Deck 9: Interpersonal Communication and Relationships

Question 1

When a person says something like "Couldn't we discuss this and work something out?", she/he is sending which kind of message?

A) contact
B) closeness
C) distancing
D) repair
E) dissolution

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The six stages in relationships include all EXCEPT

A) contact, involvement.
B) intimacy, deterioration.
C) frustration, anger.
D) repair, dissolution.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

At which phase do individuals begin to share their dissatisfaction and decision to leave with others?

A) contact
B) closeness
C) deterioration
D) repair
E) dissolution

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Positiveness, openness, supportiveness, interest, truthfulness, involvement, value, and equality are

A) general principles for improving relationship communication.
B) the steps in attraction theory.
C) affinity-seeking strategies.
D) disengagement strategies.

Question 5

Close relationships put pressure on you to

A) joke about a shared future.
B) reveal yourself and expose you vulnerabilities.
C) reveal positiveness.
D) prevent you from developing other relationships.

Question 6

Which of the following statements is an example of what might be said during the involvement stage of a relationship?

A) I'd like to take you to the play we discussed.
B) You never listen to me.
C) May I join you?
D) I love you.

Question 7

The advantages of interpersonal relationships include all EXCEPT

A) they can lesson loneliness.
B) they can stimulate ideas.
C) they can involve intimacy.
D) they can enhance self-esteem.

Question 8

Primary relationships and families have the following characteristics that define this relationship type:

A) shared future, reciprocity, communication rules, shared ancestors.
B) defined roles, recognition of responsibilities, agape love, shared history.
C) truthfulness, value, supportiveness, openness.
D) recognition of responsibilities, communication rules, shared history, defined roles.

Question 9

As relationships develop on the internet, network convergence occurs; that is,

A) it lessens loneliness.
B) they begin to share their network of other communicators with each other.
C) it stimulates ideas.
D) it forces you to learn about the other person.

Question 10

Cultural and gender differences influence

A) work relationships.
B) feminine cultures.
C) friendships and the way you look at friendships.
D) individualist cultures.

Question 11

Because most cultures assume that relationships should be permanent or long lasting, there has been little research into

A) movement from one intimate relationship to another.
B) same sex relationships.
C) deterioration and dissolution.
D) divorce.

Question 12

When we begin to reveal ourselves to the other person, we are at which stage of a relationship?

A) contact
B) intimacy
C) dissolution
D) deterioration
E) involvement

Question 13

At the contact state, which of the following is particularly important?

A) ability to articulate ideas
B) opening line
C) an introduction
D) physical appearance

Question 14

A formal marriage illustrates an example of

A) physical compatibility.
B) social bonding.
C) interpersonal commitment.
D) social penetration.

Question 15

People who see intimacy as involving considerable risk have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

A) fewer close friends.
B) lower self-esteem.
C) less likely to have romantic relationships.
D) higher levels of dating assertiveness.

Question 16

Online relationships have the following advantages:

A) you can present a false self.
B) physical appearance does not outweigh a person's inner qualities.
C) they can substitute for face-to-face relationships.
D) there are few or no nonverbal codes.

Question 17

The letters in REPAIR stand for

A) Recognize, Engage, Prefer, Affirm, Interpersonal, Romantic.
B) Recognize, Engage, Pose, Affirm, Integrate, Risk.
C) Relational, Emotional, Preferential, Interpersonal, Romantic.
D) Relational, Emotional, Paternal, Interpersonal, Romantic.

Question 18

How does movement among the stages of a relationship work?

A) There is a forward progression through the stages.
B) If a relationship does not keep moving through the stages, it dies.
C) The stages always progress from less intense to more intense.
D) Each stage offers the opportunity to exit the relationship.

Question 19

The ideal type friendship, characterized by loyalty, self-sacrifice, mutual affection, and generosity, is

A) receptivity.
B) reciprocity.
C) association.
D) agape.

Question 20

The dissolution stage takes the following forms:

A) interpersonal separation then social or public separation.
B) social separation then interpersonal separation.
C) the goodbye stage then public separation.
D) the goodbye stage then interpersonal separation.

Question 21

In relational dialectics theory, relationships can be defined by a series of opposites. Which of the following is NOT one of those opposites?

A) autonomy and connection
B) novelty and prediction
C) closeness and distance
D) closedness and openess

Question 22

A few affinity-seeking strategies include altruism, assumption of equality, comfortable self, and conversational rule-keeping.

Question 23

In a friendship, communication interactions must have taken place between the people.

Question 24

The quality that makes a relationship interpersonal is interdependent.

Question 25

Explain the disadvantage of interpersonal relationships.

Question 26

When we cut the bonds that tie individuals together, we are involved in a deteriorating relationship.

Question 27

In a family, the primary relationship is that between a husband and a wife.

Question 28

There are three types of friendship:

A) fraternal, acquaintance, and intimate.
B) reciprocity, receptivity, and association.
C) fleeting, acquaintance, and intimate.
D) reciprocity, intimate, and association.

Question 29

What general stages do relationships follow? Give an example of the kind of communication that takes place at each stage.

Question 30

Hyperpersonal communication describes the preference of young people to communicate through CMC.

Question 31

The friendship of association is a transitory one.

Question 32

A statement such as "I'm afraid to get more involved right now" is a

A) dissolution message.
B) repair message.
C) distancing message.
D) maintenance message.

Question 33

The assumption that all relationships can be defined by a series of opposites is known as

A) autonomy and connection.
B) novelty and predictability.
C) relational dialectics theory.
D) bi-polar theory.

Question 34

Relationship communication is almost synonymous with interpersonal communication.

Question 35

Explain how culture and gender differences impact how friendships work and give examples.

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of primary relationships in a family?

A) defined roles
B) shared history
C) continual acknowledgment of love
D) prospect of a shared future

Question 37

Support from others is an effective antidote to the discomfort and unhappiness that occurs when a relationship ends.

Question 38

Describe the different stage-talk messages and give examples of each.

Question 39

Discuss the impact of technology on social relationships.

Question 40

Experimenting and trying to learn more about the other person is a characteristic of the involvement stage of a relationship.

Question 41

In the contact stage of a relationship, there is first __________ contact and then there is usually __________ contact.

Question 42

Three elements of interpersonal communication are affected through new forms of communication provided by CMC: __________, __________, and __________.

Question 43

POSITIVE is an acronym for the general principles for improving interpersonal relationships: positiveness, __________, supportiveness, interest, __________, involvement, value, and __________.

Question 44

In the involvement stage, if you're committed to getting to know the person better, you continue your involvement by __________ your interaction.

Question 45

The three pairs of opposites related to relational dialectics theory are autonomy and __________; __________ and predictability; and __________ and openness.

Question 46

Three major characteristics of ___________ are trust, emotional support, and sharing of interests.

Question 47

Friendship is an interpersonal relationship that is mutually __________.

Question 48

Each stage of a relationship offers an opportunity __________.

Question 49

The three types of friendship are __________, __________, and __________.

Question 50

The first stage of intimacy is __________, and the second stage is __________.