Question 1

Which of the following relational dialectics is/are especially pronounced in families?

Accepted Answer

A)  novelty vs. predictability 
B)  autonomy vs. connection 
C)  openness vs. protection 
D)  both A and C are correct 
E)  both B and C are correct 
A)  novelty vs. predictability 
B)  autonomy vs. connection 
C)  openness vs. protection 
D)  both A and C are correct 
E)  both B and C are correct

Question 2

What are the most difficult family relationship challenges?

Accepted Answer

The most difficult family rela

Question 3

Siblings Najya and Sheehab live with their biological parents. What family type do they likely have?

Accepted Answer

A)  nuclear 
B)  extended 
C)  stepfamily 
D)  single-parent 
E)  none of the options is correct 
A)  nuclear 
B)  extended 
C)  stepfamily 
D)  single-parent 
E)  none of the options is correct

Question 4

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition.
-Doing favors for family members without being asked is an example of this maintenance strategy.

Accepted Answer

A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation 
A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation

Question 5

Your parents' constant arguing continually affects your moods and emotions. Which of the following might explain why?

Accepted Answer

A)  spillover hypothesis 
B)  interparental conflict 
C)  parental favoritism 
D)  parental choice 
E)  parental triangulation 
A)  spillover hypothesis 
B)  interparental conflict 
C)  parental favoritism 
D)  parental choice 
E)  parental triangulation

Question 6

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition.
-Families who are high in both conversation and conformity.

Accepted Answer

A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation 
A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation

Question 7

Narrative accounts shared repeatedly within a family to help maintain relationships are known as

Accepted Answer

A)  family privacy rules. 
B)  family communication patterns. 
C)  conversation orientation. 
D)  conformity orientation. 
E)  family stories. 
A)  family privacy rules. 
B)  family communication patterns. 
C)  conversation orientation. 
D)  conformity orientation. 
E)  family stories.

Question 8

Families who are low in both conversation and conformity are

Accepted Answer

A)  laissez-faire families. 
B)  protective families. 
C)  pluralistic families. 
D)  consensual families. 
E)  avoidant families. 
A)  laissez-faire families. 
B)  protective families. 
C)  pluralistic families. 
D)  consensual families. 
E)  avoidant families.

Question 9

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition.
-When emotions, affect, and mood from a parental relationship disrupt children's sense of emotional security.

Accepted Answer

A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation 
A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation

Question 10

Mohammad, his parents, his grandfather, and his aunt live together in one house. What type of family do they likely have?

Accepted Answer

A)  nuclear family 
B)  extended family 
C)  stepfamily 
D)  consensual family 
E)  single-parent family 
A)  nuclear family 
B)  extended family 
C)  stepfamily 
D)  consensual family 
E)  single-parent family

Question 11

Taj was raised in a family in which sensitive topics and issues were not discussed; instead only safe topics, such as the weather and current events, were allowed. Taj's family could be described as having

Accepted Answer

A)  low conformity orientation. 
B)  high conformity orientation. 
C)  high conversation orientation. 
D)  low conversation orientation. 
E)  none of the options is correct 
A)  low conformity orientation. 
B)  high conformity orientation. 
C)  high conversation orientation. 
D)  low conversation orientation. 
E)  none of the options is correct

Question 12

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition.
-The degree to which family members are encouraged to participate in interactions about a wide variety of topics.

Accepted Answer

A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation 
A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation

Question 13

Families who are low on conversation and high on conformity are considered protective families.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following is TRUE of families?

Accepted Answer

A)  Families experience intensely emotional bonds. 
B)  Families use interpersonal communication to define boundaries. 
C)  Families share a common history. 
D)  Families share genetic material. 
E)  all of the options are correct 
A)  Families experience intensely emotional bonds. 
B)  Families use interpersonal communication to define boundaries. 
C)  Families share a common history. 
D)  Families share genetic material. 
E)  all of the options are correct

Question 15

Define family, and identify the six characteristics of a family.

Accepted Answer

Family is a network of people who share

Question 16

The degree to which families believe communication should emphasize similarity or dissimilarity in attitudes, values, and beliefs is called

Accepted Answer

A)  triangulation. 
B)  conversation orientation. 
C)  conformity orientation. 
D)  Communication Privacy Management Theory. 
E)  none of the options is correct 
A)  triangulation. 
B)  conversation orientation. 
C)  conformity orientation. 
D)  Communication Privacy Management Theory. 
E)  none of the options is correct

Question 17

Families that are high in both conversation and conformity orientation are called

Accepted Answer

A)  protective families. 
B)  laissez-faire families. 
C)  consensual families. 
D)  pluralistic families. 
E)  none of the options is correct 
A)  protective families. 
B)  laissez-faire families. 
C)  consensual families. 
D)  pluralistic families. 
E)  none of the options is correct

Question 18

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition.
-Narrative accounts shared repeatedly within a family that retell historical events and bond a family together.

Accepted Answer

A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation 
A)  cohabiting couple 
B)  Communication Privacy Management Theory 
C)  conformity orientation 
D)  consensual families 
E)  conversation orientation
F) extended family
G) family
H) Family Communication Patterns Theory
I) family privacy rules
J) family stories
K) interparental conflict
L) laissez-faire families
M) nuclear family
N) pluralistic families
O) positivity
P) protective families
Q) single-parent family
R) spillover hypothesis
S) stepfamily
T) stepfamily rituals
U) triangulation

Question 19

Family privacy rules govern all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  what family members can talk about. 
B)  how topics can be discussed. 
C)  with whom family members can talk. 
D)  where family members can talk about topics. 
E)  who has access to family-relevant information. 
A)  what family members can talk about. 
B)  how topics can be discussed. 
C)  with whom family members can talk. 
D)  where family members can talk about topics. 
E)  who has access to family-relevant information.

Question 20

Maria's father died in an automobile accident and she is now being raised solely by her mother. What family type does she likely have?

Accepted Answer

A)  nuclear 
B)  extended 
C)  stepfamily 
D)  cohabiting 
E)  single-parent 
A)  nuclear 
B)  extended 
C)  stepfamily 
D)  cohabiting 
E)  single-parent

Which of the following relational dialectics is/are especially pronounced in families?

What are the most difficult family relationship challenges?

Siblings Najya and Sheehab live with their biological parents. What family type do they likely have?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Doing favors for family members without being asked is an example of this maintenance strategy.

Your parents' constant arguing continually affects your moods and emotions. Which of the following might explain why?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Families who are high in both conversation and conformity.

Narrative accounts shared repeatedly within a family to help maintain relationships are known as

Families who are low in both conversation and conformity are

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -When emotions, affect, and mood from a parental relationship disrupt children's sense of emotional security.

Mohammad, his parents, his grandfather, and his aunt live together in one house. What type of family do they likely have?

Taj was raised in a family in which sensitive topics and issues were not discussed; instead only safe topics, such as the weather and current events, were allowed. Taj's family could be described as having

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -The degree to which family members are encouraged to participate in interactions about a wide variety of topics.

Families who are low on conversation and high on conformity are considered protective families.

Which of the following is TRUE of families?

Define family, and identify the six characteristics of a family.

The degree to which families believe communication should emphasize similarity or dissimilarity in attitudes, values, and beliefs is called

Families that are high in both conversation and conformity orientation are called

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Narrative accounts shared repeatedly within a family that retell historical events and bond a family together.

Family privacy rules govern all of the following EXCEPT

Maria's father died in an automobile accident and she is now being raised solely by her mother. What family type does she likely have?

Introducing Interpersonal Communication

Considering Self

Perceiving Others

Experiencing and Expressing Emotions

Understanding Culture

Listening Actively

Communicating Verbally

Communicating Nonverbally

Managing Conflict and Power

Relationships With Romantic Partners

Relationships With Friends

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Exam 11: Relationships With Family Members

Which of the following relational dialectics is/are especially pronounced in families?

What are the most difficult family relationship challenges?

Siblings Najya and Sheehab live with their biological parents. What family type do they likely have?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Doing favors for family members without being asked is an example of this maintenance strategy.

Your parents' constant arguing continually affects your moods and emotions. Which of the following might explain why?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Families who are high in both conversation and conformity.

Narrative accounts shared repeatedly within a family to help maintain relationships are known as

Families who are low in both conversation and conformity are

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -When emotions, affect, and mood from a parental relationship disrupt children's sense of emotional security.

Mohammad, his parents, his grandfather, and his aunt live together in one house. What type of family do they likely have?

Taj was raised in a family in which sensitive topics and issues were not discussed; instead only safe topics, such as the weather and current events, were allowed. Taj's family could be described as having

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -The degree to which family members are encouraged to participate in interactions about a wide variety of topics.

Families who are low on conversation and high on conformity are considered protective families.

Which of the following is TRUE of families?

Define family, and identify the six characteristics of a family.

The degree to which families believe communication should emphasize similarity or dissimilarity in attitudes, values, and beliefs is called

Families that are high in both conversation and conformity orientation are called

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Narrative accounts shared repeatedly within a family that retell historical events and bond a family together.

Family privacy rules govern all of the following EXCEPT

Maria's father died in an automobile accident and she is now being raised solely by her mother. What family type does she likely have?

Introducing Interpersonal Communication

Considering Self

Perceiving Others

Experiencing and Expressing Emotions

Understanding Culture

Listening Actively

Communicating Verbally

Communicating Nonverbally

Managing Conflict and Power

Relationships With Romantic Partners

Relationships With Friends

Filters