Chapter 7 – Communicating Closeness
Test Questions
Multiple Choice
1. A friend who has recently broken up with a long-term partner expresses that she is
very discouraged by relationships and wonders what the benefits of them are, if
any at all. Which of the following could you accurately tell her are benefits of
intimate relationships?
a. happiness with life
2. Which of the following could be considered a nonverbal immediacy cue that
contributes to intimacy?
a. paralinguistic behaviors
3. Which of the following statements best describes the link between affection and
health?
a. Giving affection is related to mental health, whereas receiving affection is
related to physical health.
4. According to _____________________________, affectionate communication is
a biologically adaptive behavior that contributes to human viability and fertility
by improving health and fortifying the body’s flight or fight system
a. cognitive valence theory
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5. Messages that elaborate, acknowledge, and validate feelings and concerns of a
distressed person are called __________ messages.
d. position-centered
6. The research reported in your textbook suggests that ______________________
are the two nonverbal behaviors that are most frequently used to express comfort
and social support.
d. smiling and eye contact
7. A friend comes to you with a problem—she just had an argument with her
roommate, and her roommate said some really nasty things to her. Your friend is
visibly upset. Which of the following would be most effective in comforting your
friend?
a. low person-centeredness and low nonverbal intimacy
8. Cognitive valence theory proposes that the process of intimacy exchange begins
with _________
a. perceptions
9. The idea that nonverbal immediacy behaviors are processed as a gestalt means
that:
a. when people make judgments about the intimacy level of an interaction,
nonverbal behaviors outweigh verbal statements.
10. According to cognitive valence theory, high levels of arousal lead to:
a. positive outcomes.
11. Which of the following is NOT one of the cognitive valencers in Andersen’s
cognitive valence theory?
d. personality
12. According to the text, one reason why researchers have found that women have
more intimate relationships than do men is that
d. men are typically unable to talk about their feelings.
13. According to the definition of intimacy provided in the text, which of the
following examples reveals intimacy in relationships?
a. John feels a rush of warmth and love when he looks at Phillip.
14. According to research cited in the text, men use _________ to display intimacy
more than do women.
a. self-disclosure
15. According to the textbook, which of the following has the most influence on
intimacy?
a. sexual interaction
16. According to the social meaning model of nonverbal communication,
d. rewarding people benefit from norm violations
17. According to _____________________________, affectionate communication is
a biologically adaptive behavior that contributes to human viability and fertility
by improving health and fortifying the body’s flight or fight system
a. cognitive valence theory
