Com208 Unit 5 Quiz 2017

27 Jul Com208 Unit 5 Quiz 2017

Question 1 Brad doesn’t stop by to see Angelina for a couple of days to see how she will respond. This most likely took place in the _______________ stage of the relationship.

Answers:

a. contact

b. bonding

c. involvement

d. intimacy

Question 2 According to research, how long does it take us to decide if we want to pursue a relationship?

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a. 4 days

b. 10 minutes

c. 1 day

d. 4 minutes

Question 3 Justin and Jessica announced their engagement at a party on a Friday night. They are in the ______________ stage of the relationship.

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a. intimacy—interpersonal commitment

b. involvement—intensification

c. intensifying—testing

d. intimacy—social bonding

Question 4 The degree of personalness to which you pursue topics is known as

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a. relational dialectics theory.

b. depth.

c. breadth.

d. social penetration theory.

Question 5 Sari is a huge fan of comedian and actor Chris Rock. She follows him on Twitter and Facebook, watches all his movies and has even written him letters. Sari has a(n) ______________ relationship with him.

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a. friendship

b. parasocial

c. acquaintance

d. pseudo-intimate

Question 6 When a relationship deteriorates, the breadth and depth often reverse themselves, a process known as _____________________

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a. relationship deterioration.

b. depenetration.

c. dissolution.

d. intrapersonal dissatisfaction.

Question 7 Barbie and Ken have been acting awkwardly around each other lately. They’ve both noticed a lot more conflict and they haven’t been spending as much time together like they used to. Barbie and Ken are in the ______________ stage.

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a. deterioration

b. disintegration

c. dissolution

d. avoidance

Question 8 In the ____________ stage of relationships, you begin to share each other’s social networks.

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a. involvement

b. intimacy

c. contact

d. repair

Question 9 The number of topics about which individuals communicate is

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a. social penetration.

b. width.

c. breadth.

d. depth.

Question 10 The first stage of deterioration is

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a. interpersonal dissatisfaction.

b. intrapersonal dissatisfaction.

c. communication depenetration.

d. interpersonal deterioration.

Question 11 A theory concerned with relationship development from the superficial to the intimate levels and from few to many areas of interpersonal interaction is

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a. social penetration.

b. relational bonding maxim.

c. relational dialectics theory.

d. interpersonal bonding.

Question 12 In ____________ stage, ex-partners begin to look upon themselves as individuals rather than halves of the pair.

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a. interpersonal dissatisfaction

b. dissolution

c. deterioration

d. testing

Question 13 An analysis of the costs and rewards in a relationship take place in the ___________ theory of relationships.

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a. attraction

b. rules

c. social exchange

d. social penetration

Question 14____________ theory claims that you develop and maintain relationships in which the ratio of your rewards relative to the costs is approximately equal to your partner’s.

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a. Social exchange

b. Attraction

c. Social penetration

d. Equity

Question 15Which of the following is NOT an example of a cost in a relationship?

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a. paying for dinner

b. listening to a typoe of music which you strongly dislike

c. giving up time with friends

d. all of the above could be considered costs