e. differentiating
Q:
Relational partners create physical distance between one another and make excuses to reduce contact.
a. avoiding
b. circumscribing
c. experimenting
d. integrating
e. differentiating
Q:
Relational partners shift from we orientation and use more me messages.
a. avoiding
b. circumscribing
c. experimenting
d. integrating
e. differentiating
Q:
Conflicting desires for both intimacy and mental space or periods of disengagement in an interpersonal relationship lead to the
a. connection-autonomy dialectic.
b. cohesion-revolt dialectic.
c. predictability-novelty dialectic.
d. openness-privacy dialectic.
Q:
Which of the following was found to be true about lying in online dating profiles?
a. The more deceptive a daters profile was the less likely they were to use I.
b. Fabricators tend to write shorter self-descriptions.
c. Liars often flip their language, as in not sad instead of happy.
d. b and c
e. all of the above
Q:
Agreeing to rules about how often couples will or wont talk and text via cell phones can help to manage which dialectical tension?
a. connection vs. autonomy
b. openness vs. privacy
c. predictability vs. novelty
d. denial vs. disorientation
e. none of the above
Q:
Which of the strategies for managing dialectical tensions are most effective, according to research?
a. balance
b. integration
c. recalibration
d. reaffirmation
e. b, c, and d are seen as the most productive
Q:
A couple might declare themselves Facebook official (or FBO) in which stage of relational development?
a. initiating
b. intensifying
c. integrating
d. bonding
e. circumscribing
Q:
Which of the following does not typically occur in the intensifying stage of interpersonal relationships?
a. The parties spend an increasing amount of time together.
b. The parties begin to take on an identity as a social unit.
c. The parties hint and flirt.
d. Feelings are expressed nonverbally.
e. The parties might take trips together.
Q:
Why dont you go ahead and visit your friends without me this weekend. Ill stick around and catch up on my studies. This statement typifies which relational stage?
a. integrating
b. differentiating
c. bonding
d. terminating
e. intensifying
Q:
Omid and Micayla have an agreement that he will call to tell her when he will be late from work so she wont worry. When he forgets, Micayla is upset because of what type of transgression?
a. minor
b. significant
c. relational
d. deliberate
e. incremental