Com 208 unit 5 quiz 2017 april

Com 208 unit 5 quiz 2017 april

Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
Question 1 Brad doesn’t stop by to see Angelina for a couple of days to see how she will respond. This most likely took place in the _______________ stage of the relationship.

Answers:

a.

contact

b.

bonding

c.

involvement

d.

intimacy

Question 2 According to research, how long does it take us to decide if we want to pursue a relationship?

Answers:

a.

4 days

b.

10 minutes

c.

1 day

d.

4 minutes

Question 3 Justin and Jessica announced their engagement at a party on a Friday night. They are in the ______________ stage of the relationship.

Answers:

a.

intimacy—interpersonal commitment

b.

involvement—intensification

c.

intensifying—testing

d.

intimacy—social bonding

Question 4 The degree of personalness to which you pursue topics is known as

Answers:

a.

relational dialectics theory.

b.

depth.

c.

breadth.

d.

social penetration theory.

Question 5 Sari is a huge fan of comedian and actor Chris Rock. She follows him on Twitter and Facebook, watches all his movies and has even written him letters. Sari has a(n) ______________ relationship with him.

Answers:

a.

friendship

b.

parasocial

c.

acquaintance

d.

pseudo-intimate

Question 6 When a relationship deteriorates, the breadth and depth often reverse themselves, a process known as _____________________

Answers:

a.

relationship deterioration.

b.

depenetration.

c.

dissolution.

d.

intrapersonal dissatisfaction.

Question 7 Barbie and Ken have been acting awkwardly around each other lately. They’ve both noticed a lot more conflict and they haven’t been spending as much time together like they used to. Barbie and Ken are in the ______________ stage.

Answers:

a.

deterioration

b.

disintegration

c.

dissolution

d.

avoidance

Question 8 In the ____________ stage of relationships, you begin to share each other’s social networks.

Answers:

a.

involvement

b.

intimacy

c.

contact

d.

repair

Question 9 The number of topics about which individuals communicate is

Answers:

a.

social penetration.

b.

width.

c.

breadth.

d.

depth.

Question 10 The first stage of deterioration is

Answers:

a.

interpersonal dissatisfaction.

b.

intrapersonal dissatisfaction.

c.

communication depenetration.

d.

interpersonal deterioration.

Question 11 A theory concerned with relationship development from the superficial to the intimate levels and from few to many areas of interpersonal interaction is

Answers:

a.

social penetration.

b.

relational bonding maxim.

c.

relational dialectics theory.

d.

interpersonal bonding.

Question 12 In ____________ stage, ex-partners begin to look upon themselves as individuals rather than halves of the pair.

Answers:

a.

interpersonal dissatisfaction

b.

dissolution

c.

deterioration

d.

testing

Question 13 An analysis of the costs and rewards in a relationship take place in the _________________ theory of relationships.

Answers:

a.

attraction

b.

rules

c.

social exchange

d.

social penetration

Question 14____________ theory claims that you develop and maintain relationships in which the ratio of your rewards relative to the costs is approximately equal to your partner’s.

Answers:

a.

Social exchange

b.

Attraction

c.

Social penetration

d.

Equity

Question 15Which of the following is NOT an example of a cost in a relationship?

Answers:

a.

paying for dinner

b.

listening to a typoe of music which you strongly dislike

c.

giving up time with friends

d.

all of the above could be considered costs