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Q:
A group is characterized by different and complementary resources of members and by a strong sense of collective identity.
a. True
b. False
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A group of employees that generates suggestions for improving operations at a company is called a(n) __________.
a. focus group
b. project team
c. advisory group
d. quality improvement team
e. brainstorming group
Q:
Friends who are open with each other about many topics, but agree not to pry into other topics use __________ as a way to mange dialectics.
Q:
__________ __________ predicts that people will seek relationships with others who will closely match their own values, attitudes, social background, and physical attractiveness.
Q:
Explore the three relationship dialectics that have been identified and offer concrete examples for each type of tension.
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Name and discuss the stages in the escalation of interracial romantic relationships.
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Identify and discuss the three broad stages of romantic relationships. Give examples for each stage.
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Discuss the different types of love as discussed in Chapter 10. Pick three and provide examples as how that type of love is used by you.
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Identify the challenges (or difficulties) of long-distance romantic relationships, and explain communication strategies for coping with these challenges. Your response should focus on how couples involved in long-distance relationships can establish and sustain satisfying communication.
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A special kind of group characterized by different and complementary resources of members and by a strong sense of collective identity is referred to as a(n) __________.
a. group
b. special group
c. team
d. focus group
e. quality circle
Q:
Three or more people who interact over time, depend on one another, and follow shared rules of conduct to reach a common goal are known as a __________.
a. group
b. special group
c. team
d. focus group
e. quality circle
Q:
Beacon Pharmaceutical is launching a new migraine medication. In order to figure how to make the product more successful, Beacon Pharmaceutical has created a team of scientists and doctors, as well as product design, advertising, and marketing personnel. This is known as a __________.
a. product innovator team
b. project team
c. marketing team
d. decision team
e. research team
Q:
JD, Mark, and Kevin are in the Spanish Club and have to work on a theme for the upcoming club parade. They decide to at first let their imaginations go wild and to withhold any criticism at even seemingly bizarre ideas. These three appear to be acting as a(n) __________.
a. advisory group
b. facilitating group
c. agenda-setting group
d. focus group
e. brainstorming group
Q:
A group that exists to provide information and recommendations to an executive who makes the actual decisions is called __________.
a. a focus group
b. a project team
c. an advisory group
d. a quality circle
e. a decision making
Q:
The __________ predicts that people will seek relationships with others who closely match their values, attitudes, social background and physical attractiveness.
Q:
The style of love that is a comfortable best friends kind of love that grows gradually is known as __________.
Q:
__________ __________ refers to the private world of rules, understandings, meanings and patters of interacting that partners create for their relationships.
Q:
A __________ __________ moves a relationship toward or away from intimacy.
Q:
Relationship deterioration always leads to the end of a friendship.
a. True
b. False
Q:
In romantic relationships similarities attract.
a. True
b. False
Q:
One important benchmark of an established friendship is the assumption of continuity.
a. True
b. False
Q:
For couples that are really connected, geographic separation poses little difficulty.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Once a couple makes a commitment to an intimate relationship is made by a couple, the relationship culture becomes static.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Marital stability is closely linked to partners perception that child care and housework will be equitably shared.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Violence between intimates rarely stops without intervention.
a. True
b. False
Q:
What we put into relationships that cannot be retrieved if the relationships end are called __________.
Q:
The decision to remain in a relationship is called __________.
Q:
Contradictory needs or tensions in personal relationships are called __________.
Q:
The playful and sometimes manipulative style of loving is called __________.
Q:
Passionate, intense, and fast moving love that is not confined to sexual passion and may be expresses in spiritual, intellectual, or emotional ways is known as _______________.
a. eros
b. storge
c. ludus
d. mania
e. agape
Q:
Most of our relationships are personal, not social.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Commitment grows out of infatuation brought on by passion.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Personal relationships are influenced by the surroundings.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Dan asked Sarah to come and meet his parents. What is the name for this event that is about to occur in their relationship?
a. enrichment
b. a turning point
c. segmentation
d. a stabilizing event
e. openness/closeness
Q:
Reframing dialectical tensions involves seeing the tensions as not really in opposition to one another.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The stage in an interracial relationship in which the couple struggles with external pressures is __________.
a. racial awareness
b. identity emergence
c. navigating
d. coping
e. scalating
Q:
The two greatest influences on initial attraction in romantic relationships are __________.
a. love and commitment
b. proximity and similarity
c. commitment and equity
d. matching and possibility
e. exploration and intensifying
Q:
Single-mother Michelle worked two jobs while her daughters were growing up so they could have everything they need. This style of loving is known as __________.
a. mania
b. ludus
c. agape
d. eros
e. storge
Q:
The process of communication that aims at sustaining intimacy in romantic relationships in face of changes within the partners and the surrounding context is known as __________.
a. navigating
b. ludus
c. performance
d. mania
e. euphoria
Q:
Relationship culture is best defined as __________.
a. the influence of a couples culture on their interpersonal relationship
b. the degree to which a relationship is tied into the larger culture within which it exists
c. the private understandings, rules, and meanings that couples develop to define who they are
d. the degree to which a couple enjoys cultural activities such as attending concerts and going to art museums
e. none of the above
Q:
One big problem experienced by couples who are separated geographically is __________.
a. dyadic breakdown
b. lack of time to communicate
c. not being able to communicate about big issues
d. lack of social support
e. not being able to share small talk
Q:
That people are happier and more satisfied with balanced and equal relationships than unbalanced and unequal ones is known as __________.
a. psychological responsibility theory
b. equity theory
c. social support processes
d. dyadic processes
e. intrapsychic processes
Q:
Primary among the reason(s) researchers have found on why people do not practice safe sex is/are __________.
a. they dont care
b. they found it embarrassing to talk about sex
c. drugs and alcohol impaired their rational thought
d. a and b
e. b and c
Q:
In negotiating safer sex with your partner, which of the following would be considered a more constructive approach?
a. Without a condom, you could give AIDS.
b. You just dont care about me!
c. If you wear a condom, Ill have sex with you.
d. You need to wear a jacket, dude!
e. I feel unsafe having unprotected sex.
Q:
Miguels big graduation party had been planned for weeks. His best friend approached him the day before the party and told him, I wont be able to make it to your party because something came up. Miguel was shocked. He felt that his best friend was either in big trouble over something or that they werent really friends after all. What kind of relationship rule was Miguel following?
a. constitutive
b. regulative
c. arbitrary
d. concrete
e. contextual
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Tina and her sister were very close when they were growing up. They kept each others deepest secrets. Once Tina got married, she and her sister had weekly phone conversations to keep in touch. After a particularly long phone conversation, Tinas husband asked her what was going on with her sister. Tina said, Oh, nothing much. Her husband knew this wasnt true, but didnt ask any more questions. What relationship dialect does this reflect?
a. autonomy/connection
b. novelty/predictability
c. openness/closedness
d. neutralization
e. separation
Q:
The opposing and continuous tensions found in personal relationships are known as __________.
a. regulative rules
b. constitutive rules
c. relationship dialectics
d. dyadic processes
e. equity theory
Q:
Lisa wants some time alone because she feels a need to get in touch with herself as an individual. However, she also feels the need to share experiences with her partner Bob and cherishes the time they spend together. The tension these different needs are generating within Lisa illustrates which relational dialectic? [p. 202, III]
a. autonomy/connection
b. novelty/predictability
c. commitment/love
d. spontaneity/routine
e. closedness/openness
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Bob and Patina respond to their tension by deciding to spend part of the weekend together and part of it engaged in separate activities. This response to relational dialectics is called __________.
a. separation
b. neutralization
c. voice
d. neglect
e. reframing
Q:
Gus says he wants to go out to dinner and suggests a pizza at Unos. His best friend Jim replies, Ah, thats where we always go. Im bored with Unos. Lets go somewhere different tonight. Gus says, But I feel really comfortable at Unos, its so familiar. The tension between Gus and Jim reflects __________.
a. the autonomy/connection dialectic
b. the closedness/openness dialectic
c. the dominance/subordination dialectic
d. the novelty/predictability dialectic
e. the trust/intimacy dialectic
Q:
Specific people who are especially significant to us and who shape how we see ourselves are known as __________ __________.
Q:
A __________ __________ __________ develops when a childs primary caregiver responds in a consistently attentive and loving way to a child.
Q:
The __________ is an ever-changing system of perspectives that is formed and sustained in communication with others and ourselves.
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Our rating of ourselves relative to others with respect to our talents, abilities, qualities, and so forth is called __________ __________.
Q:
Discuss the influence of particular others and the generalized other in creating an individuals sense of identity. Incorporate concrete examples into your response.
Q:
List the three ways you can seek personal growth as a communicator, as discussed in Chapter 9. Discuss why each method is important and give appropriate examples of each.
Q:
Explain and differentiate between concepts of reflected appraisal and social comparison.
Q:
Relationships which are governed more by what we do than who we are, are __________.
a. personal relationships
b. casual relationships
c. friendships
d. social relationships
e. unique relationships
Q:
Making a decision to remain with a relationship is known as __________.
a. commitment
b. investments
c. passion
d. personal relationship
e. social relationship
Q:
Relationships are embedded in contexts, meaning that __________.
a. there is a tension about what is real and what is ideal
b. the surroundings influence the interactions between the partners in the relationship
c. the roles for the people in the relationship are established by regulative rules
d. stabilized relationships become contextualized as they become more embedded in each other
e. a and c
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__________ __________ is communication that explicitly tells us who we are by labeling us and our behaviors.
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A child who receives inconsistent treatment from a caregiver will most likely develop a __________ attachment style.
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__________ is the revelation of personal information about ourselves that others would be unlikely to learn on their own.
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In the Johari Window, the area of self that represents information we know about ourselves but dont share with others is called the __________ area.
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Self-talk in which we tell ourselves we are no good, or that we cant do something is known as __________.
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__________ are people who communicate negatively about us and our worth.
Q:
Because we spend so much time interacting with our friends, our peer group usually sculpts the foundations of our self-concepts.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Life scripts are a form of how our friends communicate and influence us.
a. True
b. False
Q:
A dismissive attachment style is cultivated when the caregiver communicates in a rejecting way to a child.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Reflected appraisals are judgments that we make when gauge and evaluate others.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Observing another person to learn more about them is a direct strategy of reducing uncertainty.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Someones socioeconomic class is more difficult to pinpoint than either race or sex.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The values and views endorsed by a society at any given time are arbitrary and subject to change.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Jon says, I am so stupid Ill never graduate from college. I just cant learn this Chemistry because I am so darned dumb! Jons self-communication is an example of __________.
a. being a downer
b. being an upper
c. being a vulture
d. engaging in self-sabotage
e. making a social comparison
Q:
As we interact with the generalized other, we learn which aspects of identity society considers important. Which of the following is emphasized in modern Western culture as key aspect(s) of personal identity and value?
a. race
b. gender
c. sexual orientation
d. socioeconomic class
e. all of the above
Q:
Where we shop, what we wear and what kind of car we drive, who our friends are, and where we live and work are all influenced by our __________.
a. race
b. gender
c. sexual orientation
d. socioeconomic class
e. all of the above
Q:
A clear understanding of how social perspectives influence our sense of self and guide our behaviors, attitudes, and values should be based on __________.
a. blind acceptance of norms
b. fixed, absolute truths
c. our immediate point in time
d. the dominant cultural values
e. a critical judgment about what we personally accept
Q:
To assess ourselves effectively, we should __________.
a. make reasonable social comparisons
b. place judgments of ourselves in context
c. realize that who we are is always in process
d. assess ourselves in the perspective of time
e. all of the above
Q:
Jamie had problems in her math class and finally began to tell herself that she would never understand math. Jamie had failed to follow which suggestion for personal growth and awareness?
a. self-disclose appropriately
b. assess yourself fairly
c. set realistic goals
d. avoid self-sabotage
e. create a supportive context
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A self-fulfilling prophesy is acting in ways that bring about expectations or judgments of ourselves.
a. True
b. False