Exam 8: Communication and Relational Dynamics

Discuss the four dimensions of intimacy in a relationship that is important to you.Explain your satisfaction with the intimacy or distance in each dimension.Incorporate any other factors (culture,gender,etc.)that affect your intimacy in this relationship.

When two opposing or incompatible forces exist simultaneously in an interpersonal relationship,there is a struggle to achieve opposing goals.What is this struggle called?

What results from conflicting desires for both intimacy and the lack of intimacy in an interpersonal relationship?

In some cases,silence is considered a type of lie.

Which type of self-disclosure is important in developing relationships?

Susan had recognized that there will always be dialectic tension in her relationship.By recognizing this,which strategy is Susan using to manage the dialectic tension in her relationship?

Social exchange theory suggests that self-disclosure is exchanged between partners in a semi-economic manner.

Telling your best friend's secrets to your partner is an example of an unintentional relational transgression.

Intimacy can come from intellectual sharing alone.

The "Blind" window of the Johari model represents things about yourself that another may know about you,but you do not.

People sometimes self-disclose to create a good impression.

Pick two people you know-one with whom you want to strengthen your relationship,and one to whom you are not particularly attracted.Using the reasons for forming relationships found at the beginning of Chapter 8,analyze the reasons why you want/don't want to form a relationship with each person.

Reciprocal liking builds attractiveness.

Alexis and Jason grew up in the same neighbourhood,went to the same school,had the same group of friends,and went to the same church.As teenagers they developed a relationship and later married in their 20s.Which of the following is likely the reason for their relationship?

Differentiation in relationships is always negative,since it is part of the "coming apart" process.

Social exchange theory is a socioeconomic theory of relational development that suggests people seek?relationships in which the rewards they receive from others are equal to or greater than the costs they encounter.

Privacy management is defined as the choices people make to reveal or conceal information about themselves.

Draw a Johari Window describing your relationship with an important person in your life.Comment on which parts of yourself you keep in the "hidden" area,and explain your reasons for doing so.Describe the benefits and costs of not disclosing these parts of your personality.Next,look at the size of the "blind" area.Is the "blind" area large or small because of the amount of feedback you get from the other person,or because of the way you react to the feedback you do get? How would a window describing your partner's relationship with a mutual friend look similar to yours? Different? Explain.Are you satisfied with the kind of relationship your windows describe? If not,what could you do to change it?

Any healthy relationship will go through all the ten stages of relational development,from initiating to terminating.

Research shows that deception threatens relationships.