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COMM 1318 Final Exam Review
Interpersonal Relationships
Question: The old saying that opposites attract suggests which reason for forming relationships (attraction)?
Answer: Complementary
Question: Students who have lost enthusiasm for their classes reflect which relational stage? (Knapp's Model)
Answer: Stagnation
Question: The theory that explains relationship development using an economic model.
Answer: Social Exchange Theory
Question: Self Disclosure is related to which dialect tension?
Answer: Expression-Privacy
Question: This theory has to do with first impressions and how we use specific patterns and biases to form opinions about others.
Answer: Implicit Personality Theory
Communication Climates
Question: Quietly listening while your friend tells you about their bad day is which type of confirming response?
Answer: Acknowledgement
Question: The tendency to attack someone's self-concept in order to inflict psychological pain is which type of disagreeing message?
Answer: Aggressiveness
Question: The process of protecting our presenting self.
Answer: Defensiveness
Question: A negative conflict management style that suggests "I'm better than you."
Answer: Superiority
Question: Name five ways we can change a negative communication climate to a more positive one.
Answer: Gain perspective
Take responsibility
Admit the truth
Agree on common ground
Look for the other's perspective
Conflict
Question: Sending messages online that personally attack another user.
Answer: Flaming
Question: The context of conflict that includes the atmosphere surrounding the conflict.
Answer: Sociopsycological
Question: Give an example of the "hamburger" method of criticism.
Answer: Something good--something bad--something good
Question: Name and explain the four horsemen.
Answer: Criticism--attacking character
Defensiveness--deny and avoid
Contempt--demeaning or dismissing messages
Stonewalling--withdrawing or shutting down conflict
Question: Name the five conflict styles.
Answer: Competing
Avoiding
Accommodating
Collaborating
Compromising
Interpersonal Contexts
Question: This theory explains reactions when interaction does not develop as we think it should.
Answer: Expectancy Violation Theory
Question: The biggest challenge in male/female heterosexual friendships.
Answer: Sexual Attraction
Question: This is socially constructed and affects all relational combinations.
Answer: Gender
Question: This level of friendship exists due to an emotional bond.
Answer: Maintenance Friendship
Question: Name five of the six ways we can maintain commitment in an intimate relationship.
Answer: Be positive
Allow for self-disclosure
Build joint social networks
Share Tasks
Understand the perspective of others
Assurance and Value
Anything Goes
Question: Communication about Communication
Answer: Meta Communication
Question: Easy to identify conflicts that include external things.
Answer: Content Conflict
Question: Marriages and business contracts are found in which stage of the relationship development model.
Answer: Bonding
Question: Validating a person's feelings is an example of which type of confirming message?
Answer: Endorsement
Question: The degree that family communication stresses the uniformity of attitudes, values, and beliefs.
Answer: Conformity Orientation