Chapter 8

Question 1

Interpersonal Relationships

Answer 1

Close association or acquaintances between two or more people

Question 2

Social Relationships

Answer 2

Informal, voluntary relationships: such as acquaintances, coworkers, and casual friendships

Question 3

Identity

Answer 3

How we understand our own qualities beliefs, values, and characteristics as unique or different from others

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

Both a specific place where people share certain characteristics and communicate with one another

Question 5

Excommunication

Answer 5

The person is no longer allowed to live among or even speak to those in the group to which they once belonged

Question 6

Interpersonal Attraction

Answer 6

A force that draws us to someone else

Question 7

Physical Attraction

Answer 7

We are drawn to someone’s physical appearance because we like the way the person looks

Question 8

Social Attraction

Answer 8

We see the other person as someone with whom we would like to engage in social interaction and be friends

Question 9

Task Attraction

Answer 9

We like to work with them and can count on them to get a job done

Question 10

Appearance

Answer 10

Attraction of ten begins when someone looks physically appealing to us

Question 11

Proximity

Answer 11

Friends and romantic relationships with those people who are around them

Question 12

Similarity

Answer 12

Establishing relationships with people with whom we share interests, values, beliefs, and other characteristics

Question 13

Uncertainty Reduction Theory (URT)

Answer 13

The idea that increased knowledge of another person improves our ability to predict future behaviors and thus reduces our own uncertainty

Question 14

Cognitive Uncertainty

Answer 14

Occurs when we do not know what the beliefs and attitudes often person is

Question 15

Behavioral Uncertainty

Answer 15

Occurs when do we not know how the other person will behave in a particular situation

Question 16

Entry Stage (URT)

Answer 16

(First Stage) We follow culturally accepted rules for interactions and politeness

Question 17

Personal Stage (URT)

Answer 17

(Second Stage) We begin to explore the other person’s attitudes and beliefs, while also disclosing some of that same information about ourselves

Question 18

Exit Stage (URT)

Answer 18

Both individuals decide whether to continue the relationships or not to pursue the relationship

Question 19

Passive Strategy: Reducing uncertainty

Answer 19

Unobtrusively observing the other person

Question 20

Active Strategy: Reducing uncertainty

Answer 20

Engaging in activities to learn more about the other person while avoiding direct contact with him or her

Question 21

Interactive Strategy: Recuing uncertainty

Answer 21

Engaging in direct contact or face-to-face conversation with the other person

Question 22

Social Penetration Theory

Answer 22

The process of creating and maintain deeper intimacy with another person takes place though gradual and mutual self-disclosure

Question 23

Self-disclosure

Answer 23

When one person voluntarily shares personal history and information regarding attitudes, feelings, values, and experience with another individual

Question 24

Qualities of self-disclosure:

Answer 24

Depth of the penetration, or how much we share on a specific topic or subject with another person; how many topics we share with other people

Question 25

Stages of mutual self-disclosure

Answer 25

The deep sharing of information on subject takes place over time and is thus a gradual process

Question 26

How many stages is in mutual self-disclosure?

Answer 26

FIve

Question 27

Orientation stage (Mutual self-disclosure)

Answer 27

Individuals engage in small talk and follow social norms for appropriateness and social desirability

Question 28

Exploratory affective exchange stage (mutual self-disclosure)

Answer 28

Individuals begin to reveal themselves by sharing personal attitudes and opinions about some moderately personal topics

Question 29

Affective Exhange stage (mutual self-disclosure)

Answer 29

Individuals begin talking about private and personal matters

Question 30

Stable exchange stage (mutual self-disclosures)

Answer 30

Individuals have a deep level of trust and are sharing their deepest personal thoughts, beliefs, and values with one another

Question 31

Depenetration (mutual self-disclosure)

Answer 31

Individuals begin to withdraw from the relationship and stop disclosing information to one another

Question 32

Who came up with the Stage of Relational Development (SRD)?

Answer 32

Mark Knapp

Question 33

Initating (SRD)

Answer 33

Stage 1- To interact with and try to make an impression on someone you are interested in

Question 34

Experimenting (SRD)

Answer 34

Stage 2- Engage in conversation about surface-level interests and topics with the other person to see if your interest is expanded or not

Question 35

Intensifying (SRD)

Answer 35

Stage 3- Engage in conversation about surface-level interests and topics with the other person to see if your interest is expanded or not