Intimacy, Communication, and Friendship

Question 1

What precedes development of romantic or sexual relationships ?

Answer 1

Need for intimacy

Question 2

The capacity for intimacy first develops in what type of relationships?

Answer 2

Same-sex relationships

Question 3

What can predict the quality of later romantic relationships?

Answer 3

the quality of same-sex relationships, but the reverse is not true

Question 4

What is the term for nonsexual relationships with individuals who might otherwise be romantic partners?

Answer 4

platonic relationships

Question 5

What are 3 roles that friends play during adolescence ?

Answer 5

• serve as sounding boards for future plans
• provide advice on a range of identity-related matters
• contribute to adolescents’ self-esteem

Question 6

what are two things that the effects of having an intimate friendship with someone depend on?

Answer 6

• what that someone is
• what takes place in the relationship

Question 7

t or f: people with satisfying close friendship do worse in adolescence and adulthood than those without them

Answer 7

false

Question 8

What are the 3 components in the frientimacy equation?

Answer 8

positively, consistency, and vulnerability

Question 9

What do older teens typically have conflicts over?

Answer 9

private matters

Question 10

What do younger teens have conflicts over usually?

Answer 10

public disrespect

Question 11

do girls or boys show a pronounced increase in jealousy over their friends’ friends during early adolescence ?

Answer 11

girls

Question 12

What are 4 traits that teens have compared to kids?

Answer 12

• more helpful and generous
• more responsive to close friends
• more empathic and socially understanding
• more focused on providing support

Question 13

t or f: teens are less likely to end conflicts with negotiations

Answer 13

false, they are more likely

Question 14

who expresses less interest in close friendships ? (girls or boys)

Answer 14

boys, girls are more interested in closer friendships

Question 15

What is co-rumination?

Answer 15

excessive talking with another about problems

Question 16

What are boys conflicts like compared to girls?

Answer 16

• they are shorter
• typically over issues abt power and control
• escalate into physical aggression
• resolved with little effort

Question 17

Who is intimacy a more conscious concern for? (girls or boys)

Answer 17

girls

Question 18

What are sex differences a result of when discussing friendship intimacy?

Answer 18

different patterns of socialization

Question 19

Adolescents who have more other-sex friends than peers in early adolescence tend to enter romantic relationships at what type of age?

Answer 19

earlier age and tend to have longer romantic relationships

Question 20

t or f: other-sex friendships in early adolescence set the stage for later romantic experiences

Answer 20

true

Question 21

What kind of friends increase girls likelihood of antisocial behavior?

Answer 21

male friends