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COMM 110 Final
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Which of the following illustrates attraction as a function of propinquity or proximity? | Being attracted to a person from school that is in your class. |
Which of the following demonstrates the reinforcement element of interpersonal attraction? | Attraction for someone who believes and values the same things you |
What of the following reflects the stages of quasi-courtship behaviors, in order? | Confidence, preening behaviors, positional cues, and direct appeals. |
The three specific strategies for information acquisition we use to reduce our uncertainty are | observation, active observation, and direct interaction. |
What is relational escalation? | The process of moving through stages toward interpersonal intimacy |
Which of the following statements is not true of staircase model of relational escalation and de-escalation? | Knapp model, simplifies complex process of relationships, relevant for bot genders |
What is true about the experimental stage of relational escalation? | Both people desire to know more and increasingly personal information about the other person. |
In the intensifying stage which of the following nonverbal behaviors change and are more comfortable? | Haptics, proxemics, and kinesics |
Styles of love that include emotional involvement, but where the passion does not drive the entire relationship are: | Storge, Pragma, and Agape |
When either person in a relationship feels the need to "spice things up," he or she may be experiencing tension on which relational dialectic? | Novelty-predictability |
Uncertainty reduction theory states that a primary motivation for interacting is to reduce uncertainty about others, especially if: | He or she behaves in a way that is deviant or unexpected. The other person can reward or punish us in some way.We anticipate repeated interaction with the person |
Which of the following is a strategy we use to gather information, whereby we ask another person for information about the target? | Active Observation |
As we attempt to gather information and therefore reduce our uncertainty, we utilize which of the following strategies to acquire information: | passive observation, active observation, direct interaction |
The process of moving through five stages toward interpersonal intimacy is called | relational escalation |
According to relational dialectics theory, the tension that occurs because partners may have different needs about how much they tell each other versus how much they keep secret is: | Openness-privacy |
Which of the following is NOT an example of a relational transgression? | lying, cheating, and flirting could be a failure event. |
Which of the following is not on of the reactions that people tend to have when their partner delivers a hurtful message? | Complimentary Response |
The difference between deception by omission and deception by commission is: | Deception by commission is the intentional presentation of false information. |
Which theory states that people seek the greatest reward with the least amount of cost when it comes to relationships? | Social exchange theory |
IPV, or intimate partner violence, includes | physical, sexual, threats, emotional abuse |
“I am comfortable without close emotional relationships. It is very important to me that I feel independent and self-sufficient, and I prefer to not depend on others or to have others depend on me." example of? | dismissive |
An individual, who needs constant attention in a relationship and blames his or her self whenever anything goes wrong, has a ______________ attachment style. | preoccupied |
A reproach is... | A message that a failure event has occured |
"I know that I was late but there was so much traffic because of an accident that happened on the freeway" is an example of… | an excuse |
Which are the three styles for responding to a relationship challenge? | Assertiveness, aggressiveness, and non-assertiveness |
Indirect, Unilateral approaches to breakup include: | withdrawal, and pseudo-de-escalation |
Direct, unilateral approaches to breakup include: | Fait acompli |
Direct, bilateral approaches to breakup include: | Attributional Conflict |
Indirect, bilateral approaches to breakup include: | fading away |
According to social exchange theory, some resources we exchange in relationships can include | status,sex,money |
Which of the following is NOT one of the stages of conflict described in your text? | Disengagement |
Which of the following is NOT one of the three types of conflict? | Latent conflict |
Which of the following is NOT one of the styles of conflict discussed in the chapter? | passive assertiveness |
Which of the following is the BEST style for handling conflict | The best method depends on the specific conflict |
Which fallacy in reasoning suggests that other people cause your emotional reactions? | the fallacy of causation |
Which of the following is the definition of gunny sacking? | bringing up old problems |
Which of the following is the name for the belief that the worst possible outcome is that which will likely occur? | fallacy of catostrophc expectations |
Which of the following is a conflict myth? | Conflict can always be avoided. Conflict arises from misunderstanding. Conflict can always be resolved |
Which of the following is the definition of active conflict? | The stage in which one or both people make their frustrations explicit to the other |
Why is it true that conflict will always exist | Because we are all unique individuals, which means we will have differences |
Which of the approaches to conflict is described as only considering your own needs while ignoring the other person’s needs? | Aggressiveness |
Which of the approaches to conflict is described as only considering the other person’s needs while ignoring your own needs? | non-assertiveness |
Which of the approaches to conflict is described as considering the needs of both people involved? | assertiveness |
Which conflict style is characterized by non-assertion? | avoidance |
Which conflict style is characterized by aggressiveness? | competition |
The five steps of the listening process include: | Selecting, attending, understanding, remembering, responding. |
Attending is: | Focusing on and paying attention to a particular sound. |
Action oriented listeners: | Tend to like to listen to organized speakers, and are often annoyed by unimportant information |
What is emotional noise? | Emotional arousal that interferes with communication effectiveness |
Which of the following is the definition of criticism? | An attack on a person’s character or personality |
Which of the following is NOT one of Gottman’s Four Horseman | yelling |
What is a tangential response? | Response that implies that the person was not listening, because it had nothing to do with what was said |
pseudo listening is: | pretending to listen |
What are the four levels of response? And in what order do they appear? | Acknowledgement, agreement, support, endorsement |
When paraphrasing, one needs to | Actively listen, and repeat the key ideas back to the speaker |
One reason to use "I language" is: | to claim ownership of your emotions |
Which of the following is a behavior described as an attack on a person's character or personality? | criticism |
Which of the following is a behavior described as denying blame, or playing the victim? | defensiveness |
Which of the following is characterized as the intention to insult, demean or hurt the other? | contempt |
concept called “Five to One” claims: | What matters in relational satisfaction is the RATIO of positive vs. negative behavio.Unstable marriages have a ratio of 0.8 to 1 negative to positive interactions.Stable marriages have a ratio of 5 to 1 negative to positive interactions.Happy marriages |