Key Words Ch. 8

Question 1

Audience challenge

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Autonomy versus 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 a relationship.

Question 4

Dispositional level of analysis

Answer 4

Emphasizes the characteristics of the person as a determinant of friendship.

Question 5

Emotional bond challenge

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Equality challenge

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Homophily

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Homophobia

Answer 8

Fear of homosexuality or fear of appearing homosexual.

Question 9

Impartiality versus favoritism

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Judgment versus acceptance

Answer 10

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 11

Openness versus closedness

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Opportunity challenge

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Outgroup homogeneity effect

Answer 13

see group members as alike

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 14

Role conflict

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Sexual challenge

Answer 15

Are they sexually attracted

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

Question 16

Structural level of analysis

Answer 16

Positions held determine friendship

Emphasizes the different positions or roles men and women hold in society as a determinant of friendship.