Exam 5: Changing Relationships

In the textbook, the authors mention Tohuizen's strategies for intensifying relationships. Which strategy involves asking the partner to make a commitment?

According to Knapp's coming together stages, romantic couples first are likely say "I love you" to each other during the____________ stage.

Progress/stagnation is the internal manifestation of the expression dialectic. False

Which of the following is NOT one of Knapp's five stages of "coming together" cussed in your text and in class)

According to the text, which of the following behaviors is NOT part of the "coupling behavior" that helps define the integrating stage?

According to your book the stages in Knapp and Vangelisti's model always occurs in the same order.

Which strategy for dealing with dialectical tensions involves striving to reach a midpoint between the two ends of the dialectic?

Being able to do new things as a result of one's association with an intercultural friend is listed in your book as a major advantage of intercultural relationships.

According to your book, people are more open to having an intercultural friend if they had been involved with people from other cultures in the past

According to the research in your textbook, ________% of friendships follow the linear type of relationship development predicted by stage theories.

Moving back and forth from one side of the dialectic to the other to manage the tension is called cyclical alternation.

Recent research by Duran and colleagues showed that the autonomy connection dialectic did not apply to cell phone communication.

Which of the following was NOT mentioned in class or your readings as a type of turning point?

The "exact exchange" stage is the final stage of relational closeness according to the Social penetration model.

Chloe and Aidan have known one another for several years, but gradually they've begun to get closer and have moved their relationship to a romantic level. They've begun to attend parties together, host get-togethers, and often finish one another's sentences. What stage of Knapp's theory of coming together would best characterize Chloe and Aiden's current relationship?

Which is not one of the ways to manage a dialectic tension mentioned in the textbook?

Openness/closedness is the internal manifestation of the certainty dialectic. False

The external manifestation of the expression dialectic is called:

According to Knapp and Vangelisti's stages or coming together, if you serve as "best man" or "maid of honor" at your best friend's wedding, you and your friend have reached the __________ stage with your friend.

According to the text book, choosing a friend as godparent for your child is an indicator that your relationship with your friend is in the __________ stage.