Question 1

Social exchange theory suggests that we often seek out people who can give us

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give us rewards that are greater than or equal to the costs we ecounter in dealing with them.

Question 2

When two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously in an interpersonal relationship, the struggle to achieve these opposing goals creats what is called a

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Dialectical tensions

Question 3

Every message has

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both a content and a relational dimension

Question 4

One type of relational transgression is

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All of these. unfaithfulness, verbal hostility, rage, criticism in front of others

Question 5

Talking the most, interrupting the other person, and changing the topic most often are all common indicators of

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...

Question 6

The degree to which the partners in an interpersonal relationship like or appreciate one another is called

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affinity

Question 7

The best predictor of whether a couple will be friends after reaching the terminating stage is

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b and d. whether they were friends before their emotional involvement and whether communication was positive during the break-up

Question 8

According to the text, all of the following are strategies that couples use to kept their relationships satisfying except

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stagnating

Question 9

According to your text, the process of getting to know others by gaining more information about them is called

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...

Question 10

A couple on their second marriage each share many feelings with each other, but they keep most details of their previous marriages private. They are managing the openness-privacy dialectic with the stratgey of

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segmentation

Question 11

The benefit of forgiveness is

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...

Question 12

In a survey of conflict views of college men and women, women are described as being

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more concerned with maintaining the relationship during a conflict

Question 13

Complementary and symmetrical conflict styles have been shown to produce

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both \"good\" results as well as \"bad\" ones.

Question 14

In order for a conflict to exist, two interdependent parties must perceive

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a, b, & c. Incompatible goals, scarce resources, interference from the other party in achieving their goals.

Question 15

You and your partner\'s pattern of managing disagreements that repeats itself over time is called your

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relational conflict style

Question 16

Studies of intimate and aggressive relational conflict styles find that

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the pattern partners choose may reveal a great deal about the kind of relationship they have chosen.

Question 17

Norman and Fredrick seem to argue all the time. Coworkers describe the two as hotheads, but recognize that the two men seem to like sparring and are very close friends. Their conflict style is best described as

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intimate-aggressive

Question 18

Sue wanted to see a movie with her friends Friday night, but ended up at a bar since that\'s where most of the girls wanted to go. Sue used what conflict style in this situation

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...

Question 19

At which step in the win-win, collaborative process would you utilize the assertive message format?

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...

Question 20

Of the following statements, which most accurately describes the part gender plays in conflict style?

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Gender is less important in determing conflict style than the behavior of the other person in the conflict.

Question 21

The conflict style where one has a low concern for him/herself and a high concern for others is called

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accommodating

Question 22

Avoiding is sometimes an appropriate style to choose when

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if the risk of speaking up is too great, such as triggering an embarrassing fight in public, or even risking physical harm.

Question 23

Privacy management means

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All of the above. the choices we make to reveal or conceal info about ourselves, weighing the pros and cons of self-disclosing, making a concious and deliberate decision to self-disclose.

Question 24

According to your text, all of the following are reasons to be somewhat deceitful in relationships EXCEPT

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to empower others.

Question 25

According to you text, all of the following are reasons to be somewhat deceitful in relationships

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to guide social interaction, to save face, to avoid conflict, to expand or reduce relationships

Question 26

\"It\'s nice to meet you\" is an exmaple of self-disclosure at which of the following levels?

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cliche

Question 27

\"I\'m worried that you won\'t follow through on your commitment\" is an example of self-disclosure at which of the following levels?

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feeling

Question 28

\"I don\'t think you\'re telling the truth\" is an example of self-disclosure at which of the following levels?

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opinion

Question 29

When the target of self-disclosure is a friend, the most frequent reason people give for volunteering personal information is

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relationship maintenance and enhancement

Question 30

With strangers as the target of self-disclosure, the most common reason people give for disclosing is

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reciprocity

Question 31

One study of a randomly selected group of e-mail users showed that their electronic relationships were similar to traditional friendships in what way

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...

Question 32

Of the following, what is not considered a risk of self-disclosure

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decrease in number of relationships

Question 33

Of the following, what is considered a risk of self-disclosure

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loss of influence, negative impression, fear of disapproval, decrease in relational satisfaciton

Question 34

When Kathy told John, \"I\'m just not ready for a serious relationship right now,\" instead of saying, \"I\'m not attracted to you,\" she was

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equivocating

Question 35

One experiment determined that the average lie rate was

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3 fibs for every 10 minutes of conversation

Question 36

Social scientists generally agree that there are four components to the phenomena we label as \"feelings\", they are:

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physiological changes, nonverbal reactions, cognitive interpretations, and verbal expression.

Question 37

Which of the following does the text offer as a guideline for expressing emotions?

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Share multiple feeligns when appropriate

Question 38

Which of the following is a better way of expressing emotion in the statement: \"You\'re making me nervous?\"

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Say \"I feel nervous when you drive over the speed limit\"

Question 39

Two things that distinguish facilitative feelings from debilitative ones are

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intensity and duration

Question 40

\"You never listen to me!\" is an example of subscribing to the fallacy of

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helplessness

Question 41

Gene is in a great mood when he calls Laura. However, she is in a funk from stressful day at work. After a brief chat Gene hangs up the phone feeling discouraged. This is an example of

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emotional contagion

Question 42

Subscribing to fallacy of catastrophic expectations can lead to

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debilitative emotions

Question 43

One reason people don\'t express feelings is

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Question 44

Emotions that we experience are a result of

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all of above. our own temperaments, beliefs we hold, self-talk, emotional memories.

Question 45

Titles of books, periodicals, films, videos, and TV shows underlined in APA fomat?

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False

Question 46

In APA, use muerals to express all of the following except,

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numbers that begin sentences, titles, or text headings

Question 47

All of the following would be included in a good definition of empathy EXCEPT

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it requires that your opinions match those of the other person

Question 48

Empathy is related to perception in that

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empathy is facilitated by trying to perceive things from the other person\'s point of view

Question 49

What\'s missing from this perception check? \"When you didn\'t do the grocery shopping today like you usually do, I figured you were\'nt feeling good or were mad at me.\"

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It doesn\'t request clarification

Question 50

The recognition of a \"figure\" as standing out from a \"ground\" of other stimuli takes place during what phase of perception process

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interpretation stimulation verification organization or selection?

Question 51

Which of the following are causes of inaccurate perception

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All of the above. We cling to first impressions. We\'re influenced by what is most obvious. We assume others are similar to us. We judge ourselves more charitably

Question 52

Using the skill of perception checking will help prevent

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inaccurate decoding of messages

Question 53

Laura knows her friend mary Ellen is going through a difficult time so she doesn\'t mind that Mary ellen is particularly quiet at dinner. This is an example of what stage in the perception process?

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Interpretation

Question 54

When Lynn got caught speeding, Amy said she should have been more careful; later when Amy got caught speeding, she denied she was driving too fast. This is an example of what tendency in perception

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The self-serving bias

Question 55

Which of the following is NOT noted by your APA manual as a strategy to improve writing style?

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Writing from an outline, putting aside the first draft and re-reading it later, asking a colleague to review and critique the draft for you, write the entire paper in one sitting?

Question 56

APA format uses headings to help effectively organize ideas and to highlight important items within sections

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True

Question 57

During the communication process, the ___ is \"the medium through which the message passes\" in order to reach the receiver.

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Channel

Question 58

This communication model reflects that people send and receive messages simultaneously, that environments affect how communication understand other\'s bhaviors, notes that noise can reside both inside and outside of each communicatior, and states that communication something we \"do with\" a receiver, not something we \"do to\" them

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Trandsactional

Question 59

The ____ dimension of communication \"involves the information being explicitly discussed\", whereas, the ____

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content : relational

Question 60

Which of the following is NOT a principle of interpersonal communication?

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Successful communicaiton requires a shared understanding between communicators

Question 61

The goals of a literature review include all of the following EXCEPT

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to produce new/original reserach to further examine the topic.

Question 62

self-esteem

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involves evaluations of self-worth

Question 63

self-concept

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relatively stable set of perceptions you hold of yourself

Question 64

self-fulfilling prophecy

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occurs when expectations of an event influence a person\'s behavior. can be positive or negative

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