Intimacy, Communication, & Friendship

Question 1

Need for __________ precedes development of romantic or sexual relationships.

Answer 1

intimacy

Question 2

Capacity for intimacy first develops in _________ relationships.

Answer 2

same-sex

Question 3

Quality of same-sex friendships is predictive of quality of later ___________ relationships.

Answer 3

romantic

Question 4

Nonsexual relationships with individuals who might otherwise be romantic partners.

Answer 4

platonic relationships

Question 5

While both children and adolescents both mention sharing, helping, and common activities important in friendship, __________ also mention self-disclosure, common interest, similar attitudes and values, and loyalty.

Answer 5

adolescents

Question 6

During adolescence concerns about _________ and anxieties over __________ become more pronounced and may temporarily overshadow concerns about intimate self-disclosure.

Answer 6

loyalty, rejection

Question 7

_________ adolescents typically have conflicts over private matters, while ________ adolescents typically have conflicts over public disrespect.

Answer 7

older, younger

Question 8

Girls in particular show a pronounced increase in __________ over their friends’ friends during early adolescence.

Answer 8

jealousy

Question 9

Adolescents’ close friendships also are distinguished from their casual friendships in the types of ___________ they have and the ways in which __________ are resolved.

Answer 9

conflicts, disagreements

Question 10

Conflicts with friends both influence and are influenced by adolescent __________.

Answer 10

depression

Question 11

Adolescents are more likely to end conflicts with ________________.

Answer 11

negotiation

Question 12

Girls express greater interest in __________ friendships and are more likely to make distinctions in treatment of intimate and nonintimate friends and to fight about relationships.

Answer 12

close

Question 13

excessive talking with one another about problems

Answer 13

co-rumination

Question 14

Boys conflicts are briefer, typically over issues of ___________ and __________, and more likely to escalate into ___________ aggression, and usually resolved without explicit effort.

Answer 14

power, control, physical

Question 15

Boys and girls have equivalent degrees of _________ about their best friends.

Answer 15

intimate knowledge

Question 16

Sex differences in friendship intimacy may be a result of different patterns of ___________.

Answer 16

socialization

Question 17

Boys are usually __________ than their female friends.

Answer 17

older

Question 18

Adolescents who have more other-sex friends than their peers in early adolescence tend to enter romantic relationships at an ___________ age and tend to have __________ romantic relationships.

Answer 18

earlier, longer

Question 19

Boys have more to gain from friendships with girls, but having more male friends increases girls’ likelihood of ___________ behavior.

Answer 19

antisocial