Deck 5: Changing Relationships

Question 1

In addition to the tensions mentioned as possible answers for Question #14, Rawlin's mentions _____________________ as a dialectical tension that occurs in friendships.

A) public-private
B) social-personal
C) fun-serious
D) similar-different

Answer 1

A

Question 2

According Knapp's reversal hypothesis of relational de-escalation:

A) relationship ends suddenly
B) relationships go through predictable stages during breakups
C) women are most likely to break up then are men
D) the person that initiates the breakup is most likely to be sorry

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of Knapp's five stages of "coming together" cussed in your text and in class)

A) initiating
B) enjoying
C) intensifying
D) Bonding

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of Knapp's stages is characterized by extended small talk?

A) integrating stage
B) experimenting stage
C) intensifying stage
D) turning point stage

Question 5

Which is not one of the ways to manage a dialectic tension mentioned in the textbook?

A) selection
B) neutralization
C) segmentation
D) separation

Question 6

According to the text book, choosing a friend as godparent for your child is an indicator that your relationship with your friend is in the __________ stage.

A) bonding
B) integrating
C) intensifying
D) experimenting

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT mentioned in class or your readings as a type of turning point?

A) activities and special occasions
B) secret tests and uncertainty reduction
C) passion and romance
D) perceptual changes

Question 8

Which strategy is used the most often to help intensify relationships?

A) social enmeshment
B) suggestive actions
C) tokens of affection
D) increased contact

Question 9

According to the text, which of the following behaviors is NOT part of the "coupling behavior" that helps define the integrating stage?

A) having sexual intercourse
B) finishing one another's sentences
C) being given joint gifts
D) people expecting to see you with your partner

Question 10

According to Knapp's coming together stages, romantic couples first are likely say "I love you" to each other during the____________ stage.

A) Intensifying*
B) Bonding
C) Experimenting
D) Ingratiating

Question 11

In the textbook, the authors mention Tohuizen's strategies for intensifying relationships. Which strategy involves asking the partner to make a commitment?

A) increased rewards
B) social support
C) direct definitional bid
D) relationship negotiation

Question 12

In Rawlin's work on dialectics in friendships, the ______________ dialectic refers to being able to accept a friend for who he or she is versus feeling free to offer criticism and advice.

A) affection-instrumentality
B) ideal-real
C) concealment-criticism
D) judgment-acceptance

Question 13

The internal manifestation of the uncertainty dialectic is:

A) openness-closedness
B) inclusion-seclusion
C) connection-autonomy
D) predictability-novelty

Question 14

According to the research in your textbook, ________% of friendships follow the linear type of relationship development predicted by stage theories.

A) 10-20%
B) 25-35%
C) 40-50%
D) 65-75%

Question 15

Chloe and Aidan have known one another for several years, but gradually they've begun to get closer and have moved their relationship to a romantic level. They've begun to attend parties together, host get-togethers, and often finish one another's sentences. What stage of Knapp's theory of coming together would best characterize Chloe and Aiden's current relationship?

A) experimenting stage
B) intensifying stage
C) integrating stage
D) bonding stage

Question 16

According to Knapp and Vangelisti's stages or coming together, if you serve as "best man" or "maid of honor" at your best friend's wedding, you and your friend have reached the __________ stage with your friend.

A) Intensifying
B) Bonding*
C) Experimenting
D) Initiating

Question 17

Brenna tells Jacob: "We always spent time together, and that's great, but I need to spend time with my friends too." Which dialectical tension does Brenna discourse reflect?

A) autonomy-connection
B) revealment-concealment
C) predictability-novelty
D) conventionality-uniqueness

Question 18

Which strategy for dealing with dialectical tensions involves striving to reach a midpoint between the two ends of the dialectic?

A) moderation
B) topical segmentation
C) reframing
D) selection

Question 19

The external manifestation of the expression dialectic is called:

A) openness-closedness
B) revealment-concealment
C) predictability-novelty
D) inclusion-seclusion

Question 20

Most relationships do not develop beyond the ______________ stage.

A) initiating stage
B) integrating
C) intensifying
D) experimenting

Question 21

Which of the following are among the top three conflict issues over cell phone calls related to autonomy and connection?

A) my partner doesn't answer calls or texts
B) my partner doesn't call or text enough
C) partner calls or texts too much
D) The three statement above are the top three!

Question 22

List three turning points in romantic relationship. Why are these likely to change the trajectory of a relationship?

Question 23

Progress/stagnation is the internal manifestation of the expression dialectic. False

Question 24

Openness/closedness is the internal manifestation of the certainty dialectic. False

Question 25

Being able to do new things as a result of one's association with an intercultural friend is listed in your book as a major advantage of intercultural relationships.

Question 26

Recent research by Duran and colleagues showed that the autonomy connection dialectic did not apply to cell phone communication.

Question 27

The initiating stage is to Knapp & Vangelisti's model as the __________ stage is to Altman & Taylor's social penetration model.

A) grave dressing
B) exploratory affective exchange
C) affective exchange
D) stable exchange

Question 28

The "exact exchange" stage is the final stage of relational closeness according to the Social penetration model.

Question 29

The correct sequence for Knapp's five stages of coming together is:

A) initiating, experimenting, bonding, intensifying, integrating.
B) experimenting, initiating, integrating, intensifying, bonding.
C) initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding.
D) initiating, intensifying, experimenting, integrating, bonding.

Question 30

Which of the following is not one of Baxter and Braithwaite's major discursive tensions in dialectics theory?

A) integration
B) openness
C) certainty
D) expression

Question 31

Moving back and forth from one side of the dialectic to the other to manage the tension is called cyclical alternation.

Question 32

The internal manifestation of the dialectic of integration is:

A) Autonomy-connection
B) Risk-reward.
C) Novelty-predictability
D) Openness-closedness

Question 33

Risk/reward is the fundamental dialectical tension of close relationships

Question 34

According to Knapp and Vangelisti, the stages of coming together are the mirror image of the stages coming apart.

Question 35

According to your book, people are more open to having an intercultural friend if they had been involved with people from other cultures in the past

Question 36

According to your book the stages in Knapp and Vangelisti's model always occurs in the same order.

Question 37

Reframing is one of the ways to manage a dialectic tension mentioned in the textbook.

Question 38

What are the three fundamental discursive dialectical dimensions are the internal dialectal tensions that represent each of these dimensions?

Question 39

Autonomy/connection is the internal manifestation of the integration dialectic. False

Question 40

The judgment-acceptance dialectic:

A) involves being able to accept friends for who they are.
B) Has been studies more extensive in romances than friendship
C) Is usually studied in the context of relationship breakups
D) None of the above are true.

Question 41

What are three major advantages of intercultural relationships?

Question 42

Provide a critique of the Knapp and Vangelisti Stage model highlighting at least four problems.

Question 43

Do relational dialectics still apply to relationship conducted over mobile phones and social media?

Question 44

Discuss in detail, selection, separation, neutralization, and reframing, the four ways to manage dialectical tensions.