1. Researcher ellen langer uses the terms _________ and _________ to describe the way that we listen.
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Mindful/mindless
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2. Research has shown that emotional ________ means emotions can spread from person to person.
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Contagion
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3. Cultures that place great value on family, duty, order, and hierarchy are considered ____________.
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Collectivistic
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4. Cultures fostering a short-term orientation believe that __________.
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Humility is a virtue only for women (not men)
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5. The ultimate goal of perception checking is ____________.
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Achieving mutual understanding
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6. Being ________ means that each partner relies fairly equally on the other to meet needs.
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Interdependent
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7. The tension between personal freedom and shared activities is the _____ dialectic.
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Autonomy vs. connection
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8. _____ involves favorable explanations for why others have behaved in a certain way.
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Mitigating information
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9. If i say ?here the drink bring,? i have violated a(n) __________ rule of our language.
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Syntactic
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10. There are ____ steps, or essentials, of interpersonal conversation according to the video lecture.
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5
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11. The more impersonal the interaction between people, the more likely they will __________.
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Respond to each other according to societal rules.
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12. The ________________ is what the word suggests or implies and gives words an emotional impact.
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Connotation
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13. Revealing information about one’s self to others is called ______.
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Self-disclosure
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14. Rationalizing or inventing untrue explanations of your behavior that sound acceptable are examples of ______.
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Distorting critical information
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15. When you evaluate yourself, your partner, or the relationship by standards of what is ideal, which turning point have you reached?
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Interpersonal/normative
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16. When you evaluate yourself, your partner, or the relationship by standards of what is ideal, which turning point have you reached?
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Interpersonal/normative
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17. Which communication strategy causes people to feel valued and respected?
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Confirming communication
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18. The overall emotional feeling, or temperature, of the relationship is called (the) ______.
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Relational climate
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19. Which symbol reflects a behavioral action that reflects and builds relational culture?
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A nickname
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20. All of the following are strategies for handling dialectical tensions EXCEPT ______.
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Transition
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21. A relationship that can be compared to a still, lifeless pond wherein partners experience or express a sense of hopelessness has reached which of the following stages of coming apart?
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Stagnating
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22. According to the Model of Interaction Stages, which is a stage of “coming together?”
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Intensifying
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23. Considering the potential costs and rewards of a relationship is part of (the) ______.
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Social Exchange Theory
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24. Considering the potential costs and rewards of a relationship is part of (the) ______.
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Social Exchange Theory
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25. Perceptions of events that transform relationships are called
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Turning point
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26. According to social exchange theory relationships progress toward intimacy as a result of self-disclosure from both partners.
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False
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27. According to social exchange theory personal relationships are formed on the basis of personal ____________ comparisons.
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Cost-benefit
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28. The degree to which a person’s actions and personality are deemed pleasing and desirable to others is called social attractiveness
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True
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29. The act of revealing information about oneself to others is called
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Self-disclosure
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30. According to relational dialectics theory the communication patterns in relationships arise from a series of tensions based on _________________held by relationship partners.
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Both of the above
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31. The unique private world relationship __________ create and maintain through their communication.
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Partners
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32. The overall emotional feeling, or temperature, of a relationship is called
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Relational climate
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33. Proximity may be
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Both of the above
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34. Proximity may be
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Both of the above
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35. Physical attraction refers to
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Pleasing bodily traits
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36. The dialectical tension resulting from simultaneous needs for sharing information and for concealing information in relationships is known as
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Openness and closedness
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37. The dialectical tension resulting from simultaneous needs for new experiences and for routines in relationships is called novelty and predictability
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True
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38. Model of interaction stages explains the typical pattern of how communication progresses relationships through _____ stages of coming together and ______ stages of coming apart.
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5,5
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39. Media multiplexity assumes that tie strength drives patterns of media use between individuals.
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True
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40. Matching hypothesis is a proposition that people tend to form relationships with others of comparable levels of
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Physical attractiveness
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41. Communication with or between persons who approach one another as individuals in a relationship is known as
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Interpersonal communication
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42. Imagined trajectories are personal understandings of the various paths________ can follow and where those paths lead
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Relationships
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43. Communication situations in which the affection that develops through computer-mediated communication equal or surpass what happens face to face is known as
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Hyperpersonal communication
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44. The tendency to allow perceptions of one negative trait to influence perceptions of other negative traits is known as
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Horns effect
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45. The tendency to allow perceptions of one _______ trait to influence perceptions of other _______traits is known as Halo effect
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Positive, positive
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46. Messages and interactions that make people feel devalued and disrespected are known as
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Disconfirming communication
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47. Defensive communication attempt to attack someone
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False
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48. Confirming communications make people feel
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B & C
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49. The dialectical tension resulting from simultaneous needs for independence and for togetherness in relationships is known as Autonomy and Connectedness
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True
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Communication (Connecting And Engaging) MCQs | Topic-wise
