Deck 7: Communicating Closeness

Question 1

According to _____________________________, affectionate communication is a biologically adaptive behavior that contributes to human viability and fertility by improving health and fortifying the body's flight or fight system

A) cognitive valence theory
B) the intimacy process model
C) adaptive value theory
D) affective exchange theory

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to the definition of intimacy provided in the text, which of the following examples reveals intimacy in relationships?

A) John feels a rush of warmth and love when he looks at Phillip.
B) Nancy tells Allison a secret, and Allison promises not to reveal it to anyone.
C) Fred and Jay talk with each other about their past experiences.
D) all of the above.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

According to the text, one reason why researchers have found that women have more intimate relationships than do men is that

A) scholars have traditionally thought of intimate relationships as emotional, feminine, and affectionate.
B) in today's society, women are more emotional than men.
C) scholars have traditionally thought of intimate relationships as being instrumental, masculine, and logical.
D) men are typically unable to talk about their feelings.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The idea that nonverbal immediacy behaviors are processed as a gestalt means that:

A) when people make judgments about the intimacy level of an interaction, nonverbal behaviors outweigh verbal statements.
B) people focus on the whole package of nonverbal behaviors rather than any single behavior.
C) people consider the situational and relational context when interpreting the meaning behind nonverbal immediacy cues.
D) all of the above

Question 5

According to the textbook, which of the following has the most influence on intimacy?

A) sexual interaction
B) verbal behaviors
C) nonverbal behaviors
D) metatalk

Question 6

Which of the following have been found to result from giving affection?

A) higher self-esteem
B) less susceptibility to depression
C) greater relational satisfaction
D) all of the above

Question 7

Messages that elaborate, acknowledge, and validate feelings and concerns of a distressed person are called __________ messages.

A) high person-centered
B) low person-centered
C) positive-centered
D) position-centered

Question 8

The research reported in your textbook suggests that ______________________ are the two nonverbal behaviors that are most frequently used to express comfort and social support.

A) hugs and smiles
B) pats and eye contact
C) hugs and close proxemic distancing
D) smiling and eye contact

Question 9

Which of the following could be considered a nonverbal immediacy cue that contributes to intimacy?

A) paralinguistic behaviors
B) proxemic behaviors
C) haptic behaviors
D) all of the above

Question 10

According to cognitive valence theory, high levels of arousal lead to:

A) positive outcomes.
B) negative outcomes.
C) positive or negative outcomes depending on the cognitive valencers.
D) a neutral outcome.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the cognitive valencers in Andersen's cognitive valence theory?

A) cognition
B) culture
C) temporary psychological or physical states
D) personality

Question 12

Which of the following statements best characterizes the stance taken by the authors of your textbook regarding sex differences in intimate communication?

A) Men and women are so different in their motives and behaviors that it really is like men are from Mars and women are from Venus.
B) Men and women are not entirely different, just more different than they are similar.
C) Men and women are more similar than they are different.
D) Men and women have hardly any differences in their intimate communication.

Question 13

A friend who has recently broken up with a long-term partner expresses that she is very discouraged by relationships and wonders what the benefits of them are, if any at all. Which of the following could you accurately tell her are benefits of intimate relationships?

A) happiness with life
B) physical health
C) mental health
D) all of the above

Question 14

Cognitive valence theory proposes that the process of intimacy exchange begins with _________

A) perceptions
B) behavior
C) social cognition
D) personality

Question 15

Which of the following communicate affection?

A) self-disclosure
B) assurances
C) direct emotional expression
D) all of the above

Question 16

According to _____________________________, affectionate communication is a biologically adaptive behavior that contributes to human viability and fertility by improving health and fortifying the body's flight or fight system

A) cognitive valence theory
B) the intimacy process model
C) adaptive value theory
D) affective exchange theory

Question 17

Which of the following statements best describes the link between affection and health?

A) Giving affection is related to mental health, whereas receiving affection is related to physical health.
B) Receiving affection is related to mental health, whereas giving affection is related to mental health.
C) Giving and receiving affection are both related to mental and physical health.
D) Giving and receiving affection are unrelated to either mental or physical health.

Question 18

According to the social meaning model of nonverbal communication,

A) some nonverbal behaviors have strong consensual meanings across different contexts.
B) meanings are completely dependent on appropriate cognitive schemata.
C) getting to know someone is like pealing an onion.
D) rewarding people benefit from norm violations

Question 19

According to research cited in the text, men use _________ to display intimacy more than do women.

A) self-disclosure
B) self-discovery
C) church and marriage
D) shared interest and activities

Question 20

A friend comes to you with a problem-she just had an argument with her roommate, and her roommate said some really nasty things to her. Your friend is visibly upset. Which of the following would be most effective in comforting your friend?

A) low person-centeredness and low nonverbal intimacy
B) low person-centeredness and high nonverbal intimacy
C) high person-centeredness and low nonverbal intimacy
D) high person-centeredness and high nonverbal intimacy

Question 21

Touch occurs least in:

A) Asian countries
B) The United States
C) the Mediterranean
D) Latin America

Question 22

What are the primary nonverbal immediacy behaviors that signal warmth and involvement with another person?

Question 23

Invisible support is most effective in reducing distress because people do not want to feel dependent.

Question 24

The benefits of affection are primarily from receiving rather than giving affection.

Question 25

The statement: "Don't worry, honey. Lots of women get breast cancer and live through it."

A) is likely to be effective since it is personally directed.
B) is ineffective because it doesn't tell a person what to do.
C) is less effective than a strategy design to elicit reappraisals of a situation.
D) is effective because it is true.

Question 26

The United States is a low touch country

Question 27

Calling someone by their favorite nickname is considered a verbal immediacy behavior.

Question 28

People seek social support online because it:

A) provides more social presence.
B) reduces the ability to manage the interaction
C) is more virtual than reality
D) can be used anytime day or night.

Question 29

Most studies of touch have been conducted in private settings.

Question 30

Your text maintain that the brightest side of life's experience often occurs in close relationships during the exchange of warm, involving, immediate messages.

Question 31

Which of the following are examples of indirect affection to a new mother?

A) listening to her troubles
B) babysitting
C) giving her child care advice.
D) all of the above

Question 32

What are the primary benefits of affectionate communication re to discuss both giving and receiving affection.

Question 33

Offering to baby sit for a new mother is a considered a support behavior.

Question 34

Saying "we" is more verbally immediate than saying you and I.

Question 35

The dual process model of supportive communication:

A) involves both hemispheres of the brain.
B) deals with both motivated and unmotived reception of comforting messages.
C) is called dual because it involves both language and nonverbal communication.
D) because it works for men and women.

Question 36

Usenet is a common online forum for showing social support.

Question 37

The most effective comforting messages involve offering advice to a distressed person.

Question 38

Which of the following is not a nonverbal immediacy behavior?

A) hugs
B) self-disclosure
C) closer distances
D) direct eye contact

Question 39

Helping a person to reappraise their situation is a powerful form of comforting. False

Question 40

Sometime online support is the best option, especially if the issue a person wants to discuss issues that are personal and delicate. False

Question 41

Why would a person seek online social support are the advantages and disadvantages?

Question 42

How do men and women communicate intimacy similarly rently?

Question 43

List and discuss 5 affectionate behaviors.

Question 44

What is the ultimate goal of every successful comforting strategy s this best accomplished?"