Exam 7: Understanding Interpersonal Relationships

According to Daniel Menakar, conversation is a human art of great importance produced by all people everywhere.

Emotionally supportive communication strategies can help you become a more compassionate, comforting, and effective communicator. These strategies include being clear about your intentions, protecting the other person's self-esteem, and centering your messages on the other person. Provide one example of a communication skill you could use for each of these three strategies.

Using yourself or a friend as an example, describe your (or your friend's) type of family.

According to Jack Gibb, if you say "Since I'm paying for the vacation, we're going to the resort I like rather than the spa you want to try," you are using provisionalism as a communication strategy.

Intimacy, the feeling or state of knowing someone deeply, occurs in

What type of question is being asked in the following example: "Is this class required for your major?"

When college students were asked "How would you react nonverbally if a close friend of the same sex told you that he/she has just ended a serious romantic relationship?" what was the number one response?

If the size of your __________ area in the Johari Window is small, it indicates that you are unwilling to self-disclose and are not receptive to feedback. Two things may explain this window size. Your relationship may be new or the relationship may be longstanding, but shallow.

The Stop & Think feature in your text raises the question: "Do Parents Really Matter?" What assertions are made in this feature that relate to your study of Interpersonal Communication? Why do you agree or disagree with these claims?