1. Whole-family secrets are confidences held by the entire family and kept from _________ .
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Outsiders
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2. _______ refers to how truthful the information is that someone is disclosing.
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Veracity
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3. Valence is a ________ feeling or attitudes about messages, people, or relationships.
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Both a & b
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4. Topic avoidance is intentionally averting the discussion of a particular topic.
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True
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5. The idea that people differ in their expectations for how open their partner should be is known as _______ .
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Standards for openness hypothesis
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6. Split loyalty patterns are those who keep secrets and are often put in a bind of having to choose between being loyal to others ________ who may be hurt by not knowing the secret.
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All of these
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7. A theory that describes how self-disclosure changes as people develop their relationships is known as _______ ?
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Social penetration theory
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8. Self-disclosure is revealing personal information about _______ to others.
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Oneself
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9. In relationship protection people avoid talking about things because they think talking about them will harm their relationship .
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True
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10. Relationship de-escalation is the process of ________ closeness in a relationship.
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Decreasing
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11. When discussed as part of thought suppression, this is the idea that people can temporarily suppress thoughts about a negative event if they are away from the event known as _______ .
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Rebound effect
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12. Privacy turbulence occurs when new events force renewed boundary management; in other words .
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True
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13. Which states that people own their personal information and if they share that information with others ?
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Privacy ownership
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14. People may avoid specific topics as a way to _______ .
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Privacy maintenance
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15. Privacy control is the idea that people want control over their personal information .
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True
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16. Personalistic disclosure is a disclosure that people think is directed at them because they are _______ with the sender.
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Both a & b
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17. Partner unresponsiveness is when a person perceives that a partner will be _______ to the individual’s needs.
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Both a & b
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18. Nondirected disclosure is disclosure that is sent to _______ of people rather than to individuals and is therefore considered less personal.
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Large groups
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19. Intrafamily secrets confide where some _______ have information they keep from other family members.
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Family members
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20. Intensification effect is the idea that personal self disclosure produces more powerful feelings of closeness and liking in computer-mediated .
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True
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21. Individual secrets are confidences where information is held by a ________ and kept secret from others.
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Single individual
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22. Hyperpersonal model is a theory that people develop _______ of one another in mediated contexts compared to face-to-face contexts .
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Stronger impressions
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23. Hyperaccessibility occurs in the context of secrets when, in certain contexts, the information in those secrets becomes hyper accessible.
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True
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24. Futility of discussion motive for topic avoidance that involves _______ it is pointless to talk about something.
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Believing
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25. Frequency is a dimension of self-disclosure, this refers to how often people self-disclose.
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True
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26. Which of the correct statements about the Fever model of self-disclosure ?
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They are especially likely to reveal their thoughts and feelings or to tell a secret.
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27. Dyadic effect occurs when a person reveals _______ and his or her partner responds by offering information that is at a similar level of intimacy.
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Information
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28. Duration is how long people engage in self-disclosure or personal conversation with someone.
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True
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29. Disclosure-liking hypothesis is the more we disclose to someone, the more we start to like that person .
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True
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30. The extent to which self-disclosure is highly intimate or personal is known as ________ .
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Depth
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31. A theory that helps explain how and why individuals maintain privacy boundaries is known as ______ .
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Communication privacy management
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32. Communication inefficacy is when people believe that they don’t have the communication skills to bring up a topic or maintain discussion in a competent and effective manner.
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True
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33. The number of topics about which people feel free to disclose is known as _____ .
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Breadth
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34. Boundary turbulence occurs when information that was intended to be private goes public so that old boundary structures need to be fortified or renegotiated.
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True
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35. Boundary structures rules that guide who has access to and can share________ .
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Private information.
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36. Confidants with responsibility to keep shared information to themselves unless given permission to do otherwise ,this statement is related to ________ .
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Authorized co-owners
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37. When discussing the negative consequences of revealing secrets, there are generally three reasons people might consider keeping a secret. Which of the following is not one of the reasons described in the textbook?
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The secret might influence the receiver more than the sender.
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38. According to the fever model of self-disclosure, people who are distressed about a problem or who think about a problem a lot are MUCH more likely to reveal thoughts or feelings about the problem.
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True
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39. There are two types of self-disclosure. What is the main difference between the two?
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One is only sent between certain special people and one is sent to large groups of people.
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40. Toni often avoided difficult conversations with his girlfriend Ann because he feels that he doesn’t have the communication skills necessary to bring up the topic or maintain discussion in a competent and effective manner. This is an example of ______.
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Communication inefficacy
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41. Self-disclosure can be conceptualized in terms of which six dimensions?
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Depth, breadth, frequency, duration, valence, and veracity
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42. If you disclose your dreams, your warm feelings for someone, or your happiest childhood memories, this type of self-disclosure can be classified as ______.
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Positive valence
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43. Linda, her daughter Mandy, and her husband David all have a very close relationship. As a family, they have a number of things they share only as family secrets and have agreed not to share with people who are not part of the family. The members of their family are examples of ______.
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Boundary insiders
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44. The rules for communication boundary management are influenced by four main factors.
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False
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45. As the risks associated with self-disclosure suggest, there are times when people do not want to disclose personal information. ______ theory helps explain how individuals maintain privacy boundaries. The theory is rooted in the assumption that people set up ______ as a way to control the risks inherent in disclosing private information.
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Communication privacy management; boundary structures
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46. Regardless of the communication channel, self-disclosure carries some inherent risks that lead people to avoid talking about certain topics. Which of the following is not one of the most common reasons people avoid intimate self-disclosures?
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Fear of reciprocity of self-disclosure
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47. Research suggests that people typically feel a natural pull toward matching the level of intimacy and intensity present in their conversational partner’s self-disclosure. Extensive research has focused on the reciprocity or matching of self-disclosure. The reciprocal self-disclosure is known as what?
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Dyadic effect
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48. Which of the following examples best showcases the disclosure-liking hypothesis?
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Russell has been telling Kelly about his hobbies, and Kelly enjoys listening to Russell talk about his interests. Kelly finds herself liking Russell more after he talks about the things he is interested in.
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49. Brittany and Allison have gone to school together and been friends for nearly 3 years. While Brittany trusts Allison and considers her a friend, their conversations are generally focused more on their mutual likes and dislikes and their general aspirations. Brittany doesn't talk to Allison about her deepest hopes and fear or her dreams. Which level of self-disclosure does Brittany have with Allison?
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Social or personal layer
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50. One of the first theoretical explorations of self-disclosure was developed by Altman and Taylor. According to their social penetration theory, self-disclosure usually increases gradually as people develop their relationships. Self-disclosure can be conceptualized in terms of six dimensions. Which of the following is not one of the six dimensions?
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Boundary
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51. We explore both ends of the openness-closedness dialectic by looking at how people express themselves through ______, as well as how people maintain privacy by setting boundaries, using ______, and keeping secrets.
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Self-disclosure; topic avoidance
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