Chapter 10 Terms

Question 0

non-evaluative feedback

Answer 0

a reply that withholds assessment of what the speaker has said or done

Question 1

evaluative feedback

Answer 1

a reply that offers an assessment of what the speaker has said or done

Question 2

supporitveness

Answer 2

a person’s feeling of assurance that others care about and will protect him or her

Question 3

defensiveness

Answer 3

excessive concern with guarding oneself against the threat of criticism

Question 4

disconfirming messages

Answer 4

behaviors that imply a lack of regard for another person

Question 5

confirming messages

Answer 5

behaviors that indicate how much we value another person

Question 6

communication climate

Answer 6

the emotional tone of a relationship

Question 7

rituals

Answer 7

repetitive behaviors that have special meaning for a group or relationship

Question 8

family of procreation

Answer 8

the family one starts as an adult (often consisting of one’s spouse and children)

Question 9

family of origin

Answer 9

the family in which one grows up (often consisting of one’s parents and siblings)

Question 10

divorce

Answer 10

the legal discontinuation of a marriage

Question 11

terminating stage

Answer 11

the stage of relationship dissolution when the relationship is deemed to be officially over

Question 12

avoiding stage

Answer 12

the stage of relationship dissolution when partners create physical and emotional distance between themselves

Question 13

stagnating stage

Answer 13

the stage of relationship dissolution when the relationship stops growing and the partners are barely communicating with each other

Question 14

circumscribing stage

Answer 14

the stage of relationship dissolution characterized by decreased quality and quantity of communication between partners

Question 15

differentiating stage

Answer 15

the stage of relationship dissolution when partners begin to see their differences as undesirable or annoying

Question 16

communication privacy management (CPN) theory

Answer 16

theory that explains how people manage the tension between privacy and disclosure

Question 17

bonding stage

Answer 17

the stage of relationship development when the partners publicly announce their commitment

Question 18

integrating stage

Answer 18

the stage of relationship development when a deep commitment has formed, and there is a strong sense that the relationship has its own identity

Question 19

intensifying stage

Answer 19

the stage of relationship development when individuals more from being acquaintances to being close friends

Question 20

experimenting stage

Answer 20

the stage of relationship development when individuals have conversations to learn more about each other

Question 21

initiating stage

Answer 21

the stage of relationship development when people meet and interact for the first time

Question 22

polygamy

Answer 22

a practice in which one person is married to two or more spouses at once

Question 23

infidelity

Answer 23

having romantic or sexual interaction with someone outside of one’s romantic relationship

Question 24

monogamy

Answer 24

being in only one romantic relationship at a time and avoiding romantic or sexual involvement with others outside the relatoinship

Question 25

dialectical tensions

Answer 25

conflicts between 2 important but opposing needs or desire

Question 26

investment

Answer 26

the resources we put into our relationship

Question 27

interdependence

Answer 27

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

Question 28

commitment

Answer 28

a desire to stay in a relationship

Question 29

intimacy

Answer 29

significant emotional closeness experienced in a relationship