Exam 7: Understanding Interpersonal Communication

When Sonny and Carly were eating at a local restaurant and Sonny waved his hand in the air to call the food server to their table, he was engaging in _____.

Define the concept of reciprocity.

Reciprocity in self-disclosure is the tendency to reveal only superficial information in relationships that are not intimate.

Mattie and Nancy first met each other on the job. Since they saw each other every day and worked together, they became friends. This situation best describes a relationship of _____.

Interpersonal attraction is the degree to which you desire to form and possibly maintain an interpersonal relationship with another person.

Complementarity refers to the likelihood of being attracted to people who are physically close rather than to those who are farther away.

Tim had been watching Pat all semester in class, although they had never really talked. At first he thought that Pat was about as interesting as a piece of toast, but as the semester progressed he could tell from Pat's comments that Pat had a very dry, biting sense of humor. He began to think that Pat might be an interesting person to be friends with. What information reduction strategy is Tim using?

Explain the concept of similarity.

According to the definition given in your book, which of the following situations would be classified as interpersonal communication?

Darin saw his cousin, Malika, talking to a girl he had been interested in. Later, he asked Malika if the girl was involved in a relationship with anyone. What type of strategy was Darin using to gather information about the girl?

Briefly explain immediacy.

According to your book, relationships that are most likely to last are established between people who are _____.

Nonverbal cues, such as eye contact, that indicate liking are referred to as _____.

The _____ hypothesis is the tendency for one to seek out individuals who represent the same level of physical attractiveness as oneself.

Perception checking and getting information from third parties describes the _____ strategy of uncertainty reduction.

Detail the factors that are taken into account in interpersonal attraction

The degree to which we desire to form and possibly maintain an interpersonal relationship with another person is called _____.

Demonstrate the difference between a relationship of circumstance and a relationship of choice.

What are the three properties of self-disclosure?

Sicily needed to ask someone in her math class a question, but she didn't see any of the people who sat next to her in class in the lunchroom. The only person she saw was a boy who sat in the back corner of the math room, and she didn't even know his name. The fact that Sicily knows the people next to her in class better is explained by _____.