Interpersonal Communication

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A multi-dimensional response to any event that enhances or inhibits your goals is known

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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 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?

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Liking

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Hancock’s 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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During a counseling session with his wife, Edith, Harris frequently rolled his eyes, made rude and condescending remarks, and openly mocked Edith in front of their counselor. Harris’s emotional state could best be described as:

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contemptuous

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Regarding the relationship between jealousy and envy, which of the following is true?

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Envy involves wanting something that another person has.

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

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Alexithymia

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This 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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Using you-statements to describe your emotions is problematic because:

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

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influence both the emotions we feel and the ways in which we react to emotions.

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Social practices and messages

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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 this type of rewards:

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a. emotional
b. material
c. health

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_______________ is the force that draws people together.

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

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approach behaviors

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Which of the following represents a peer relationship for you?

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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 _______________ 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?

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Don’t be jealous of your friend’s other friends.

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In the ______________ 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 _____________ 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?

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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 co-workers and boss

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Let’s say you’re friends with your co-worker, Eric, who’s up for a promotion. Which of the following reflects the task dimension of your relationship?

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Based on his performance, you don’t feel Eric deserves the promotion.

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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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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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When forming friendships, people find several forms of similarity to be attractive. According to research, which of the following is true?

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Attitude similarity is the strongest predictor of initial attraction.

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All of the following are characteristics of an intimate relationship except:

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minimization of interdependence

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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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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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Jordan wants to feel emotionally close to his girlfriend but he also wants to make his own decisions. Which dialectical tension is he experiencing?

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autonomy-connectedness

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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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Which of the following statements about same-sex partners is true?

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a. Some of them enter into formal relationships known as domestic partnerships.
b. Communication in sex-same partnerships resembles that in opposite-sex partnerships.
c. Satisfaction levels in same-sex partnerships are equal to those in opposite-sex partnerships.

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Most new relationships end at which 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 has discovered that satisfied couples maintain this ratio of positive to negative communication:

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5:1

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During which of Knapp’s stages of relationship termination do couples decrease both the quality and frequency of their interactions?

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circumscribing

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From a legal perspective, this is the most heavily regulated relationship in the United States:

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marital relationships

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

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family of origin

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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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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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________________ are behaviors that indicate to other people how much we value them.

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confirming messages

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This 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