Chapter 10
Multiple-Choice Items
1. For individuals socialized in feminine speech communities, closeness in interpersonal
relationships is primarily achieved through:
A. dialogue.
B. sharing activities.
C. providing practical assistance.
D. confiding secrets.
E. nonverbal communication.
2. People socialized in masculine speech communities tend to achieve closeness in
interpersonal relationships primarily through:
A. dialogue.
B. sharing activities.
C. providing practical assistance.
D. confiding secrets.
E. nonverbal communication.
3. The dimensions of trust include:
A. a willingness to invest.
B. natural spontaneity.
C. emotional reliability.
D. intimacy.
E. positive regard
4. Women tend to provide more ____ emotional support for their friends than men.
A. diversionary
B. humorous
C. instrumental
D. nonverbal
E. verbal
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5. Friendships generally begin with:
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
6. Ngoc and Nikole have been friends for many years and share a high level of trust. Their
friendship is best described as being in the ____ stage.
A. nascent friendship
B. role-limited interaction
C. moving toward friendship
D. stabilized friendship
E. friendly relations
7. Before marriage, only ___% of Japanese say they have closer friends of the opposite sex.
A. 90
B. 70
C. 20
D. 30
E. 5
8. The clearest indication that a friendship is in the waning stage is:
A. less quality and quantity of communication.
B. attempts to seek common ground during conflict.
C. involving others in activities and conversations.
D. relying more on general stereotypes and scripts.
E. working out rules for interacting.
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A. who stay friends in spite of time and distance.
B. who mean a great deal to us at a particular time in our life and then remain in our
hearts, but not as part of our lives.
C. with whom we do activities together.
D. from the past whom we remember fondly.
E. who we love more than other friends.
10. The nature and dynamics of friendships change throughout life. All of the following
statements are supported by research about these dynamics EXCEPT:
A. toddlers may grieve when a friend moves away
B. adolescent females tend to define their friends as groups of people.
C. friendships in middle adult years tend to be difficult to sustain
D. elderly people tend to value long term friends with whom they can relive
memories.
E. adolescent males have closer relationships with fewer friends.
11.
According to your book, Frank and Stan should do all the following except:
A. engage in dual perspective
B. communicate honestly
C. grow from differences
D.
E. engage in stereotyping behaviors
12. One indication that a friendship is in the nascent stage is that participants:
A. have less quality and quantity of communication.
B. attempt to seek common ground during conflict.
C. involve others in activities and conversations.
D. rely more on general stereotypes and scripts.
E. work out private rules for interacting.
13. According to your book, all of the following is included in the nature of friendship except:
A. Willingness to invest
B. Emotional closeness
C. Acceptance
D. Assertion
E. Trust
14. All of the following are external pressure to friendships except:
A. competing demands
B. sexual attraction
C. changes
D. geographic location
E. c and d
15. According to a recent study, college students reported that the ____ of them have had sex
with a friend of the other sex at least once.
A. 70%
B. 33%
C. 62%
D. 51%
E. 22%
16. The initial meeting is the first stages of interaction and possibly of friendship.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
17. During this stage, we tend to rely on standard social rules and roles. We tend to be polite and
limit personal disclosures.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
18.
have enough personal knowledge of each other to engage in dual perspective.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
19. During this state, interactions are often awkward and laced with uncertainty because people
orked out patterns for relating to others.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
20. During this stage, each person checks out with other to see whether common ground and
interests exist.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
21. An example of this phase is: After class, Jean makes a comment about the teacher to Paula. If
Paula responds with her impressions of the teacher, she conveys the relationship-level
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
22. An example of this phase is: A businessperson may joke or engage in small talk to see
whether an associate wants to move beyond the acquaintance level of relating.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
23. An example of this phase is: One person in an Internet newsgroup invites another member of
the group to engage in individual exchange of ideas.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
24. In this third stage, we start moving beyond social roles.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
25.
or meet outside of contexts that naturally occur.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
26. Many friendships never move beyond this phase.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
27. Disclosures tend to be limited as are investments and expectations of support.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
28. Although during the ____stage friends are working out rules for their relationship, often they
are aware of the rules until later.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
29. Friends settle into patterns of getting together for specific things like watching games or
shopping and never expand those boundaries.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
30. The milestones of this stage are that people begin to think of themselves as friends and to
work out their own patterns for interaction.
A. nascent friendship.
B. role-limited interaction.
C. moving toward friendship.
D. stabilized friendship.
E. friendly relations.
True-False Items
1.
2.
3. Friends on the job help workers cope with pressures.
4. People who have friends in their workplace are more likely to stick with a job.
5. Women are more likely than men to sustain ties with friends who live at a distance.
6. Women are more willing to tolerate less than ideal circumstances for being with friends.
7. Compared to friendships sustained through face-to-face contact, friendships sustained via
e-mail or the Internet are less personal and committed.
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8. Since there are no formal standards for friendships, there are also no consistent ideas for
what counts as a friend or patterns of interaction between friends.
9. When friendships deteriorate or suffer serious violations, communication changes in
unpredictable ways.
10. Geographic distance is the reason the majority of high school friendships dissolve when
students begin college.
11. Sex and gender also affect the endurance of long-distance friendships.
12. Women tend to be more willing than men to adjust schedules and priorities to make time
for friends
13. Women tend are more willing to tolerate less-than-ideal circumstances for being with
friends.
14. The likelihood of sustaining a long-distance friendship also depends on other factors,
such as socioeconomic class and sex.
15. Friendships that survive distance involve frequent e-mail contact, phone calls, letters, and
visits.
16. It takes money to finance trips and long distance calls and to pay for computers and
Internet access. Thus, friends with greater economic resources are better able to maintain
their relationships than are friends with less discretionary income.
17. Most fri
18. Research supports that employees who experience less social support in workplace
networks are more likely to leave.
19. Mothers who sustain long-distance friendships report that, when they visit, they are
seldom alone because their children need attention and care. Even though these mothers
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say they miss the intimacy of uninterrupted conversations, they value each other enough
to sustain friendships under the terms that are possible.
20. Another reason women and men differ in how likely they are to maintain long-distance
friendships is that the sexes tend to have different views of the nucleus of closeness.
Identification Items
1. Nascent
2. Dual perspective
3. Friends of the road
4. Investments
5. Relationship rules
6. Trust
7. Waning friendship
8. Stabilized friendship
9. Role-limited interaction
10. Friendly relations
11. Moving toward Friendship
12. Internal tensions
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Essay Items
1. Identify and discuss differences in the ways women and men, in general, communicate
support to their friends. Relate the differences to what you have learned about feminine and
masculine gender speech communities.
2. According to the discussion in Chapter 10, members of the working class are less likely to
sustain friendships over long distances. Explain why this is so. Your answer should integrate
previously studied information about how class affects identity, lifestyle, and values.
3. Bill Rawlins identified six developmental stages of how friends develop. Identify each stage
in sequence and discuss characteristics of each stage. Feel free to use a real or hypothetical
example to illustrate this general developmental path.
4. Discuss the nature of friendship and give examples of each element.
5. Discuss all the challenges of friendships discussed in your book.
6. What are the principles of interpersonal communication in regards to friendships?
7. What are common expectations for friendships? Give examples of each.
8. How do friendships vary over time?
9. How do friendships vary around the world?
10. Explain workplace friendships.
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Rejoinders
Multiple-Choice Items
True-False Items
Identification Items
Essay Items