Exam 8: Sharing Personal Information

The relative sizes of the boxes in a Johari Window differ from person to person. Describe your own Johari Window and explain your choices.

Your friend Ulric is concerned about the quality of his long-term relationship with Mara. "We used to stay up every night talking. We told each other everything. I feel like we just don't have nights like that anymore," Ulric says. Advise Ulric based on your knowledge of the relational patterns of self-disclosure.

Disclosures generally happen incrementally over time.

Shawn feels like he has made a new friend in Pia, but he does not want to tell her that he was arrested for drunk driving when he was in his early twenties. Explain Shawn's choice in terms of risk.

Give an example of a situation that allows people to experience capitalization through self-disclosure.

The process of hearing ourselves disclose helps clarify our self-concepts.

We will likely keep information a secret if we believe it will cause someone to ______ us.

When your nonverbal communication adds meaning and doesn't distract from your message, you display ______.

Paolo is extremely close to his twin sister. He knows he can tell her anything. Paolo's relationship with his sister reflects which of the four principles of self-disclosure?

Social Penetration Theory views people in terms of layers representing all the information about them.

Jared decides not to tell his friend Madeleine that he's going on a hunting trip, since he knows how she feels about hunting. He thinks it would only damage their friendship. Jared is choosing not to self-disclose in order to ______.

People sometimes think of self-disclosure as a(n) ______ in which one person tells another something of consequence.

Which scenario is an example of boundary turbulence?

The theory that explains how and why people decide to reveal or conceal private information to others is called ______.

Researchers found that ______ channels did not necessarily increase the amount of personal disclosure by users.

Lulu feels comfortable telling only her best friend, Magda, about her fear of dogs. Magda is Lulu's ______.

Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) considers people to be ______ of information about themselves.

A disclosure is considered story based on the listener's reaction.

"Alex told me about his experience with an eating disorder, so I told him about my own struggle with binge-eating," says Camellia. Identify the principle of self-disclosure that Camellia exhibited. Was her response optimal for her relationship with Alex? Describe another potential way of responding and its benefits for their relationships.