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True or False-Remorse is a secondary emotion composed of disgust and fear.

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False

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

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Passion

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Which of the following was NOT found by a study of emotional contagion online?

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Sad participants produced more words than non-sad participants.

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True or False- Social practices and messages influence both the emotions we feel and the ways in which we react to emotions.

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True

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Which of the following emotions has a neutral valence?

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Surprise

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True or False-People raised in collectivistic cultures typically express more negative emotion to outsiders than do people raised in individualistic cultures

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True

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Which of the following is true about the relationship between jealousy and envy?

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Envy involves wanting something that another person has; jealousy involves feeling threatened by a third party.

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Which of the following statements about the amygdala is FALSE?

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The amygdala is a small cluster of neurons in the spinal cord Amygdala is really when fear causes immediate changes in our body that are controlled by a cluster of neurons in the brain

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True or False-Emotions generally last longer than moods.

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False

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Which process involves 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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True or False-Social anxiety is a rare and serious psychological disorder

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False

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

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Shame

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True or False- Denying and suppressing felt emotions can contribute to a number of health problems.

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True

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How are emotions and moods different?

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Emotions have and identifiable cause, whereas moods do not.

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True or False-Whereas sadness is an emotion, depression is an illness

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True

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According to your text, women are more likely than men to experience which of the following?

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Emotional jealousy

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________ is the emotion we experience when we feel we have been wronged in some way

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Anger

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Which of the following is an example of a primary emotion?

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Anger

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True or False- 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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A multi-dimensional response to any event that enhances or inhibits your goals is known as a(n)

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Emotion

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True or False- 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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True or False- The emotional contagion effect applies only to positive emotions, such as happiness

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False

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

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Emotional contagion

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Which of the following statements about communication technology is true?

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

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True or False-In every measurable way, women are more emotional than men.

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False

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________ is a condition in which people lack the ability to understand, describe, and process emotions

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Alexithymia

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

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Approach behaviors

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True or False-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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True or False-According to equity theory, it is better to be equally benefited than to be over-benefited

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True

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True or False-Research finds that assurances and task-sharing do not appear to enhance online relationships

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True

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Which of the following is NOT an emotional reward commonly associated with close relationships?

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Emotional continuity

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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 which form of attraction?

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Task attraction

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________ is the desire to stay in a relationship no matter what happens

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Commitment

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True or False-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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Which of the following statements about similarity is FALSE?

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Forming relationships with people unlike ourselves is more interesting and enjoyable.

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Which of the following reflects the resources we put into a relationship?

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Investment

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When forming online relationships, which of the following strategies reduces uncertainty the most?

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Interactive

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True or False-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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True or False-Most couples tend to progress through the stages of coming together in the same way.

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False

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Which of the following is NOT a relational maintenance behavior?

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predictability

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Which 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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True or False-Dialectical tensions are rare in most intimate relationships.

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False

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a close relationship?

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minimization of interdependence

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Elizabeth and Aaron had been married for six months when Elizabeth started to feel dissatisfied in their relationship. Although Aaron was a nice person and fun to be around, he didn't do any of the cooking or cleaning, despite the fact that both of them worked full-time. Elizabeth's dissatisfaction was likely due to the fact that

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Elizabeth expected an equitable investment in household chores from Aaron.

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Which 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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Which of the following statements about potential health benefits of relationships is true, according to the text?

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

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True or False-A good relationship does not involve any sort of cost to you.

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False

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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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True or False-When it comes to forming friendships, similarity is good and complementary is bad.

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False

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People use many strategies for dealing with dialectical tensions. Going back and forth between the two sides of a tension is a characteristic of which strategy?

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alternation

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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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When considering a potential spouse, someone from an individualistic culture such as the United States would more likely ask which question?

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"How does my heart feel?"

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True or False-Single-parent families can include biological children, step-children, and/or adopted children.

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True

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True or False-Mother, son, grandfather, and aunt are all examples of family roles.

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False

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Which of the following statements about relationships with clients at work is correct?

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

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

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quid pro quo

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According to Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, cognitive models for what marriage is and should be are called

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marital schemata.

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According to Gottman's couple typology, which 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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The practice of polygamy is, by definition, an exception to which social expectation about marriage?

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It is exclusive.

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During conflict episodes, someone playing which 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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True or False-People in arranged marriages are usually unhappy with their relationship.

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False

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True or False-Just because friendship is voluntary, that doesn't mean we choose our friends arbitrarily.

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True

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Which of the following reasons that people keep opposite-sex relationships nonromantic is NOT shown by the research?

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They are romantically interested in a third person.

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True or False-Work relationships usually involve both a task dimension and a social dimension.

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True

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True or False-Research indicates that becoming friends with your customers is almost always bad for business.

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False

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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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True or False-Siblings usually comprise a child's first peer group.

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True

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Research shows that which of the following is positively related to your job satisfaction?

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being friends with your co-workers and boss

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Your ________ is the family that includes your parents and your siblings.

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Family of orgin

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True or False-Friendship rules are almost always explicit rather than implicit.

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False

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Which of the following reasons is most commonly cited for ending a friendship due to changes in life circumstances?

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moving away

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True or False-Open relationships are observed among heterosexual, bisexual, and homosexual individuals alike.

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True

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In the ________ 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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True or False-Research indicates that most American households are headed by a married couple.

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False

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At which stage of friendship do people begin to think of themselves as friends and their communication becomes more personal?

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nascent friendship

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When engaged in interpersonal conflict, ________ is the practice of saving up past grievances and bringing them all up at the same time.

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gunnysacking

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Which form of power derives from the ability to punish?

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coercive power

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Felix had been angry with his roommate Hector for some time. Hector was always playing his music so loudly that Felix couldn't concentrate, much less have a conversation on the telephone. Despite his anger, he hadn't expressed his feelings to Hector. Which of the following is true of this situation?

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Hector and Felix are not engaged in conflict, because conflict must be expressed.

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Research shows that three issues top the list as sources of conflict in romantic relationships. Which of the following is NOT among them?

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relationships with in-laws

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True or False-Referent power derives from one's admiration for, and attraction to, another.

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True

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True or False-The disinhibition effect suggests that online conflicts are more likely to involve inequitable distributions of power than face-to-face conflicts.

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False

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Which conflict-management strategy involves a high concern for the other party but a low concern for the self?

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accommodating

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True or False-To qualify as conflict, a struggle or disagreement has to be expressed.

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True

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True or False-Stonewalling involves seeing yourself as a victim and denying responsibility for your own behaviors.

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False

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True or False-The most distressed relationships are those with the most frequent conflict.

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False

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True or False-Traditional gender socialization encourages men to use accommodating conflict management strategies.

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False

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When spouses engage in the demand-withdraw pattern, who is most likely to demand and who is more likely to withdraw?

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Women are most likely to demand; men are most likely to withdraw.

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Which of the following statements accurately reflects the idea of "reframing" a conflict?

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thinking of conflict as a game when you traditionally think of it as a battle

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The content dimension of a conflict relates to what?

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the specific point of contention giving rise to the conflict

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True or False-The goal of collaboration is to identify a "win-win" solution to a conflict.

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True

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When people engage in ________, they use their words to attack or demean those around them.

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verbal aggression

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True or False-As an approach to structuring families and communities, patriarchy is virtually universal.

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True

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________ is the ability to manipulate, influence, or control other people or events.

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Power

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A relationship between a person of higher power and a person of lesser power is known as a ________ relationship.

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complementary

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Which of the following statements correctly defines the concept of flooding?

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Flooding happens when someone engaged in conflict is emotionally or psychologically unable to engage the discussion further.

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True or False-The strength of the immune system is predicted by the way people handle conflict, particularly in romantic relationships.

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True

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People in which type of culture think of the unequal distribution of power as normal or even desirable?

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high-power-distance

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