Deck 6: Culture and Communication

Question 1

Explain why the theory that relationships go through stable, predictable, consistent stages is no longer thought to be accurate.

Answer 1

Relationships can be identified as having stages (or going through stages), but the way in which the relationship progresses is not always consistent or predictable; sometimes, relationships revert to a previous stage rather than moving forward all the way from initial contact to strong attachment.

Question 2

Social relationships are characterized by:

A)Irreplaceability of the other person
B)Uniqueness of the tasks performed by the other person
C)Uniqueness of the social function performed by the other person
D)Interchangeability of the other person

Answer 2

D

Question 3

People generally communicate with others who share many of the same attitudes and beliefs.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Talk about relationships is managed consistently across all cultural boundaries.

Question 5

Relationships go through consistent, predictable stages from initial contact to strong attachment.

Question 6

The nature, style, and content of talk changes as relationships change.

Question 7

Communication intended to change a relationship's status is usually indirect.

Question 8

Explain the role of physical appearance in Duck's Relationship Filtering Model.

Question 9

Explain Duck's claim that relationship development is created by the interpretation of information-sharing, not just the act of information-sharing.

Question 10

Cultures often differ in the ways that they value different types of relationships.

Question 11

Talk (everyday communication) cannot increase the intimacy level of a relationship.

Question 12

According to Duck's Relationship Filtering Model, people pay attention to cues about others in the following sequence:

A)Attitudes/personality, roles, behavior/NVC, physical appearance
B)Roles, behavior/NVC, physical appearance, attitudes/personality
C)Behavior/NVC, physical appearance, attitudes/personality,roles
D)Physical appearance, behavior/NVC, roles, attitudes/personality

Question 13

Prospective relational continuity constructional units (RCCUs) would be most likely to:

A)Indicate that one partner is physically absent from the relationship
B)Indicate that one partner has returned to the relationship
C)Indicate that one partner wants the other to leave the relationship
D)Indicate that one partner is about to be absent from the relationship

Question 14

Introspective RCCUs would be most likely to:

A)Indicate that one partner is physically absent from the relationship
B)Indicate that one partner has returned to the relationship
C)Indicate that one partner wants the other to leave the relationship
D)Indicate that one partner is about to be absent from the relationship

Question 15

Discuss the difference between social and personal relationships.

Question 16

Retrospective RCCUs would be most likely to:

A)Indicate that one partner is physically absent from the relationship
B)Indicate that one partner has returned to the relationship
C)Indicate that one partner wants the other to leave the relationship
D)Indicate that one partner is about to be absent from the relationship

Question 17

Flirtation is an example of a direct communication strategy used to change a relationship's status.

Question 18

Explain how relationships influence the distribution of information.

Question 19

Weiss's 'provisions of relationships,' or the areas where relationships give us something special, needed, or valued, include:

A)Belonging and a sense of alliance
B)Emotional disintegration
C)Challenges to our worth and value
D)Lack of opportunity to communicate about ourselves

Question 20

Personal relationships are characterized by:

A)Replaceability of the other person
B)Standardization of the tasks performed by the other person
C)Uniqueness of the social function performed by the other person
D)Interchangeability of the other person

Question 21

According to the model of serial construction of meaning, commonality of experience happens when:

A)Two people have had the same experience but are not yet aware of it
B)Two people have had the same experience and have told each other about it
C)Two people have had the same experience, have told each other about it, and have similar feelings about it
D)Two people with the same experience have discussed it, have similar feelings about it, and make it part of their relationship

Question 22

Baxter and Montgomery's idea of the autonomy-connectedness dialectic explains:

A)We are caught between wanting to be independent and wanting to be connected with others
B)We are more likely to be independent than to be connected with others
C)We are more likely to be connected with others than to be independent
D)We are more likely to seek connections with others if we are less independent

Question 23

If you are considering breaking up with a romantic partner but have not discussed it out loud with anyone, Duck suggests you are in this phase of relational dissolution:

A)Intrapsychic
B)Interpsychic
C)Dyadic
D)Social process

Question 24

If you begin talking to other people about whether or not you should break up with a romantic partner, blame your partner for problems, and look for support from friends, Duck suggests you are in this phase:

A)Intrapsychic
B)Dyadic
C)Social process
D)Grave-dressing

Question 25

One reason why researchers have assumed that relationships follow predictable stages could be:

A)This is the easiest type of research to publish
B)Relationships really do always follow predictable stages
C)People give retrospective reports that try to 'make sense' of their relationships
D)The end of a relationship is inevitable once it has begun

Question 26

Duck's Relationship Filtering Model suggests that you use others' physical appearance to do the following:

A)Screen out people who do not look as if they would see the world the way you do
B)Screen out people who vote differently than you do
C)Screen out people who are likely to be good relationship partners
D)Screen out people who have had multiple relationships

Question 27

According to the model of serial construction of meaning featured in this chapter, sharing of meaning happens when:

A)Two people have had the same experience but are not yet aware of it
B)Two people have had the same experience and have told each other about it
C)Two people have had the same experience, have told each other about it, and have similar feelings about it
D)Two people with the same experience have discussed it, have similar feelings about it, and also share other feelings and experiences

Question 28

Wiseman's idea of the bond/bind dilemma explains:

A)You do not need to give up anything to be in a relationship
B)You have to give up everything to be in a relationship
C)Relationships are not worth the benefits
D)Relationships require some limits on our freedom

Question 29

According to the model of serial construction of meaning, equivalence of evaluation happens when:

A)Two people have had the same experience but are not yet aware of it
B)Two people have had the same experience and have told each other about it
C)Two people have had the same experience, have told each other about it, and have similar feelings about it
D)Two people with the same experience have discussed it, have similar feelings about it, and make it part of their relationship

Question 30

If you are out of the relationship but begin trying to 'make sense' of it, telling different versions of the breakup until you find one that is satisfactory and helps you save face, Duck suggests you are in this phase:

A)Dyadic
B)Social process
C)Grave-dressing
D)Resurrection

Question 31

According to the model of serial construction of meaning, mutuality happens when:

A)Two people have had the same experience but are not yet aware of it
B)Two people have had the same experience and have told each other about it
C)Two people have had the same experience, have told each other about it, and have similar feelings about it
D)Two people with the same experience have discussed it, have similar feelings about it, and make it part of their relationship

Question 32

If you begin preparing for new relationships after a breakup is over, defining what you do and don't want in the future, Duck suggests you are in this phase:

A)Dyadic
B)Social process
C)Grave-dressing
D)Resurrection

Question 33

If you begin complaining to your partner, start talking about problems, goals, and commitment in the relationship with him/her, Duck suggests you are in this phase:

A)Intrapsychic
B)Dyadic
C)Social process
D)Grave-dressing