1. ______ face includes the need to be liked by others.
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Positive
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2. 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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Social exchange theory
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3. 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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Inclusion-seclusion
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4. 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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Minimax principle
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5. What type of dialectical tensions exist for individuals within a relationship?
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Internal dialects
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6. What are five criteria that influence privacy rule formation?
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7. Consider Miller’s definition for interpersonal communication. How many communicators are involved?
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Two
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8. Which of the following statements most accurately describes how individuals form comparison levels?
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Media representations can influence our expectations about how relationships work.
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9. 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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Predictability-novelty
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10. Politeness theory suggests we have two competing face needs. They include ______.
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Positive and negative
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11. Tatality is––––– between relationship partners.
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Interdependence
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12. 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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Managing
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13. Risk benefit is an ––––––––of the rewards and costs for disclosing private information.
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Assessment
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14. Risk is the extent to which engaging in a face-threatening act will cause –––– to another’s face needs.
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Cause
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15. Reward is –––––––.
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Preferred resources
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16. Revelation–concealment is an –––––tension between keeping some information private within the dyad versus sharing information with the larger network.
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External
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17. Public–Private is a –––––––between revealing and concealing private information.
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Tension
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18. ––––––––– Information that is inaccessible to others.
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Private
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19. Conventions that govern decisions about sharing private information are called ––––––––––.
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Privacy Rules
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20. Preventive faceworks are _________ used to help ourselves or others avoid or mitigate face-threatening acts.
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Strategies
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21. ––––––––– is the social distance between communicators.Influences politeness.
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Prestige
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22. _________________ is an internal tension that centers on the desire to have new experiences versus the desire to manage uncertainty
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Predictability-novelty
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23. Praxis is the assumption that the development of a relationship is
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None
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24. Emphasizing the receiver’s need to be liked or appreciated is called
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Positive politeness
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25. A person’s need to be
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All of the above
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26. Outcome value is
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Rewards – Costs
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27. 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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Openness - closedness
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28. Off-Record are _________ of a face-threatening topic.
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A & B
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29. Negative Politeness is when a speaker makes an effort to ______ another person’s negative face needs.
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Recognise
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30. Negative face refers to a person’s desire to act ______, without constraints or imposition from others.
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Freely
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31. Motivational criteria are ___________ that encourage or dissuade one from sharing private information.
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Individual variations
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32. Minimax principle is the assumption that people want to make the _______ of benefits while _______ costs.
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Most, lessening
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33. Internal dialectic are _______ within a dyad
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Tension
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34. _________ is managing a dialectical tension by incorporating aspects of both poles so as to create a more fulfilling experience.
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Integration
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35. 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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Inclusion-seclusion
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36. Gender criteria are sex role norms that __________ one from sharing private information.
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Any of the above
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37. Facework are specific __________ that thwart or minimize face-threatening acts
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Messages
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38. Behaving in a way that challenges another person’s face needs is known as
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Face-threatening act
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39. Face is referred to as undesirable public image
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True
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40. External dialectic is a tension between a ____________ , including social norms.
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Dyad and larger group
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41. Dialectical tension are _________ forces within relationships that must be managed.
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Opposing
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42. 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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A & B
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43. Cultural criteria is the degree to which a person’s _________ influence privacy decisions.
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All of the above
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44. Costs are the lost resources
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True
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45. Messages an individual can use tface-threa_________ face after a face-threatening act has occurred.
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Both
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46. 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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Normative , differently
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47. Contradictions means the essential but opposing ________ experienced by relational partners.
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Needs
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48. Contextual Criteria determines situations that _____________ one from sharing private information.
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Both
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49. Comparison level of alternatives refers to the alternatives to staying in the
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Relationship
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50. Comparison level determines __________ a person expects to receive in a particular relationship.
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Rewards
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51. Change in a dialectical approach, is the assumption that a steady state is impossible to achieve.
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True
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52. Boundary turbulence is when privacy rules are ________, making boundary coordination challenging.
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Unclear
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53. ___________ how much information is easily passed through a privacy boundary.
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Boundary permeability
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54. The rights and responsibilities borne by owners of the
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Information
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55. Boundary linkages are _______ between owners of the information
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Alliances
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56. The ways collective boundaries are maintained is called
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Boundary Coordination
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57. Boundaries is a metaphor for divisions between who has access to private information and who does not.
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True
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58. Bald-on-record means making no effort to be polite.
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True
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59. Avoidance is refusing to ______ a behavior that might be considered face threatening.
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Enact
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60. 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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True
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