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Interpersonal Communication Life MCQ

______ face includes the need to be liked by others.

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Correct Answer: Positive

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Which of the following interpersonal communication theories suggests that individuals weigh rewards and costs when deciding to continue or end a relationship?

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Correct Answer: Social exchange theory

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Sam and Casey recently started dating. Sam wants to spend time with Casey, but also wants to spend time apart from Casey. Which external dialectical tension is Sam experiencing?

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Correct Answer: Inclusion-seclusion

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Rachel has decided to end her relationship with Dean. She believes the benefits of a relationship must outweigh the costs. This is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Minimax principle

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What type of dialectical tensions exist for individuals within a relationship?

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Correct Answer: Internal dialects

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What are five criteria that influence privacy rule formation?

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Correct Answer: Culture, gender, motivation, context, risk-benefit

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Consider Miller’s definition for interpersonal communication. How many communicators are involved?

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Correct Answer: Two

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Which of the following statements most accurately describes how individuals form comparison levels?

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Correct Answer: Media representations can influence our expectations about how relationships work.

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Diane and Frank go to the same restaurant every Friday evening for date night. Diane likes knowing their plans but wishes Frank would surprise her on occasion. What dialectical tension is Diane experiencing?

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Correct Answer: Predictability-novelty

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Politeness theory suggests we have two competing face needs. They include ______.

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Correct Answer: Positive and negative

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Tatality is––––– between relationship partners.

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Correct Answer: Interdependence

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Segmentation is _________ dialectical tensions by compartmentalizing the relationship such that certain issues coincide with one pole or need and other issues are appropriate for the opposite pole.

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Correct Answer: Managing

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Risk benefit is an ––––––––of the rewards and costs for disclosing private information.

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Correct Answer: Assessment

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Risk is the extent to which engaging in a face-threatening act will cause –––– to another’s face needs.

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Correct Answer: Cause

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Reward is –––––––.

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Correct Answer: Preferred resources

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Revelation–concealment is an –––––tension between keeping some information private within the dyad versus sharing information with the larger network.

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Correct Answer: External

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Public–Private is a –––––––between revealing and concealing private information.

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Correct Answer: Tension

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––––––––– Information that is inaccessible to others.

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Correct Answer: Private

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Conventions that govern decisions about sharing private information are called ––––––––––.

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Correct Answer: Privacy Rules

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Preventive faceworks are _________ used to help ourselves or others avoid or mitigate face-threatening acts.

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Correct Answer: Strategies

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––––––––– is the social distance between communicators.Influences politeness.

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Correct Answer: Prestige

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_________________ is an internal tension that centers on the desire to have new experiences versus the desire to manage uncertainty

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Correct Answer: Predictability-novelty

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Praxis is the assumption that the development of a relationship is

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Correct Answer: None

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Emphasizing the receiver’s need to be liked or appreciated is called

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Correct Answer: Positive politeness

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A person’s need to be

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Outcome value is

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Correct Answer: Rewards – Costs

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An internal tension that centers on the desire to share information versus the desire to keep some information private is known as

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Correct Answer: Openness - closedness

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Off-Record are _________ of a face-threatening topic.

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Correct Answer: A & B

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Negative Politeness is when a speaker makes an effort to ______ another person’s negative face needs.

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Correct Answer: Recognise

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Negative face refers to a person’s desire to act ______, without constraints or imposition from others.

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Correct Answer: Freely

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Motivational criteria are ___________ that encourage or dissuade one from sharing private information.

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Correct Answer: Individual variations

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Minimax principle is the assumption that people want to make the _______ of benefits while _______ costs.

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Correct Answer: Most, lessening

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Internal dialectic are _______ within a dyad

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Correct Answer: Tension

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_________ is managing a dialectical tension by incorporating aspects of both poles so as to create a more fulfilling experience.

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Correct Answer: Integration

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An external tension that focuses on the desire for the dyad to be alone versus spending time with others in their network is known as

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Correct Answer: Inclusion-seclusion

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Gender criteria are sex role norms that __________ one from sharing private information.

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Correct Answer: Any of the above

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Facework are specific __________ that thwart or minimize face-threatening acts

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Correct Answer: Messages

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Behaving in a way that challenges another person’s face needs is known as

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Correct Answer: Face-threatening act

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Face is referred to as undesirable public image

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Correct Answer: True

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External dialectic is a tension between a ____________ , including social norms.

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Correct Answer: Dyad and larger group

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Dialectical tension are _________ forces within relationships that must be managed.

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Correct Answer: Opposing

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Managing a dialectical tension by fulfilling one pole or need at one time and then shifting to fulfill the other pole at a later time is known as

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Correct Answer: A & B

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Cultural criteria is the degree to which a person’s _________ influence privacy decisions.

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Costs are the lost resources

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Correct Answer: True

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Messages an individual can use tface-threa_________ face after a face-threatening act has occurred.

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Correct Answer: Both

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An external tension that focuses the desire to behave in ways considered ________ versus wanting to emphasize their relationship’s distinctiveness by doing something ________.

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Correct Answer: Normative , differently

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Contradictions means the essential but opposing ________ experienced by relational partners.

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Correct Answer: Needs

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Contextual Criteria determines situations that _____________ one from sharing private information.

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Correct Answer: Both

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Comparison level of alternatives refers to the alternatives to staying in the

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Correct Answer: Relationship

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Comparison level determines __________ a person expects to receive in a particular relationship.

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Correct Answer: Rewards

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Change in a dialectical approach, is the assumption that a steady state is impossible to achieve.

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Correct Answer: True

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Boundary turbulence is when privacy rules are ________, making boundary coordination challenging.

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Correct Answer: Unclear

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___________ how much information is easily passed through a privacy boundary.

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Correct Answer: Boundary permeability

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The rights and responsibilities borne by owners of the

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Correct Answer: Information

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Boundary linkages are _______ between owners of the information

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Correct Answer: Alliances

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The ways collective boundaries are maintained is called

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Correct Answer: Boundary Coordination

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Boundaries is a metaphor for divisions between who has access to private information and who does not.

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Correct Answer: True

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Bald-on-record means making no effort to be polite.

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Correct Answer: True

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Avoidance is refusing to ______ a behavior that might be considered face threatening.

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Correct Answer: Enact

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Autonomy-Connection is the internal dialectical tension focusing on the desire to be alone versus the desire to be in a relationship.

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Correct Answer: True

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