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1. Friendship that is formed solely based on a context may fade if the context changes.
a. True
b. False
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KEYWORDS: Understand
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2. Friendship can form even between people who rarely interact.
a. True
b. False
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KEYWORDS: Understand
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3. Intimates can be romantically involved with each other.
a. True
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6. Online friendships are developed based on a person’s physical appearance, race, and culture.
a. True
b. False
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7. _____ is defined as interchangeable surface-level chit-chat.
a. Intrapersonal communication
b. Impersonal communication
c. Hyperpersonal communication
d. Nonverbal communication
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8. _____ are people we know by name, but with whom our interactions are largely impersonal.
a. Acquaintances
b. Friends
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c. Intimates
d. Relatives
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KEYWORDS: Remember
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9. _____ is the process of attempting to maintain a positive self-image in a relational situation.
a. Neutralization
b. Saving face
c. Grave-dressing
d. Temporal selection
KEYWORDS: Remember
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10. Which of the following is a guideline for developing acquaintance relationships?
a. Ask questions, listen carefully, and follow up on what has been said.
b. Exchange honest opinions even if they are not similar to a partner’s opinion.
c. Share personal information about family and life.
d. Strongly stress your points whenever there is a difference of opinions.
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13. _____ are close, personal friends with whom one shares a high degree of interdependence, commitment, disclosure,
understanding, affection, and trust.
a. Contacts
b. Strangers
c. Intimates
d. Acquaintances
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DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Remember
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14. Which of the following statements is true of intimate relationships?
a. Intimate relationships do not involve physical attraction between partners.
b. People usually have more intimate friends than acquaintances.
c. Intimate relationships are the most important predictor of life satisfaction and emotional well-being.
d. Intimacy norms between people are the same across various cultures and co-cultures.
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15. A(n) _____ is a relationship in which the partners acknowledge their sexual attraction to one another.
a. platonic relationship
b. romantic relationship
c. non-intimate relationship
d. independent relationship
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DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Remember
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16. _____ is the confidential information people deliberately choose to share about themselves.
a. Self-disclosure
b. Other-disclosure
c. Grave dressing
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KEYWORDS: Remember
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17. Which of the following statements is true of social penetration theory?
a. It suggests that all self-disclosure is equally revealing.
b. It describes the different kinds of self-disclosure we use in our relationships.
c. It emphasizes that relationships are not something we make, but rather are something we have.
d. It explains how various forms of disclosure and feedback operate in our relationships.
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POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
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18. Cassie had been a smoker for 40 years. She did not disclose this information to her family until she got diagnosed with
lung cancer. In this scenario, this information moves into the _____ of her Johari window.
a. secret pane
b. unknown pane
c. open pane
d. blind pane
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DIFFICULTY: Challenging
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19. Which of the following is true of Steve Duck’s Relationship Filtering Model?
a. It explains how people attempt to save face in relationships.
b. It explains the process that relationships go through in the ending stages.
c. It explains the process that relationships go through in the beginning stages.
d. It explains the steps involved in grave dressing.
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DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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20. Erica and Brady met each other at a mutual friend’s birthday party. They talked about their interests and hobbies. They
tried to get to know each other. In this scenario, Erica and Brady are:
a. maintaining a relationship.
b. developing a relationship.
c. avoiding a relationship.
d. ending a relationship.
KEYWORDS: Apply
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21. In the context of developing a relationship, which of the following occurs through disclosure and feedback?
a. Uncertainty between individuals is reduced.
b. Physical contact between people is increased.
c. Differences between individuals become unbearable.
d. Trust between two individuals is breached.
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DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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24. _____ refers to putting one’s needs or desires on hold to attend to the needs of his or her partner or the relationship.
a. Sacrifice
b. Honor
c. Sufferance
d. Toleration
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DIFFICULTY: Easy
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25. The _____ refers to the relationship stage during which partners just go through the motions of interacting with each
other routinely without enthusiasm or emotion.
a. maintaining stage
b. stagnating stage
c. circumscribing stage
d. avoiding stage
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DIFFICULTY: Easy
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26. The _____ refers to the relationship stage during which partners create physical distance by making excuses not to do
things with the other person in the relationship.
a. maintaining stage