Question 1

List and describe three of the six important characteristics of friendship identified in your textbook.

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•Availability-The partners must have time for one another. •Caring-The partners should have feelings of concern for one another. •Honesty-The partners should be open and truthful, even if that sometimes means telling each other something that may be hard to hear. •Trust-The partners should be able to trust one another to maintain confidentiality. •Loyalty-The partners should be able to maintain their relationship despite disagreements or arguments. •Empathy-The partners should be able to put themselves in one another's place in an attempt to understand their experience.

Question 2

Which type of love do you believe is most important in a romantic relationship and why?

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Answers will vary and may negate the question-all forms of love may contribute to a successful relationship. Focus in evaluating answers should be on the correct identification of a type of love and a clear justification for its importance.

Question 3

List and describe the three basic needs that motivate human beings to form and maintain interpersonal relationships.

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•Companionship-Humans need companionship and long for inclusion. We need to involve others in our lives and to be involved in the lives of others. •Stimulation-People have an innate need for intellectual, emotional, and physical stimulation. Interpersonal relationships provide deeply personal kinds of stimulation. •Meeting goals-Interpersonal relationships can satisfy the previously cited needs but may also help us achieve more practical goals, from professional networking to combining monetary resources.

Question 4

Briefly describe two communication behaviors that might indicate a couple has reached the intensification stage.

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Question 5

Define bonding as it is discussed as a part of the stable stage of relationship development, and provide an example of how you have communicated bonding with one of your friends or with a romantic partner.

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Question 6

Describe one way in which online relationships are different from face-to-face relationships.

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Question 7

Briefly describe the difference between love and intimacy.

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Question 8

List and describe three tactics that can help a couple that has terminated their relationship to reconcile.
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Question 9

What is the difference between a friendship and a social relationship?

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Question 10

What are the three issues discussed in the textbook that influence our choice of whether or not another person is attractive to us as a relational partner?

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Question 11

How would you define interpersonal communication?

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Question 12

List and define the three dialectical tensions we experience in our relationships.

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Question 13

List and define four of the six types of love.

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Question 14

In your own words, distinguish between the two general ways in which relationships terminate: passing away and sudden death.

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Question 15

Provide an example of a cost you experience in one of your current interpersonal relationships, whether it is a friendship, a romantic relationship, or a family relationship.

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Question 16

Provide an example from your personal experience to illustrate how forming an interpersonal relationship has helped you to achieve a goal.

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Question 17

Provide an example of an extrinsic, an instrumental, and an intrinsic reward that may influence the development of a relationship.

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Question 18

In your own words, define an interpersonal relationship.

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Question 19

We can reduce our uncertainty in a relationship by using _____________ strategies that involve us observing other people as they go about their business and communicate with others; ___________ strategies that involve asking a third party questions in order to gain information more directly; and _______________ strategies that enable us to get information from a partner by directly asking for it.

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Exam 7: C: Developing and Maintaining Relationships