Chapter 10

Question 1

Intimacy

Answer 1

Significant emotional closeness experiences in a relationship

Question 2

Commitment

Answer 2

The desire to stay in a relationship no matter what happens

Question 3

Interdependence

Answer 3

A state in which each person’s behaviors affect everyone else in the relationship

Question 4

Investment

Answer 4

The commitment of resources to a relationship

Question 5

Dialectical tensions

Answer 5

Conflicts arise when two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously

Question 6

Connection v Autonomy (Dialectical tensions)

Answer 6

Conflicting desires for both dependence and interdependence

Question 7

Openness v Closedness (Dialetical tensions)

Answer 7

Along with the need to disclose, we have a drive to maintain some space between ourselves and others

Question 8

Predictability v Novelty (Dialetical tensions)

Answer 8

Stability is an important need but too much of it can lead to feelings of staleness

Question 9

Exclusivity/Monogamy

Answer 9

Being in only one romantic relationship at a time while avoiding sexual involvement with others

Question 10

Polygamy

Answer 10

The practice of one person being married to two or more people

Question 11

Infidelity

Answer 11

Being sexually involved with someone besides your partner

Question 12

Voluntariness in relationships

Answer 12

Varies across time and cultures

Question 13

Love

Answer 13

Attitudes vary across time and culture

Question 14

Sexuality

Answer 14

People want the same things in relationships, no matter their orientation

Question 15

Permanence

Answer 15

Ideal

Question 16

Knapp’s Five-Stage Model of Relationship Development

Answer 16

Initiating - Meeting for the first time
Experimenting - Having conversations that learn more about each other
Intensifying - When people move from being acquaintances to being close friends
Integrating - Deep connection and establishment of relationship
Bonding - Partners publicly announce their commitment

Question 17

Traditional (Fitzpatrick’s Differing Martial Types)

Answer 17

Conventional

Question 18

Separate (Fitzpatrick’s Differing Martial Types)

Answer 18

Conventional but autonomous

Question 19

Independent (Fitzpatrick’s Differing Martial Types)

Answer 19

Social expectations have minimal impact

Question 20

Mixed (Fitzpatrick’s Differing Martial Types)

Answer 20

Partners don’t agree on what type they are

Question 21

Validating couples

Answer 21

Discuss disagreements openly and cooperatively

Question 22

Volatile couples

Answer 22

Discuss disagreements openly but competitively

Question 23

Conflict-avoid couples

Answer 23

Discuss disagreements covertly rather than openly

Question 24

Hostile couples

Answer 24

Discuss disagreements frequently with intense conflict

Question 25

Petronio's Communication Privacy Management Theory

Answer 25

Boundary structures controls risks and are based on ownership and permeability

Question 26

Ownership

Answer 26

Who has the right to control information

Question 27

Permeability

Answer 27

Rules that govern who can access information the a bond owns

Question 28

Knapp's Five-Stage Model of relationship dissolution

Answer 28

Differentiating - When partners start to see their differences Circumscribing - Decrease in quality and quantity of communication Stagnating - Stage where couples barely communicate with each other Avoiding - When partners create physical and emotional distance Terminating - Donzo

Question 29

Consensual (Family Styles)

Answer 29

Open communication, but authority maintained

Question 30

Pluralistic (Family Styles)

Answer 30

Open and unrestrained, consensual

Question 31

Protective (Family Styles)

Answer 31

Little discussion, authority rules

Question 32

Laissez-faire (Family Styles)

Answer 32

Lack of involvement, indifference

Question 33

Role

Answer 33

A set of behaviors expected in a given situation

Question 34

Blamer (Conflict Roles)

Answer 34

Takes no responsibility for self

Question 35

Placater (Conflict Roles)

Answer 35

The peacemaker, at any price

Question 36

Computer (Conflict Roles)

Answer 36

Logical and Reasonable

Question 37

Distracter (Conflict Roles)

Answer 37

Diverts attention

Question 38

Communication climate

Answer 38

Emotional tone of a relationship

Question 39

Recognition

Answer 39

Not avoiding, seeking contact

Question 40

Acknowledgement

Answer 40

Interested in other's views

Question 41

Endorsement

Answer 41

Praise, agreement, empathy

Question 42

Defensiveness

Answer 42

The process of protecting or guarding our presenting self, our "face"

Question 43

Face-Threatening Acts (FTA's)

Answer 43

A message the attack .or seem to challenge, the image we want to project