Deck 9: Interpersonal Relationship Stages, Theories and Communication

Question 1

Intrapersonal dissatisfaction is a component of which relationship development stage?

A) contact stage
B) intimacy stage
C) deterioration stage
D) dissolution stage

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is a type of nonverbal flirting?

A) tilting your head from side to side
B) raising your eyebrows
C) maintaining an open body posture
D) all of the above are types of nonverbal flirting

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Brandon and Sarah have been acting awkwardly around each other lately. They've both noticed a lot more conflict and they haven't been spending as much time together like they used to. Brandon and Sarah are in the ______________ stage.

A) deterioration
B) disintegration
C) dissolution
D) avoidance

Answer 3

A

Question 4

According to research, how long does it take us to decide if we want to pursue a relationship?

A) 10 minutes
B) 1 day
C) 4 days
D) 4 minutes

Question 5

According to Baxter, which of the following is NOT a rule for a romantic relationship?

A) express similar attitudes, values, and beliefs
B) experience a mysterious and inexplicable "magic" in each other's presence
C) don't disclose everything; keep some mystery
D) have substantial shared time together

Question 6

In the ____________ stage of relationships, you begin to share each other's social networks.

A) intimacy
B) contact
C) involvement
D) repair

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT true about turning points?

A) They are always positive.
B) They will vary according to the relationship stage.
C) They vary with culture.
D) They can be positive or negative.

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for effective flirting?

A) Give compliments as long as they aren't too intimate.
B) Maintain an open posture.
C) Be sure to be overly polite.
D) Mirror the other person's behaviors.

Question 9

The number of topics about which individuals communicate is

A) breadth.
B) depth.
C) social penetration.
D) width.

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT true in regard to relationship commitment?

A) Couples who are committed argue less about minor grievances.
B) Couples who are committed are more supportive of one another.
C) All relationships are held together, in part, by commitment.
D) Couples who are committed exhibit little jealousy.

Question 11

Tara is a huge fan of comedian and actor Will Ferrell. She follows him on Twitter and Facebook, watches all his movies and has even written him letters. Tara has a(n) ______________ relationship with him.

A) pseudo-intimate
B) friendship
C) parasocial
D) acquaintance

Question 12

Renee and Cliff announced their engagement at a party on a Friday night. They are in the ______________ stage of the relationship.

A) intimacy-interpersonal commitment
B) intimacy-social bonding
C) involvement-intensification
D) intensifying-testing

Question 13

"What are you majoring in?" is a question that would most likely be asked during the _____________________ stage.

A) contact
B) involvement
C) meeting
D) introduction

Question 14

In what stage does a sense of mutuality develop?

A) deterioration stage
B) contact stage
C) intimacy stage
D) involvement stage

Question 15

When a relationship deteriorates, the breadth and depth often reverse themselves, a process known as _____________________

A) intrapersonal dissatisfaction.
B) relationship deterioration.
C) depenetration.
D) dissolution.

Question 16

Michael doesn't stop by to see Christie for a couple of days to see how she will respond. This most likely took place in the _______________ stage of the relationship.

A) involvement
B) intimacy
C) contact
D) bonding

Question 17

According to _______________ theory, people in a relationship experience ongoing tensions between conflicting pairs of opposite motives or desires.

A) relationships dialectics
B) social penetration
C) social exchange
D) equity

Question 18

The degree of personalness to which you pursue topics is known as

A) breadth.
B) depth.
C) social penetration theory.
D) relational dialectics theory.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of being in a relationship?

A) You can get hurt.
B) You can feel obligated to the other person.
C) Relationships can decrease physical and emotional health.
D) One relationship can cause you to abandon others.

Question 20

Which of the following is NOT true in regard to family relationships?

A) Members of collectivist cultures are more likely to restrict family information.
B) Family rules should be inflexible to maintain structure.
C) Family rules should be negotiable.
D) All families teach rules for communication.

Question 21

At which stage does testing occur?

A) contact
B) intimacy
C) involvement
D) repair

Question 22

The second phase of deterioration, during which we withdraw and grow farther and farther apart is

A) intrapersonal dissatisfaction.
B) interpersonal deterioration.
C) communication diminishing.
D) communication deterioration.

Question 23

____________ theory claims that you develop and maintain relationships in which the ratio of your rewards relative to the costs is approximately equal to your partner's.

A) Social exchange
B) Attraction
C) Equity
D) Social penetration

Question 24

It is possible to move to a more intense relationship stage, but not to a less intense one.

Question 25

Belinda wants the security of knowing she will spend each weekend with her boyfriend, but she also wants the excitement of doing new things with him from time to time. This illustrates the tension between

A) closedness and openness.
B) autonomy and connection.
C) security and spontaneity.
D) novelty and predictability.

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT an example of a cost in a relationship?

A) giving up time with friends
B) listening to country music, which you hate
C) paying for dinner
D) all of the above could be considered costs

Question 27

Which of the following about movement through relationship stages is FALSE?

A) People usually go through the stages gradually.
B) You can exit at any stage.
C) You can stay in the same stage forever.
D) You can't go backwards.

Question 28

Research has not confirmed the idea that interpersonal relationships contribute significantly to physical and emotional health.

Question 29

Which of the following is NOT a type of commitment in a relationship?

A) the desire to stay in the relationship
B) the need to stay in the relationship
C) the moral obligation to stay in the relationship
D) all of the above are types of commitment

Question 30

An analysis of the costs and rewards in a relationship take place in the _________________ theory of relationships.

A) attraction
B) social exchange
C) social penetration
D) rules

Question 31

Marie is going back and forth between wanting to commit to Jim and wanting to get to know Allen. She is experiencing:

A) a lack of commitment.
B) closedness versus openness
C) novelty versus predictability
D) autonomy versus connection

Question 32

There is probably nothing as important to you as your contact with other human beings.

Question 33

The ________________ is the permission to break some relationship rule as a result of your relationship stage.

A) relationship license
B) intimacy rule
C) dyadic effect
D) turning point

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT true about the dissolution stage of relationships?

A) Interpersonal separation usually takes place before social separation.
B) In this stage partners start looking at themselves as individuals rather than halves of a pair.
C) Some people continue to live psychologically in a relationship after it has dissolved.
D) In the U.S., continuity is valued and so relationships are less likely to dissolve.

Question 35

The first stage of deterioration is

A) intrapersonal dissatisfaction.
B) interpersonal deterioration.
C) communication depenetration.
D) interpersonal dissatisfaction.

Question 36

An example of a turning point is the first fight in a relationship.

Question 37

A theory concerned with relationship development from the superficial to the intimate levels and from few to many areas of interpersonal interaction is

A) social penetration.
B) interpersonal bonding.
C) relational dialectics theory.
D) relational bonding maxim.

Question 38

Which of the following is NOT a way to "test" your partner during the involvement stage?

A) Ask mutual friends about him or her.
B) Ask direct questions to him or her.
C) Run a criminal background check on him or her.
D) Separate yourself from him or her and see how he or she reacts.

Question 39

In ____________ stage, ex-partners begin to look upon themselves as individuals rather than halves of the pair.

A) interpersonal dissatisfaction
B) deterioration
C) testing
D) dissolution

Question 40

Research has shown that more heterosexual love affairs break up over the woman's infidelity.

Question 41

In the intimacy stage, people ask questions such as "Do you like country music?" and "What do you do for a living?"

Question 42

The degree to which we penetrate our inner personalities, our inner cores, is referred to as breadth.

Question 43

Online relationships are based more on rapport, similarity, and self-disclosure and less on physical characteristics.

Question 44

When you enter a relationship you have a comparison level, which is your realistic expectation concerning what you feel you deserve from the relationship.

Question 45

To empathize is to feel sorry or happy for a person.

Question 46

Your desire to remain an individual but also intimately connect to another person is the tension between openness and closedness.

Question 47

Choose a relationship you are currently in. Using social exchange theory, discuss the costs, rewards, and whether or not you are seeing a profit from the relationship.

Question 48

Relationship dialectics theory states that all relationships can be defined by a series of opposites including autonomy and connection.

Question 49

Choose a relationship you are currently in or have recently experienced. Using attraction theory, discuss three factors that led to the development of this relationship.

Question 50

Rachel is staying in her relationship with Brian because he takes her places and keeps her from being alone. She feels this outweighs the negative aspects of the relationship such as how controlling he is. This illustrates the social exchange theory at work.

Question 51

What are the advantages and disadvantages of relationships? Give two examples of each.

Question 52

Research shows there are no universal facial features that are thought to be attractive.

Question 53

As a relationship deteriorates, certain topics aren't discussed at all while others might not be discussed in-depth anymore.

Question 54

Relationships always go through the repair stage.

Question 55

Research has shown, in both face-to-face and online relationships, that the closer you get to someone the less privacy you have.

Question 56

Describe how an important relationship in your life moved through the stages of relationships. Provide examples of incidents, words, or behaviors that demonstrate each stage.

Question 57

Complementarity states that we tend to like people who praise us.

Question 58

Interpersonal commitment is part of the involvement stage in relationship development.

Question 59

All relationships have communication rules, even families. What rules did you learn in your family? Give two examples.

Question 60

According to politeness theory, relationships develop when both positive and negative face needs are met.