Ch 6 interpersonal

Question 1

the process of using messages to generate meaning between at least two people in a situation that allows for mutual opportunities for both speaking and listening

Answer 1

Interpersonal communication

Question 2

communicating with others on the basis of general social interaction rules such as engaging in turn taking, making pleasantries, and discussing nonpersonal matters

Answer 2

impersonal communication

Question 3

associations with at least two people who are interdependent, who use some consistent patterns of interaction, who have interacted for an extended period of time

Answer 3

interpersonal relationships

Question 4

importance of interpersonal relationships

Answer 4

the need for inclusion, the need for affection, the need for control

Question 5

those is which each person supplies something the other person lacks

Answer 5

complementary relationships

Question 6

those in which participants mirror each other or are highly similar

Answer 6

symmetrical relationships

Question 7

when is conflict generally disfunctional

Answer 7

when you avoid or walk away from situations, or fail to discuss what is bothering you

Question 8

the process of making intentional revelations about yourself that others would be unlikely to know and that generally constitute private, sensitive, or confidential information

Answer 8

self-disclosure

Question 9

importance of self-deisclosure

Answer 9

1. ) allows us to develop a greater understanding of ourselves
2. ) develops a more positive attitude about ourselves and others
3. ) helps relationships grow in depth and meaning

Question 10

describe “disclosure generally increases as relational intimacy increases”

Answer 10

Gradually reveal more info the closer we get with a person

Question 11

what are friendships based on?

Answer 11

Shared activities and self-disclosure

Question 12

Why do people have online relationships?

Answer 12

To have a sense of security and safety, while also avoiding Face to face interactions

Question 13

Why are cross-cultural relationships slightly different?

Answer 13

We feel more tentative in initiating dialogue with a person from another culture

Question 14

when people take time to investigate each other and allow if they have anything in common

Answer 14

relational development

Question 15

occurs after the relationship is bonded; establishing strategies for keeping the relationship together

Answer 15

relational maintenance

Question 16

tension that exists between two conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas

Answer 16

dialectic

Question 17

when two people may have opposing desires for maintaining a relationship

Answer 17

contradictions

Question 18

occurs due to the pressures of external events because of differences that develop within the couple or because of relationships with other people

Answer 18

relational deterioration

Question 19

the location, distance, or range between persons and things

Answer 19

proximity

Question 20

the physical appearance, how desirable a person is to work with, and how much “social value” the person has for others

Answer 20

attractiveness

Question 21

describes the reason we tend to select our friends and loved ones from people who demonstrate positive interest in us

Answer 21

responsiveness

Question 22

the idea that our friends and loved ones are usually people who like or dislike the same things we do

Answer 22

similarity

Question 23

the idea that we sometimes bond with people whose strengths are our weeknesses

Answer 23

complementarity

Question 24

How to achieve long-term and satisfying relationships?

Answer 24

Those who work to maintain the relationship

Question 25

things partners say and do that create emotional pain or upset

Answer 25

hurtful messages and events

Question 26

the practice of deliberately making somebody believe things that are untrue

Answer 26

deceptive communication

Question 27

occurs when people stand up for their rights at the expense of others and care about their own needs but no one else’s

Answer 27

Agressiveness

Question 28

defined as the quality or state of being argumentative

Answer 28

argumentativeness

Question 29

occurs when a person feels attacked

Answer 29

defensiveness

Question 30

the holding of fond or tender feelings toward another person

Answer 30

affection

Question 31

the power to affect other people’s thinking or actions

Answer 31

influence

Question 32

a person’s attempts to influence a target “to perform some desired behavior that the target otherwise might not perform”

Answer 32

Compliace-gaining

Question 33

occurs when targets of influence messages refuse to comply with requests

Answer 33

compliance-resisting

Question 34

unique forms of expression and language understood only by them

Answer 34

personal idioms

Question 35

formalized patterns of actions or words followed regularly

Answer 35

rituals

Question 36

occurs when two or more parties attempt to reach an agreement on what each should give and receive in a transaction between them

Answer 36

bargaining

Question 37

the ability to alter behavior to adapt to new situations and to relate in new ways when necessary

Answer 37

behavioral flexibility

Question 38

when personal information is revealed too early in a relationship

Answer 38

inappropriate self-disclosure