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Interpersonal Relationships (M) MT-Q Flashcards

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All those interactions that occur between two people that help START, BUILD, and sometimes END or REDEFINE our interpersonal relationships.

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Interpersonal communication

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Fill in the blanks:

Interpersonal communication is all those interactions that occur between two people that help _____, ______, and sometimes _____________ our interpersonal relationships

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START
BUILD
END or REDEFINE

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Are defined by the sets of expectations two people have for each other based on their previous interactions (Littlejohn & Foss, 2011)

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Interpersonal relationships

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Are defined by the sets of expectations two people have for each other based on their current interactions

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F

Are defined by the sets of expectations two people have for each other based on their PREVIOUS interactions

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Who provided the definition for interpersonal relationships?

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Littlejohn & Foss, 2011

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Help satisfy our innate human need to feel connected with others and run the gamut from impersonal acquaintances to intimate friends.

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Interpersonal relationships

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What are the 3 types of relationships?

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  1. Acquaintances
  2. Friends
  3. Intimates
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Are people we know by name, but with whom our interactions are largely impersonal.

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Acquaintances

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Are interchangeable chit-chat (Beebe, Beebe, & Ivy, 2007)

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Impersonal communication

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Most conversations with acquaintances can be defined as external communication.

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F

Most conversations with acquaintances can be defined as IMPERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

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Is the processs of attempting to maintain positive self-image in a relational situation,

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Saving face

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What are the 5 acquaintanceship guidelines?

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  1. Initiate a conversation
  2. Make your comments relevant
  3. Develop an other-centered focus
  4. Engage in appropriate turn-talking
  5. Be polite
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Are people with whom we have voluntarily negotiated more personal relationships (Canary, Cody & Manusov, 2008)

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Friends

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Who provided the definition for friends?

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Canary, Cody & Manusov, 2008

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What are the 5 friendship guidelines?

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  1. Initiation
  2. Responsiveness
  3. Self-disclosure
  4. Emotional support
  5. Conflict management
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T or F

Friendships do not exchange personal information

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F duh

Friendships are BASED ON THE EXCHANGE OF MORE PERSONAL INFORMATION, OPINIONS, AND FEELINGS

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Are people with whom we share a high degree of interdependence, commitment, disclosure, understanding, affection, and trust.

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Intimates

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Is one which the partners are not sexually attracted to each other or do not act on attraction they feel.

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Platonic relationship

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Is one in which the partners acknowledge their sexual attractions towards one another

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Romantic relationship

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Is placing confidence in another in a way that almost always involves some risk.

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Trust

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What are the 4 types of interactions in intimate relationships?

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  1. Physical touch
  2. Sharing thoughts and opinions
  3. Sharing feelings
  4. Shared activities
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What are the 6 Intimacy guidelines?

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  1. Be dependable
  2. Be responsive
  3. Be collaborative
  4. Be faithful
  5. Be transparent
  6. Be willing
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Moving back and forth among the relationship phases

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Relationship life cycle

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The process of revealing confidential information

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Disclosure

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The verbal and nonverbal responses we make to messages we receive
Feedback
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Sharing thoughts and feelings that are unknown to the other person
Self-disclosure
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Confidential information we deliberately choose to share about ourselves.
Self-disclosure
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Confidential information shared about someone by a third party
Other-disclosure
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Describes the different kinds of self-disclosure we use in relationships.
Social Penetration Theory
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A tool for examining the relationship between disclosure and feedback in relationships.
Johari Window
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Explains how various forms of disclosure and feedback operate in them.
Johari window
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T or F Not all self-disclosure is equally revealing
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Has to do with range of different dubjects you discuss with your partner
Breadth
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Has to do with the quality of information shared
Depth
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Who are the originators of Johari window in which the "Johari" window is named after
Joe Luft and Harry Ingham
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T or F The 4 panes of the Johari window are: The Open pane, The Secret pane, The Blind pane and The Known pane
F The 4 panes of the Johari window are: The Open pane, The Secret pane, The Blind pane and The UNKNOWN pane
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What are the 4 panes in Johari window
1. The Open pane 2. The Secret pane 3. The Blind pane 4. The Unknown pane
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Pane that represents the information about you that both you and your partner know. Information you share with most people.
The Open pane
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Pane that contains everything you know about yourself, but you partner does not yet know.
The Secret pane
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T or F As you share secret information through self-disclosure, it moves to the Secret Pane
F As you share secret information through self-disclosure, it moves to the Open Pane
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What are the 3 stages of relationships?
1. Coming together 2. Staying together 3. Coming Apart
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Stage of relationship that focus on begginning and developing relationships.
Coming together
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T or F When we first meet someone, we assume they are similar to us until they say or do tells us otherwise
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Consists of those communication startegies used to keep a relationship operating smoothly and satisfactorily
Relational Maintenance
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By putting their needs or desires on hold to attend to the needs of their partner or the relationship
Sacrifice
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When one or both partners fail to engage actively in relational maintenance strategies the relationship may?
may begin to come apart and could eventually even end altogether
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This is the first sign that a relationship is coming apart.
Circumscribing
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During this stage, communication decreases in both quantity and quality
Circumscribing
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If circumscribing continues, it may eventually lead to?
Stagnating
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This is when partners go through the motions of interacting without enthusiasm or emotion ; ((
Stagnating
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When a relationship that has stagnated becomes too painful, partners begin?
Avoiding
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Creating physical distance between them and by making excuses not to do things together
Avoiding
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When partners decide the relationship is no longer worth trying to maintain, it will end
Terminating
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Explanations about why the relationship failed (attempts to explain why the relationship failed)
Grave-dressing
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The process of changing a relationship from one type to another
Relationship Transfromation
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Interaction online based on the assumption that our online partner is similar to us (Joe Walther)
Hyperpersonal communication
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Who provided the definition of Hyperpersonal communication?
Joe Walther
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The use of many different mediums to maintain relationships
Media multiplexity
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Is a tension between conflicting forces
Dialectic
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Are the competing psychological tensions that exist in relationships
Relational Dialectics
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What are the 3 types of Relational Dialectics?
1. Autonomy/Connection 2. Openness/Closedness 3. Novelty/Predictability
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Is the desire to do things independent of your partner
Autonomy
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Is the desire to link your actions and decisions with your partner
Connection
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Is the desire to share intimate ideas and feelings
Openness
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Is the desire to keep intimate ideas to yourself
Closedness
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Is the desire for originality, freshness, and uniqueness in your behavior, your partner's behavior, or in relationship
Novelty
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Is the desire for consistency, reliability, and dependability
Predictability
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What are the 4 strategies for managing dialectical tensions?
1. Temporal Selection 2. Topical Segmentation 3. Neutralization 4. Reframing
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Is the strategy of choosing one desire while ignoring the other for the time being
Temporal selection
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Is the strategy of choosing certain topics to satisfy one desire and other topics to satisfy the opposing desire
Topical segmentation
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Is the strategy of comprising between the desires of one person and the desire of the other
Neutralization
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Is the strategy of changing your perception about the opposing desires so they no longer seem quite so contradictory
Reframing

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