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Interpersonal Relationships (M) MT-Q Flashcards

1
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All those interactions that occur between two people that help START, BUILD, and sometimes END or REDEFINE our interpersonal relationships.

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Interpersonal communication

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Fill in the blanks:

Interpersonal communication is all those interactions that occur between two people that help _____, ______, and sometimes _____________ our interpersonal relationships

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START
BUILD
END or REDEFINE

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3
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Are defined by the sets of expectations two people have for each other based on their previous interactions (Littlejohn & Foss, 2011)

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Interpersonal relationships

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T or F

Are defined by the sets of expectations two people have for each other based on their current interactions

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F

Are defined by the sets of expectations two people have for each other based on their PREVIOUS interactions

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Who provided the definition for interpersonal relationships?

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Littlejohn & Foss, 2011

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6
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Help satisfy our innate human need to feel connected with others and run the gamut from impersonal acquaintances to intimate friends.

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Interpersonal relationships

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7
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What are the 3 types of relationships?

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  1. Acquaintances
  2. Friends
  3. Intimates
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Are people we know by name, but with whom our interactions are largely impersonal.

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Acquaintances

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9
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Are interchangeable chit-chat (Beebe, Beebe, & Ivy, 2007)

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Impersonal communication

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T or F

Most conversations with acquaintances can be defined as external communication.

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F

Most conversations with acquaintances can be defined as IMPERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

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Is the processs of attempting to maintain positive self-image in a relational situation,

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Saving face

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12
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What are the 5 acquaintanceship guidelines?

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  1. Initiate a conversation
  2. Make your comments relevant
  3. Develop an other-centered focus
  4. Engage in appropriate turn-talking
  5. Be polite
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Are people with whom we have voluntarily negotiated more personal relationships (Canary, Cody & Manusov, 2008)

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Friends

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Who provided the definition for friends?

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Canary, Cody & Manusov, 2008

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What are the 5 friendship guidelines?

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  1. Initiation
  2. Responsiveness
  3. Self-disclosure
  4. Emotional support
  5. Conflict management
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T or F

Friendships do not exchange personal information

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F duh

Friendships are BASED ON THE EXCHANGE OF MORE PERSONAL INFORMATION, OPINIONS, AND FEELINGS

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17
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Are people with whom we share a high degree of interdependence, commitment, disclosure, understanding, affection, and trust.

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Intimates

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18
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Is one which the partners are not sexually attracted to each other or do not act on attraction they feel.

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Platonic relationship

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19
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Is one in which the partners acknowledge their sexual attractions towards one another

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Romantic relationship

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20
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Is placing confidence in another in a way that almost always involves some risk.

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Trust

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21
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What are the 4 types of interactions in intimate relationships?

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  1. Physical touch
  2. Sharing thoughts and opinions
  3. Sharing feelings
  4. Shared activities
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What are the 6 Intimacy guidelines?

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  1. Be dependable
  2. Be responsive
  3. Be collaborative
  4. Be faithful
  5. Be transparent
  6. Be willing
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23
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Moving back and forth among the relationship phases

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Relationship life cycle

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24
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The process of revealing confidential information

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Disclosure

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The verbal and nonverbal responses we make to messages we receive

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Feedback

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26
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Sharing thoughts and feelings that are unknown to the other person

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Self-disclosure

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27
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Confidential information we deliberately choose to share about ourselves.

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Self-disclosure

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28
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Confidential information shared about someone by a third party

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Other-disclosure

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29
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Describes the different kinds of self-disclosure we use in relationships.

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Social Penetration Theory

30
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A tool for examining the relationship between disclosure and feedback in relationships.

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Johari Window

31
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Explains how various forms of disclosure and feedback operate in them.

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Johari window

32
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T or F

Not all self-disclosure is equally revealing

33
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Has to do with range of different dubjects you discuss with your partner

34
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Has to do with the quality of information shared

35
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Who are the originators of Johari window in which the “Johari” window is named after

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Joe Luft and Harry Ingham

36
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T or F

The 4 panes of the Johari window are: The Open pane, The Secret pane, The Blind pane and The Known pane

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F

The 4 panes of the Johari window are: The Open pane, The Secret pane, The Blind pane and The UNKNOWN pane

37
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What are the 4 panes in Johari window

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  1. The Open pane
  2. The Secret pane
  3. The Blind pane
  4. The Unknown pane
38
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Pane that represents the information about you that both you and your partner know. Information you share with most people.

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The Open pane

39
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Pane that contains everything you know about yourself, but you partner does not yet know.

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The Secret pane

40
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T or F

As you share secret information through self-disclosure, it moves to the Secret Pane

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F

As you share secret information through self-disclosure, it moves to the Open Pane

41
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What are the 3 stages of relationships?

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  1. Coming together
  2. Staying together
  3. Coming Apart
42
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Stage of relationship that focus on begginning and developing relationships.

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Coming together

43
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T or F

When we first meet someone, we assume they are similar to us until they say or do tells us otherwise

44
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Consists of those communication startegies used to keep a relationship operating smoothly and satisfactorily

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Relational Maintenance

45
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By putting their needs or desires on hold to attend to the needs of their partner or the relationship

46
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When one or both partners fail to engage actively in relational maintenance strategies the relationship may?

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may begin to come apart and could eventually even end altogether

47
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This is the first sign that a relationship is coming apart.

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Circumscribing

48
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During this stage, communication decreases in both quantity and quality

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Circumscribing

49
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If circumscribing continues, it may eventually lead to?

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Stagnating

50
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This is when partners go through the motions of interacting without enthusiasm or emotion ; ((

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Stagnating

51
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When a relationship that has stagnated becomes too painful, partners begin?

52
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Creating physical distance between them and by making excuses not to do things together

53
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When partners decide the relationship is no longer worth trying to maintain, it will end

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Terminating

54
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Explanations about why the relationship failed (attempts to explain why the relationship failed)

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Grave-dressing

55
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The process of changing a relationship from one type to another

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Relationship Transfromation

56
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Interaction online based on the assumption that our online partner is similar to us (Joe Walther)

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Hyperpersonal communication

57
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Who provided the definition of Hyperpersonal communication?

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Joe Walther

58
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The use of many different mediums to maintain relationships

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Media multiplexity

59
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Is a tension between conflicting forces

60
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Are the competing psychological tensions that exist in relationships

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Relational Dialectics

61
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What are the 3 types of Relational Dialectics?

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  1. Autonomy/Connection
  2. Openness/Closedness
  3. Novelty/Predictability
62
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Is the desire to do things independent of your partner

63
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Is the desire to link your actions and decisions with your partner

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Connection

64
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Is the desire to share intimate ideas and feelings

65
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Is the desire to keep intimate ideas to yourself

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Closedness

66
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Is the desire for originality, freshness, and uniqueness in your behavior, your partner’s behavior, or in relationship

67
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Is the desire for consistency, reliability, and dependability

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Predictability

68
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What are the 4 strategies for managing dialectical tensions?

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  1. Temporal Selection
  2. Topical Segmentation
  3. Neutralization
  4. Reframing
69
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Is the strategy of choosing one desire while ignoring the other for the time being

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Temporal selection

70
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Is the strategy of choosing certain topics to satisfy one desire and other topics to satisfy the opposing desire

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Topical segmentation

71
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Is the strategy of comprising between the desires of one person and the desire of the other

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Neutralization

72
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Is the strategy of changing your perception about the opposing desires so they no longer seem quite so contradictory

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