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Sharing Personal Information MCQ

In the context of self-disclosure, ______ is the ability to disclose naturally in the course of a conversation.

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Correct Answer: Relevancy

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Which theory of self-disclosure involves rules people create to decide when and how to share information?

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Correct Answer: Communication Privacy Management

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The tendency to return another’s self-disclosure with a similar level of intimacy is called ______.

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Correct Answer: The dyadic effect

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The increase in the number of ______ relationships being formed and maintained raises questions for our conclusions about interpersonal communication.

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Correct Answer: Online

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Which cultural dimension is most closely related to self-disclosure?

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Correct Answer: High-context and low-context

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Sharing something of critical importance about ourselves, even with friends we trust, grants ______ to the recipient of that information.

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Correct Answer: Power

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One danger of self-disclosure is ______, in which exchange of disclosures about problems may lead to depression.

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Correct Answer: Co-rumination

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Consciously hiding information from those we’re close to may be a sign that ______.

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Correct Answer: The relationship isn’t as strong as we would like it to be

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We’re able to clarify our ______ both through feedback we receive from others and by the process of hearing ourselves disclose.

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Correct Answer: Self-concept

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The adage “A trouble shared is a trouble halved” expresses the value of ______.

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Correct Answer: Catharsis

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As we choose to disclose, the ______-self panel of the Johari Window becomes larger and the ______ self becomes smaller.

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Correct Answer: Open; hidden

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The difference between history and story is the amount of ______ involved.

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Correct Answer: Risk

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Revealing information about ourselves nonverbally differs from information we reveal verbally to a specific person because it doesn’t possess the same ______.

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Correct Answer: Intentionality

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______ usually aren’t events, they are processes that occur on a continuum.

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Correct Answer: Self-disclosures

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The process of intentionally telling another person personal information that isn’t readily available is called ______.

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Correct Answer: Self-disclosure

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A quadrant of the Johari Window that consists of the information about you that neither you nor others are aware of is called unknown self

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Correct Answer: ● True

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Story, or true self-disclosure, exists when the teller feels the risk they are taking in telling the information is called

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Correct Answer: ● Story

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A theory proposing that people, like onions, have many layers. A person’s layers correspond to all the information about them, ranging from the most obvious to the most personal is called

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Correct Answer: ● Social penetration theory

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The process of intentionally telling another person somewhat significant personal information that they would have trouble finding out without being told is called

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Correct Answer: ● Self disclosure

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The process of responding to something with something else similar is called

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Correct Answer: ● Reciprocity

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Facts that we make part of our public image—the parts of ourselves that we present to others is called

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Correct Answer: ● Public information

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Consists of the assessments—both good and bad—that we make about ourselves. It also includes our personal values and interests, fears, and concerns is called

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Correct Answer: ● Private information

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A quadrant of the Johari Window that includes all the information about you that you know and have shared with others through disclosures is called

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Correct Answer: ● Open self

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A model providing a pictorial representation of the extent to which you are “known” to yourself and to others is called Johari window

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Correct Answer: ● True

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Information that sounds personal to a listener but is relatively easy for a speaker to tell is called

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Correct Answer: ● History

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A quadrant of the Johari Window that contains the information that you are aware of but have chosen not to disclose is called hidden self

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Correct Answer: ● True

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The tendency for us to return another’s self-disclosure with one that matches it in level of intimacy is called dyadic effect

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Correct Answer: ● True

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Information within any given topic that goes beyond the superficial is called

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Correct Answer: ● Depth

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The behavior related to when adolescents exchange disclosures about their problems with friends is called

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Correct Answer: ● Co-rumination

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A theory explaining how and why people decide to reveal or conceal private information is called

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Correct Answer: ● Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM)

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A therapeutic release of tensions and negative emotion through disclosing is called

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Correct Answer: ● Catharsis

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People enjoy good news more when they are able to share it with others is called

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Correct Answer: ● Capitalization

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Surface information across multiple topics is called

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Correct Answer: ● Breadth

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A quadrant of the Johari Window that encompasses information that others know about you, although you are unaware of this information is called

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Correct Answer: ● Blind self

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A person who embodies both masculine and feminine traits is called androgynous

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Correct Answer: ● True

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