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Chapter 10: Dynamics of Interpersonal Relationships
Test Bank
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 1
1) Which group is unlike the others when it comes to forming relationships?
Feedback:We can’t choose our parents, but in most cases, we can choose our mentors, friends, and spouses.
Page reference: 10.1 Why We Form Relationships
a.Parents
b. Friends
c.Mentors
d.Spouses
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 2
2) Which of the following statements is TRUE about appearance?
Feedback:Physical factors become less important, and as romantic relationships develop, partners create “positive illusions,” viewing one another as more physically attractive over time.
Page reference: 10.1.1 Appearance
a.Online profile owners are rated as less attractive when they have pictures of physically attractive friends on their sites.
b.Face images are rated as more attractive when they appear near those rated as unattractive or average.
c.Ordinary-looking people with pleasing personalities are likely to still be judged as ordinary if their appearance isn’t beautiful by societal standards.
d.Physical factors become less important as a relationship progresses.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 3
3) Traits such as liking, respect, familiarity, and social interaction can all influence perceived __________.
Feedback:The perception of beauty can be influenced by traits such as liking, respect, familiarity, and social interaction.
Page reference: 10.1.1 Appearance
a.disclosure
b. rewards
c.beauty
d.proximity
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 4
4) You received a friend request from Titus, a friend of a friend on Facebook. You apparently have nothing in common with Titus. Which thesis is most helpful in explaining your decision not to respond?
Feedback:Consistent with the similarity thesis, people are more likely to accept a friend request on social media from a stranger they perceive as similar.
Page reference: 10.1.2 Similarity
a.Complementarity
b.Similarity
c.Competency
d.Disclosure
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 5
5) __________ strengthen a relationship when they are complementary.
Feedback:Differences strengthen a relationship when they are complementary—when each partner’s characteristics satisfy the other’s needs.
Page reference: 10.1.3 Complementarity
a.Arguments
b.Differences
c.Conflicts
d.Tensions
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 6
6) The old saying “opposites attract” suggests which reason for forming relationships?
Feedback:Opposites attract when differences are complementary.
Page reference: 10.1.3 Complementarity
a.Complementarity
b.Similarity
c.Reciprocity
d.Proximity
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 7
7) Which interpersonal relationship theory is based on an economic model?
Feedback:Based on an economic model, social exchange theory argues that we seek out people who can give us rewards greater than or equal to the costs we encounter in dealing with them.
Page reference: 10.1.4 Rewards
a.Cognitive dissonance
b.Social exchange
c.Media uses and gratification
d.Relational dialectics
Title: Chapter 10 Question 8
8) Social exchange theory describes CLaltas a standard addressing the fact that costs and rewards don’t exist in isolation. What does CLalt stand for?
Feedback:CLaltis the acronym for comparison level of alternatives, the standard of rewards in a present situation relative to a potential future one.
Page reference: 10.1.4 Rewards
a.Competency level of alternatives
b.Complementarity level of alternatives
c.Comparison level of alternatives
d.Circumscribing level of alternatives
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 9
9) Which dating profile is most likely to be associated with the most attractive person?
Feedback:When others form impressions of you based on limited online data, it’s important to present yourself as a competent communicator.
Page reference: 10.1.5 Competency
a.A profile with typos
b.A profile with grammatical mistakes
c.A profile with misspellings
d.An error-free profile
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 10
10) You are more likely to develop a friendship with someone in one of your classes or someone who lives next door due to __________.
Feedback:Proximity increases the likelihood of more frequent interaction with another person and the possibility of developing a relationship.
Page reference: 10.1.6 Proximity
a.competency
b.disclosure
c.proximity
d.appearance
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 11
11) On social networking sites, __________ proximity outweighs __________ proximity.
Feedback:Proximity even has a role in social media, where messaging or chatting can create virtual proximity of the cultural variety.
Page reference: 10.1.6 Proximity
a.cultural; geographic
b.geographic; cultural
c.educational; ethnic
d.ethnic; educational
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 12
12) What does research reveal is critical to successful self-disclosure?
Feedback:Getting back an amount and kind of information equivalent to what you reveal promotes liking.
Page reference: 10.1.7 Disclosure
a.Self-esteem
b.Maturity
c.Intimacy
d.Reciprocity
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 13
13) During which stage of a relationship do you show that you are interested in making contact and demonstrate that you are a person worth talking to?
Feedback:Initiating is the opening stage of all relationships, including friendships, business partnerships, and romantic relationships.
Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
a.Integrating
b.Experimenting
c.Initiating
d.Insulated listening
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 14
14) Which stage of a relationship features a public display and declaration of exclusivity?
Feedback:During the bonding stage, partners make symbolic public gestures to show the world that their relationship exists and that a commitment has been made.
Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
a.Intensifying
b.Integrating
c.Bonding
d.Circumscribing
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 15
15) In which relational stage do partners reduce the scope of their contact with each other?
Feedback:In the circumscribing stage, distinctions that emerged in the differentiating stage become more clearly marked and labeled: “my friends” and “your friends”; “my bank account” and “your bank account”; “my room” and “your room.”
Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
a.Differentiating
b.Terminating
c.Stagnating
d.Circumscribing
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 16
16) Turning small offenses into major discussions might bring relational development to a halt at which stage?
Feedback:Early-stage romances (experimenting, intensifying) tend to minimize both offenses and repair. As relationships gain traction and commitment (integrating, bonding), they usually require more deliberate conversations about apologies and forgiveness.
Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
a.Experimenting
b.Terminating
c.Stagnating
d.Circumscribing
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 17
17) When stagnation becomes too unpleasant, people in a relationship begin to create distance between each other by __________.
Feedback:Sometimes avoiding occurs directly or by creating excuses.
Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
a.Terminating
b. Avoiding
c.Integrating
d.Circumscribing
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 18
18) What do researchers call conflicts that arise when two opposing or incompatible desires exist simultaneously in a relationship?
Feedback:Dialectical tensions are the struggles that arise from maintaining competing goals in a relationship.
Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
a.Provisionalism
b.Dialectical tensions
c.Assimilations
d.Blind areas
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 19
19) Researchers have identified a number of communication strategies for dealing with dialectical tensions—most of which are __________.
Feedback:Greater awareness of these often unconscious strategies can help us evaluate their effectiveness.
Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
a.unconscious
b. deliberate
c.simple
d.complex
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 20
20) Your recently retired parents have been spending more time together than ever before. In order to get some personal space, they decided to take separate vacations this year. Which strategy are they using to manage their dialectical tensions?
Feedback:To address tensions, communicators may decide to alternate between one end of the dialectical spectrum and the other on different occasions.
Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
a.Alternating
b.Accepting
c.Reframing
d.Reaffirming
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 21
21) You don’t like to deal with personal messages at work, but your partner feels the need to call or text you often during the day. Which dialectical tension are you experiencing in your relationship?
Feedback:The connection-autonomy dialectic reflects our desire to be close to others, but at the same time we seek independence.
Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
a.Inclusion-Seclusion
b.Connection-Autonomy
c.Expression-Privacy
d.Stability-Change
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 22
22) At an external level, which dialectic captures the challenges that people in a relationship face when trying to meet others’ expectations while being true to themselves?
Feedback:At an external level, the conventionality–uniqueness dialectic captures the challenges that people in a relationship confront when trying to fulfill others’ expectations while remaining true to themselves.
Page reference: 10.2 Models of Relational Dynamics
a.Inclusion-Seclusion
b.Predictability–Novelty
c.Expression-privacy
d.Conventionality–Uniqueness
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 23
23) In which external dialectic does a relational pair reconcile a desire for involvement with others outside the relationship and time together within the relationship?
Feedback:In the inclusion–seclusion dialectic, a relational pair must reconcile a desire for both involvement with others outside the relationship and time together within the relationship.
Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
a.Inclusion-Seclusion
b.Predictability–Novelty
c.Expression-Privacy
d.Conventionality–Uniqueness
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 24
24) The drive for intimacy through disclosure and the need to maintain space between ourselves and others is the basis of which dialectic?
Feedback:Along with the drive for intimacy, people have an equally important need to maintain some space between themselves and others. These sometimes conflicting drives create the expression–privacy dialectic.
Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
a.Inclusion-Seclusion
b.Predictability–Novelty
c.Expression-Privacy
d.Conventionality–Uniqueness
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 25
25) Messages have __________ and relational dimensions.
Feedback:Every message has a content and a relational dimension; the former is typically the most obvious component.
Page reference: 10.3.1 Content and Relational Messages
a.rhetorical
b.content
c.linguistic
d.semantic
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 26
26) Which statement is the best example of metacommunication?
Feedback:Metacommunication is communication about communication, such as acknowledging to someone the difficulty of admitting a mistake to you.
Page reference: 10.3.1 Content and Relational Messages
a.I appreciate how difficult it was for you to admit your mistake to me.
b.We all make mistakes.
c.I’m sure you’ve learned from your mistake.
d.I know that I made a mistake.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 27
27) Different tones of voice affect which dimension of a message?
Feedback:Every message has a content and a relational dimension, which makes statements about how the communicators feel toward one another.
Page reference: 10.3.1 Content and Relational Messages
a.Syntactic
b.Semantic
c.Relational
d.Content
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 28
28) Couples who engage in __________ together report happier and longer relationships.
Feedback:This kind of metacommunication focuses specifically on relationship problems.
Page reference: 10.3.1 Content and Relational Messages
a.relational work
b.emotional labor
c.cognitive therapy
d.differentiating
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 29
29) What kind of messages deal with social needs for intimacy, affinity, respect, and control?
Feedback:Relational messages deal with one or more social needs such as intimacy, affinity, respect, and control.
Page reference: 10.3.1 Content and Relational Messages
a.Multimodal
b.Content
c.Relational
d.Dialectical
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 30
30) A text message to your romantic partner that says LYLC (love you like crazy) illustrates what type of relational maintenance strategy?
Feedback:Assurances let your partner know that you care and are committed to the relationship.
Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships
a.Assurances
b.Openness
c.Social networks
d.Sharing tasks
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 31
31) Which relational maintenance strategies are used most often in email with friends and family?
Feedback:One analysis of college students’ email found that with family and friends, two strategies were used most: openness and social networks.
Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships
a.Assurances and Sharing tasks
b.Openness and Social networks
c.Positivity and Assurances
d.Sharing tasks and Positivity
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 32
32) Which strategy of relational maintenance involves being invested in each other’s friends and family?
Feedback:Social networks involves being invested in each other’s friends and families.
Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships
a.Openness
b.Social networks
c.Positivity
d.Sharing tasks
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 33
33) When offering emotional support, which response would be best?
Feedback:It’s important to keep your message person centered, focusing on another’s emotions rather than minimizing feelings or diverting attention.
Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships
a.This must be an incredibly hard time for you.
b.Things will look better tomorrow.
c.It’s not the end of the world.
d.Try to look on the bright side.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 34
34) Which statement best illustrates the relational maintenance strategy of sharing tasks?
Feedback:Sharing tasks is a strategy of relational maintenance that involves helping one another take care of life’s chores and obligations.
Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships
a.I know I’ve haven’t been around much lately and want to make it up to you.
b.I’ve been really overwhelmed at work and appreciate your help with the housework and shopping.
c.How are George, the kids, and the dogs? All good, I hope.
d.I appreciate you listening. You’re such a good friend.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 35
35) Which is the most important thing people look for in an apology?
Feedback:The top three things people look for in an apology, in order of importance, are acknowledgement of responsibility, offer of repair, and expression of regret.
Page reference: 10.3.3 Repairing Damaged Relationships
a.Expression of regret
b.Offer of repair
c.Acknowledgment of responsibility
d.Promise to never repeat the transgression
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 36
36) Which statement is TRUE about forgiving transgressions?
Feedback:Remembering that you, too, have wronged others and needed their forgiveness can help you forgive others.
Page reference: 10.3.3 Repairing Damaged Relationships
a.When a sincere apology is offered, forgiving others is easy.
b.Transgressors who have been forgiven are usually more likely to repeat their offenses than those who have not received forgiveness.
c.Forgiveness improves the physical and mental health of the transgressor, but not the forgiver.
d.One way to improve your ability to forgive is to recall times when you have mistreated or hurt others in the past.
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 37
37) Attraction based on similarities is a subjective process.
Feedback:Type general feedback here (maximum of 1000 characters (including spaces))
Page reference: 10.1.2 Similarity
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 38
38) People are disproportionately likely to marry others whose first or last names resemble their own.
Feedback:Type general feedback here (maximum of 1000 characters (including spaces))
Page reference: 10.1.2 Similarity
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 39
39) Partners who are radically dissimilar tend to have successful long-term marriages.
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Page reference: 10.1.3 Complementarity
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 40
40) Social exchange theory features exchanges that are typically cold and calculating.
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Page reference: 10.1.4 Rewards
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 41
41) While competency is appealing, people who seem too perfect can be off-putting.
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Page reference: 10.1.5 Competency
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 42
42) It’s best to discuss relational transgressions regardless of the stage of the relationship.
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Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 43
43) Mark Knapp’s model has 10 relational stages.
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Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 44
44) Only romantic relationships can achieve the bonding stage of Knapp’s model.
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Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 45
45) Some of the most common reasons for relational breakups involve failure of partners to satisfy one another’s needs for connection.
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Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 46
46) Compromising is a highly satisfying strategy for managing dialectical tensions.
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Page reference:10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 47
47) Metacommunication is a relationship enhancer in face-to-face conversations but not online.
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Page reference: 10.3.1 Content and Relational Messages
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 48
48) Relationships on social media can be as stable as, or even more so than, geographically close relationships.
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Page reference: 10.3.1 Content and Relational Messages
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 49
49) Patients who played video games with friends after getting out of surgery required less pain medication that those who did not.
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Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 50
50) According to research, dating partners find sexual infidelity and breaking up with the partner the two least forgivable offenses.
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Page reference: 10.3.3 Repairing Damaged Relationships
a. True
b. False
Type: true-false
Title: Chapter 10 Question 51
51) The seriousness of the transgression and the relative strength of the relationship prior to the offense are the two most significant factors in whether forgiveness will be granted.
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Page reference: 10.3.3 Repairing Damaged Relationships
a. True
b. False
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 52
52) Identify 7 factors that influence our choice of relational partners.
These 7 factors influence our choice of relational partners: appearance, similarity, complementarity, rewards, competency, proximity, disclosure.
Page reference:10.1 Why We Form Relationships
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 53
53) Which 3 guidelines do experts recommend for pulling free from an abusive relationship?
Feedback:Experts recommend these 3 guidelines for pulling free from an abusive relationship: Don’t keep abuse a secret. Watch for patterns or cycles of abuse. Resist self-blame for abuse.
Page reference:10.1.4 Rewards
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 54
54) Identify Mark Knapp’s 10 stages of relational development.
Feedback:Mark Knapp’s 10 stages of relational development are initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating, bonding, differentiating, circumscribing, stagnating, avoiding, and terminating.
Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 55
55) Describe the 4 positive categories that help make terminating a relationship a learning experience.
Feedback:Positive lessons from relationship termination fall into four categories: “person positives,” such as gaining self-confidence and recognizing that it’s all right to cry; “other positives,” such as learning more about what is desired in a partner; “relational positives,” such as how to communicate better and how not to jump into a relationship too quickly; and “environment positives,” such as learning to rely more on friends and how to better balance relationships and school work.
Page reference: 10.2.1 Stages of Relational Development
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 56
56) List 7 strategies for managing dialectical tensions.
Denial, compromising, alternating, compartmentalizing, accepting, reframing, and reaffirming are 7 strategies for managing dialectical tensions.
Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 57
57) What are 3 types of social support?
Feedback:Emotional, informational, and instrumental are 3 types of social support.
Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 58
58) What are Emma Seppala’s 3 suggestions for addressing professional infractions?
Feedback:To address professional infractions, Emma Seppala recommends that you take a moment, put yourself in the other’s shoes, and forgive.
Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 59
59) Explain how social exchange theory applies to relationships.
Feedback:
- Social exchange theoryargues that communicators seek out people who can provide rewards greater than or equal to the costs they encounter in dealing with the relationship. Rewards are any outcomes we desire. They may be tangible (a nice place to live, a high-paying job) or intangible (prestige, emotional support, companionship). Costs are undesirable outcomes: unpleasant work, emotional pain, and so on. A simple formula captures the calculus of social exchange: Rewards – Costs = Outcome
- Costs and rewards don’t exist in isolation, however. They’re defined by comparing a certain situation with alternatives determined by two standards: comparison level (CL)—a minimum standard of what behavior is acceptable—and comparison level of alternatives (CLalt)—a comparison between the rewards you receive in your present situation and those you could expect to receive in others.
Page reference:10.1.4 Rewards
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 60
60) Describe the 3 major dialectical tensions and how each conflict manifests itself both internally and externally.
Feedback:
- The integration–separation dialectic embodies theconflicting desires for connection and independence. Internally (within a relationship), the struggle shows up in the connection–autonomy dialectic: You want to be close to others, but at the same time you seek independence. Externally, it becomes the inclusion–seclusion dialectic: A relational pair must reconcile a desire for both involvement with others outside the relationship and time together within the relationship.
- The stability–change dialectic acknowledges that stability is an important need in relationships, but that too much of it can lead to feelings of staleness. Internally, it’s described as the predictability–novelty dialectic: Although nobody wants a completely unpredictable relational partner, boredom can arise when partners know each other too well. Externally, it becomes the conventionality–uniqueness dialectic: People in a relationship face challenges when trying to meet others’ expectations while being true to themselves.
- The expression–privacy dialectic captures the conflict between the drive for intimacy and the need to maintain some space between ourselves and others. Internally, it’s described as openness–closedness dialectic: Wise communicators make choices about what they will and won’t share with loved ones. Externally, it becomes the revelation–concealment dialectic: These challenges about what to disclose have increased with the growth of social media that makes privacy boundaries more difficult to manage.
Page reference: 10.2.2 Dialectical Tensions
Type: essay/short answer question
Title: Chapter 10 Question 61
61) Describe 5 strategies for relational maintenance.
Feedback:
- Positivity: Keeping the relational climate polite and upbeat and also avoiding criticism.
- Openness: Talking directly about the nature of the relationship and disclosing your personal needs and concerns. This includes metacommunication and relational work, as discussed in the preceding section.
- Assurances: Letting the other person know—both verbally and nonverbally—that he or she matters to you and that you are committed to the relationship.
- Social networks: Being invested in each other’s friends and family.
- Sharing tasks: Helping one another take care of life’s chores and obligations.
- Page reference: 10.3.2 Maintaining and Supporting Relationships