Com380 Final Exam: Interpersonal Communication

Front 1

Male Deficit vs. Alternative Paths Model

Back 1

The Male Deficit Model states that men are not as able or willing to disclose personal information or emotion and that they can't communicate as well as women.

Hint 1

The Alternative Paths Model states that men are not incapable of disclosing, but rather socialized to feel as though they aren't allowed. It also states that men do express themselves, but in a way that's just different.

Front 2

How men's and women's expression of affections may differ.

Back 2

Men express more by activity than dialogue.

Hint 2

Women emphasize dialogue more and expect everything to be reciprocated.

Front 3

How men's and women's disclosure may differ.

Back 3

Men tend to disclose to other men, but will occasionally disclose to women. Men avoid appearing vulnerable to maintain their competitive edge and masculinity.

Hint 3

Women self disclose more than men and to both genders. It's more socially accepted.

Front 4

How homophobia may influence men's expression of friendship (Kimmel).

Back 4

It inhibits the act of affection towards other men, because of the fear it proposes that society will perceive them as gay.

Hint 4

Men may keep both a physical and emotional distance to be sure that this fear is avoided.

Front 5

Marital Communication: Findings regarding withdrawal behaviors and intimacy avoidance (Robert)

Back 5

Stated that withdrawal behaviors or intimacy avoidance would negatively affect marital satisfaction.

Hint 5

Findings were that the wife's withdrawal response caused more marital distress for the husband than the husband's withdrawal did for the wife.

Front 6

Marital Communication: Findings about the relationship between premarital cohabitation and marital communication satisfaction (Cohan and Kleinbaum).

Back 6

Cohabitation reported more negative and less supportive communication and cohabitation before marriage had little effect on the marital communication satisfaction.

Front 7

Cross-sex Friendships: Findings regarding communication maintenance.

Back 7

There are four types of cross-sex friendships: Mutual romance, strictly platonic, desires romance, and rejects romance.

Hint 7

Findings suggest that reports of maintenance behavior
vary based on an individual’s own perception of the friendship.

Front 8

Cross-sex and Same-sex Friendships: Findings regarding the similarities and differences (Holmstrom). (Ratings of affective vs. instrumental communication skills)

Back 8

Females rate affective higher and look for it and Males rate instrumental higher and look for it.

Hint 8

Men actually rated affective skills higher in cross-sex than in same-sex and women didn't differ. Women rated instrumental skills higher in cross-sex than in same-sex and men didn't differ.

Front 9

LGBT Romantic Relationships: Findings regarding sexual communication among lesbians and gays (Holmburg and Blair).

Back 9

States that there is very little difference. Gays/Lesbians just tend to have a bit more humor involved and don't have to express as much, because they understand each other in a different way.

Front 10

LGBT Romantic Relationships: Findings regarding interpersonal contact, emotional and sexual intimacy, and relationship satisfaction for gays and lesbians after breakups (Lunnutti and Cameron).

Back 10

They expressed a high degree of interpersonal satisfaction, a moderate degree of emotional intimacy, and lower sexual intimacy.

Front 11

How domestic abuse is a communication phenomenon.

Back 11

It just is. People don't know how to talk about it and with whom, because it's such an emotional, sensitive and serious topic.

Front 12

Domestic Abuse: Findings about domestic abuse survivor's storytelling behaviors of empowerment and disempowerment (Montealbano-Phelps).

Back 12

Disempowerment displayed issues with a conformity to
roles, a sense of false hope that the abuser will change, and the social construction
of victimization.

Hint 12

Empowerment displayed issues on the “future story,” context, persuasion, and believability.

Front 13

Domestic Abuse: Findings about interpersonal communication between domestic violence survivors' and their friends' communication (Sen).

Back 13

Stated that it was difficult for survivors to talk to their friends and/or friends found it hard to bring up.