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The desire to stay in a relationship no matter what happens.

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Commitment

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This occurs when one partner expresses a substantially higher level of interest in the relationship than the other.

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Obsessive Relational Intrusion

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This reflects the resources we put into a relationship.

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Investment

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Two partners, married for six months, both with full time jobs. One begins to become dissatisfied with the other, due to a lack of help around the house. Dissatisfaction is due to the fact..

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Unmet Expectation of Equitable Investment

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Wants to feel emotionally close to girlfriend, but also wants to make his own decisions. What dialectical tension?

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Autonomy-Connectedness

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Married people.. Live longer, tend to be healthier, and are less likely to abuse alcohol and drugs. (NOT: better sexual health)

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Health benefits of Marriage

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The practice of polygamy is an exception to which social expectation about marriage?

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It is exclusive

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When considering a spouse, someone from an individualistic culture such as the U.S. would likely ask:

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"How does my heart feel?"

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Communication and satisfaction levels in same-sex partnerships are equal to/resemble those of opposite-sex partnerships. Some enter formal relationships known as domestic partnerships.

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Same-sex partners

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Most new relationships end at this stage of Knapp's stage model.

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Experimenting

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At this stage of relationship formation, a deep commitment has formed and there is a strong sense that the relationship has its own identity.

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Integrating

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In this marriage type, spouses adopt conventional gender roles and tend to avoid conflict.

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Separate

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According to Gottman's couple typology, this type of couple handles disagreements in a way that is open, but discussions tend to be competitive rather than cooperative.

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Volatile

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Preliminary research has shown that, compared to heterosexual couples, homosexual couples tend to..

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Take conflict less personally

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Gottman discovered that satisfied couples maintain this ratio of positive to negative communication

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5:1

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Most relational communication fits in this category, handling these tasks can become a major area of contention, and the way couples handle these tasks reflects the balance of power in the relationship.

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Why is the discussion of routine, mundane tasks important to consider in long-term romantic relationships?

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During this stage of Knapp's relationship termination, couples decrease both the quality and frequency of their interactions.

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Circumscribing

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From a legal perspective, these are the most heavily regulated relationships in the United States

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Marital Relationships

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The family that consists of parents and siblings

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Family of Origin

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Going back and forth between two sides of a tension, is a characteristic of which strategy for dealing with dialectical tensions?

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Alternation

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During conflict episodes, someone playing this family role tends to agree with whatever is said in order to keep others from getting angry.

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Placater

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You send this type of confirming message when you signal that you agree with what another person is saying.

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Endorsement

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Kim said how her weekend plans fell apart. A said "Not everything goes the way you want, that's life." B said "I'm sorry for you, you must be disappointed". Which of Gibb's message types reflects the difference between the two responses?

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Neutrality vs. Empathy

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Behaviors that indicate to other people how much we value them.

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Confirming Messages

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Strategy for giving non evaluative feedback involves asking questions that will give you more information about what the person is expecting.

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Probing

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True or false. Most relationships have some measure of interdependence, what differentiates them is their degree of interdependence.

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True

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Dialectical tensions are rare in most intimate relationships

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False

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People in arranged marriages are usually unhappy with their relationship

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False

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Research has shown that much of the communication that typically occurs during the initiation phase is now being done online

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True

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The experimenting stage of relationship development occurs when people meet and interact for the first time

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False

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Couples tend to progress through the stages of coming together in much the same way

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False

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Single parent families can include biological children, stepchildren, and or adopted children

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True

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Research indicates that most American households are headed by a married couple

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False

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Mother, son, grand father, and aunt are all examples of family rules

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False

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Siblings usually comprise a child's first peer group

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True

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An impervious response is one that ignores the person to whom you are responding

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True

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This theory says that each of us is born with a fundamental drive to seek, form, maintain, and protect strong social relationships

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Need to belong theory

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Friendships and other social relationships often involve these types of rewards

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Emotional, material, and health

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which of the following is not an emotional reward commonly associated with close relationships? comfort, happiness, emotional continuity, or empathy

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Emotional continuity

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The force that draws people together

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Interpersonal attraction

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A true statement about potential health benefits of relationships

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People with strong social networks are more than twice as likely to survive a heart attack

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When you meet Carrie, you are drawn to her as a friend because she is an excellent piano player, just like you are. This is an example of what form of attraction?

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Task attraction

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This theory predicts that the more we learn about someone, the more we like that person

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Uncertainty reduction theory

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Forming relationships with people like ourselves is socially validating, and we are genetically inclined to help those who are similar to our cells. spending time with people like ourselves makes us feel better about our self, but conversely, forming relationships with people unlike ourselves is not more interesting or enjoyable

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Similarity

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When we experience any form of attraction for someone else, we are likely to engage in blank, behaviors that signal our interest in another person

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Approach behaviour

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This is your realistic expectation of what you think you deserve from a relationship

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Comparison level

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Which of the following statements about friendships is not true? They are voluntary, governed by rules, the same in both sexes, and usually occur between peers

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Friendships are the same in both sexes

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Which of the following represents a peer relationship for you? A graduate student instructor who teaches a class you're taking, your sister, your boss, your parents

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Your sister, because you are siblings in the same family

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When you establish a friendship with a supervisor at work, it is a good idea to establish blank to prevent potential problems

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Ground rules

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Which of the following is one of the friendship rules identified in a study by communication researchers Argyle and Henderson? protect your friend from potential threats, don't tell your friend information that might hurt their feelings, don't be jealous of your friends other friends, or routinely tell your friend that you care about him or her

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Don't be jealous of your friends other friends

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What is not true regarding sex differences in friendships?

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Both women and men see their opposite sex friends as more loyal and helpful than their same sex friends

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What is not true regarding opposite sex friendships?

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They are almost always closer than same sex friendships

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In the blank stage of friendship, people begin to think of themselves as friends and their communication becomes more personal

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Nascent friendship

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In the blank stage of friendship, people begin to drift apart and might lose contact with one another

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Waning friendship

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Which of the following reasons is most commonly cited for ending a friendship due to changes in life circumstances? Having a child, moving away, getting married, experiencing an illness in the family

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Moving away

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Research shows that this is positively related to your job satisfaction

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Being friends with your coworkers and boss, customers and clients, and maintaining personal boundaries at work

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Which of the following reflects the task dimension of your relationship with a friend Eric who's up for a promotion? based on his performance you feel he does not deserve the promotion, as his friend you want him to get it, if he doesn't get it you will consult him and cheer him up, all are examples

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Based on his performance, you feel that he does not deserve it

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Which type of sexual harassment includes requesting romantic or sexual favors in return for preferential treatment at work?

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Quid pro quo

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What is a correct statement about relationships with clients at work?

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Close friendships with clients can put workers in an uncomfortable or unethical position

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When forming friendships, people find several forms of similarity to be attractive. what is true according to research?

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Attitude similarity is the strongest predictor of initial attraction

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According to the need to belong, we need relationships that are both emotionally close and interactive

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True

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Smoking cigarettes is worse for your health then not having close relationships

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False

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A good relationship does not involve any sort of cost to you

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False

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Other things being equal, we are more likely to form social relationships with people we see often than with people we don't

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True

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When it comes to forming friendships, similarity is good and complementarity is bad

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False

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Uncertainty reduction theory suggests that people get to know each other if they believe the effort will be worth it

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False

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According to equity theory, it's better to be equally benefited them to be over benefited

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True

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Just because friendship is voluntary, that doesn't mean we choose our friends arbitrarily

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True

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Friendship rules are almost always explicit, rather than implicit

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False

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Work relationships usually involve both a task dimension and a social dimension

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True

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Research indicates that becoming friends with your customers is almost always bad for business

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False

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A multidimensional response to any event that enhances or inhibits your goals is known as a

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Emotion

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How are emotions and moods different?

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Emotions have an identifiable cause whereas moods do not

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This emotion involves feelings of joy and surprise, along with the experiences of excitement and attraction for another person

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Passion

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Which of the following emotions is derived from the product of your overall evaluation of another person? Liking, love, interest, affection

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liking

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The emotion we experience when we feel we have been wronged in some way

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Anger

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During counseling with his wife, Edith, Harris freakily rolled his eyes making rude and condescending remarks. this open mocking in front of their counselor, demonstrates that Paris is in what emotional state?

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Contemptuous

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Hancock study of emotional contagion online found all of the following EXCEPT?

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sad participants produced more words than non sad participants

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regarding the relationship between jealousy and envy, what is a true statement?

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Envy involves wanting something that another person has

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Your text described five stages in the grieving process. Which of the following was not among them? Depression, retribution, bargaining, anger

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Retribution

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All of the following are true about the amygdala except. the amygdala is a small cluster of neurons in the spinal cord, in response to fear the amygdala causes our heart and breathing rates to increase, the amygdala response to several primary emotions, and it causes stress hormone levels to rise when we feel afraid

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The amygdala responds to several primary emotions

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During a normal conversation with a friend you begin to notice that you feel very uncomfortable, stomach in knots, palms sweaty, legs are weak. You remember that before talking to your friend, you are nervous because you have a test. This illustrates the fact that...

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Emotions are cognitive

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The action tendency for this emotion is to hide or disappear from others

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Shame

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Which of the following emotions has a neutral valence? Surprise, happiness, contentment, positivity

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Surprise

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Which of the following is an example of a primary emotion? Jealousy, anger, contempt, remorse

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Anger

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Soldiers decline treatment for post traumatic stress disorder primarily because...

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They feel fear that their comrades will stigmatize them

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What is not true about cultural displays of emotion?

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After contact with Western cultures, preliterate cultures tend to adopt Western display rules

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This display rule involves acting as though you're indifferent or emotionless when you are actually experiencing an emotion

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Inhibition

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When one member of a group spreads his or her emotional state to others, blank has taken place

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Emotional contagion

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What is a true statement about communication technology?

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Online support communities are a viable option for helping people deal with a difficult situation

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According to your text, women are more likely than men to experience...

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Emotional jealousy

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In the expression of emotion, androgynous people...

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Are more emotionally expressive than highly masculine people

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People who score highly on this personality trait are more likely than others to experience anger, guilt, anxiety, and depression

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Neuroticism

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A condition in which people lack the ability to understand, describe, and process emotions

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Alexithymia

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The process involving changing the way you think about the situation that gave rise to a negative emotion

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Emotional reappraisal

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Using you statement are problematic because

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It fails to acknowledge the part you play in determining your feelings

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Social practices in messages influence both the emotions we feel in the ways in which we react to emotion

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True

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Emotions generally last longer than moods

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False

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Remorse is a secondary emotion composed of disgust and fear

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False

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Where are sadness is an emotion, depression is an illness

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True

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Social anxiety is a rare and serious psychological disorder

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False

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People raised in collectivistic cultures typically express more negative emotion to outsiders then do people raised in individualistic cultures

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True

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Women are more likely than men to respond to jealousy by trying to make their partners jealous

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True

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The emotional contagion effect applies only to positive emotions, such as happiness

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False

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Denying and suppressing self emotion can contribute to a number of health problems

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True

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People who can accurately identify which emotion they're feeling are best equipped to manage their emotions in productive ways

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True

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In every measurable way, women are more emotional than men

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False

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All are characteristics of an intimate relationship except.. Need for deep commitment, minimization of interdependence, dialectical tensions, continuous investment

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Minimization of interdependence

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J and S are long time friends. S lost her job, accepted offer by J to stay with her. S does some of the cooking while staying there. According to equity theory, what is true about this relationship scenario?

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S is currently over benefited in their relationship, and is investing less that J. The relationship will survive a period of brief inequity as long as long term equity is maintained.

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Initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, and bonding

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Knapp's 5 Stages of Relationship formation

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Differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and terminating

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Knapp's 5 Stages of relationship termination

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Placater, Blamer, Computer, and Distractor

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Family roles

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