Chapter 8 Terms

Question 1

Audience Challenge

Answer 1

Concern that cross-sex friends have about how their relationship is viewed by others

Question 2

Autonomy vs. Connectedness

Answer 2

Conflict encountered by friends at work when the regular exposure to one another required by the work relationship begins to interfere with individual feelings of autonomy

Question 3

Co-rumination

Answer 3

Discussing problems repeatedly in the context of relationships

Question 4

Dispositional level of analysis

Answer 4

Emphasize the characteristics of the person as a determinant of friendship

Question 5

Ecological Momentary Assessment

Answer 5

A method of data collection in which people are asked to complete assessment at specified intervals or are prompted periodically throughout the day to complete assessments

Question 6

Emotional bond challenge

Answer 6

Challenge faced by cross-sex friendship whereby friends must decide if the closeness they feel toward one another is friendship or romantic love

Question 7

Equality challenge

Answer 7

Challenge faced by cross-sex friendships because of the equality central to friendships conflicts with the status hierarchy typically associated with male/female relationships

Question 8

Friends with Benefits

Answer 8

Relationship that is characterized by friendship and sex but is not a romantic relationship

Question 9

Homophily

Answer 9

The tendency to form friendships with people of the same race or ethnicity

Question 10

Homophobia

Answer 10

Fear of homosexuality or appearing homosexual

Question 11

Impartiality versus favoritism

Answer 11

Situation encountered by friends at work when the desire to give a friend a special treatment conflict with the necessity to treat all worker the same

Question 12

Judgment vs Acceptance

Answer 12

Difficulty experienced by friends at work when the mutual acceptance expected of friendship conflicts with the requirement that one friend critically evaluate the other

Question 13

Openness vs Closedness

Answer 13

Situation encountered by friends at work when the expectation of honest communication central to friendship conflicts with the necessity to keep professional confidences

Question 14

Opportunity Challenge

Answer 14

Difficulty experienced when attempting to establish a cross-sex relationship that results from the fact that members of the same sex are generally more accessible

Question 15

Outgroup homogeneity effect

Answer 15

The tendency to see members of the outgroup as all alike, more similar than different, as compared to the ingroup to which one attributes greater diversity

Question 16

Relational Aggression

Answer 16

Aggressive interation behavior usually expressed by girls that is characterized by social alienation tactics such as excluding someone from an activity or threatening not to be a person’s friend anymore

Question 17

Role Conflict

Answer 17

Situation that occurs when the demands of one role are inconsistent with the demands of another role

Question 18

Sexual challenge

Answer 18

Challenge faced by cross-sex friendship whereby friends must ask themselves if there is a sexual attraction between them that could lead to a romantic relationship