Exam 13: Connecting Through Interpersonal Communication: Developing, Maintaining, and Dissolving Relationships

Caleb and Cassandra have dated for six months. During that time, they have increasingly shared more personal and private information about each other and their families. Which stage best characterizes their relationship?

Describe the five strategies people use to manage dialectical tension. Provide an example for each.

Communication behaviors that make others feel good or comfortable around us reflect which relational maintenance behaviors identified by Stafford and Canary?

Tony and Anna seem content in their dating relationship: Tony decides which restaurants they will eat at, while Anna chooses the movies they see. Together, they decide how many evenings a week they will see each other and for how long. This aspect of their relationship demonstrates the satisfaction of which need?

While Colton and his girlfriend were grocery shopping, they ran into a friendly woman who asked several questions about Colton's parents. Later, Colton indicated to his girlfriend that he knew her from his childhood neighborhood. Colton is clarifying this relationship in terms of __________.

Review interpersonal needs theory, and discuss how this theory explains interpersonal behavior and motivation.

When Jess and Jim had a long distance relationship, they made the better of it by saying that living apart has actually brought them closer together. This couple manages their dialectical tension through the strategy of __________.

According to Wilmot and Hocker, which conflict management style produces positive outcomes that usually leave all participants satisfied with the process and the decision?

Briefly analyze a new relationship you have formed in the last year. This relationship could be a romantic relationship or a friendship. In what ways do the stages in your new relationship illustrate Knapp and Vangelisti's stages of coming together? Do you think this framework for relationships is applicable to friendships, or is it only applicable to romantic relationships? Provide examples to illustrate your answer.

Gordon just met Grahamme, and although he is attracted to him, they are chatting about the latest assignment and the weather. Applying social penetration theory, what do we know about this interaction?

When Jewell finds her table at the wedding dinner, she doesn't know anyone. She quickly introduces herself and tells her tablemates that she works with the groom but doesn't know the bride very well. In this situation, Jewell is using self-disclosure to __________.

An intentional disclosure tactic where we reveal certain aspects of ourselves for specific reasons is called __________.

Define relationship. As part of your response, provide two relationship examples from your own life. Describe each one in terms of intimacy or kinship, the roles of those involved, and the time spent together.

According to communication scholars, which skill leads to competence in interpersonal communication?

Explain how interpersonal conflict can be destructive to a relationship. Provide an example for one of these circumstances.

James sees a woman in line at the bank that he just instantly likes, and he strikes up a conversation. Later, he realizes that she reminds him of his best friend from back home. James experienced interpersonal attraction based on __________.

Scholar Dale Brashers developed uncertainty management theory during his research regarding the communication behaviors of which group?

Relationships are associations between at least two people, which are understood in terms of __________.

The communication competency skill that involves the ability to convey information clearly and unambiguously is identified by communication scholars Burleson and Samter as __________.

Which communication theory explores the connection between disclosure and relationship intimacy?