Question 1

During the bonding stage of a relationship, couples try to make a good first impression on one another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Which of the following was characteristic of the way people viewed relationships in the 1950s and early 1960s (Kidd's vision 1)?

Accepted Answer

A)   People should be creative even if it meant deviating from social norms.
B)   People should be themselves by expressing all feelings honestly.
C)   Personal freedom was important.
D)   People should ignore their own interests to make others happy. D

Question 3

In the initiating stage of a relationship, partners start self-disclosing and communicating honestly about their feelings for one another.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

What is conflict containment? Be sure to include in your response a discussion of the following methods: gunnysacking, fractionating, and negative inquiry.

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is conflict containment? Be sure to...

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of John Gottman's three styles of successful coupling?

Accepted Answer

A)   Validating couples
B)   Avoidant couples
C)   Harmonious couples
D)   Volatile couples

Question 6

A person who goes out with someone to make his or her primary partner jealous is using which secret test?

Accepted Answer

A)   Indirect suggestion
B)   Separation
C)   Endurance
D)   Triangle test

Question 7

Which of the following stages would one normally expect a couple developing a romantic relationship to go through first?

Accepted Answer

A)   Intensifying
B)   Experimenting
C)   Bonding
D)   Circumscribing

Question 8

The gender role dialectic focuses on the tension between accepting traditional gender differences and finding new definitions of masculinity and femininity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

During the integrating stage of a relationship, partners in romantic relationships begin to organize their daily lives around each other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

When one person jokingly refers to the relationship getting serious in order to see how his or her partner responds, this person is using which secret test?

Accepted Answer

A)   Indirect suggestion
B)   Separation
C)   Endurance
D)   Triangle test

Question 11

In the experimenting stage of a relationship, partners are beginning to tire of one another and start looking around for other people to date.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Couples who solve the autonomy-togetherness dialectic by going through periods of togetherness and then separating for a while are using:

Accepted Answer

A)   topical segmentation.
B)   cyclic alternation.
C)   moderation.
D)   reframing.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT suggested by Berzon as a way members of both same-sex and opposite-sex dyads should assign roles:

Accepted Answer

A)   Design roles to take into account both partners' interests, skills, and personalities.
B)   Conform as closely as possible to traditional masculine and feminine traits.
C)   Both partners should discuss roles.
D)   When problems arise, roles should be negotiated with sensitivity.

Question 14

Which of the following would not be considered a relational symbol?

Accepted Answer

A)   Nicknames
B)   "Our song"
C)   Engagement ring
D)   None; each of the above is a relational symbol.

Question 15

Complaining is one of Gottman's "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Filtering theory holds that people use sequentially ordered criteria to sift out people who are unattractive and with whom they are not willing to form an intimate relationship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In the 19th century, falling in love depended on, and at the same time increased, one's sense of having an individual identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

During the stagnating stage of an intimate relationship, couples fight a lot and point out to one another how different they really are.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Secret tests tend to first occur during the intensifying stage of a relationship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Trusting behavior and trustworthy behavior are synonymous.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Creating Intimate Relationships

During the bonding stage of a relationship, couples try to make a good first impression on one another.

Which of the following was characteristic of the way people viewed relationships in the 1950s and early 1960s (Kidd's vision 1) ?

In the initiating stage of a relationship, partners start self-disclosing and communicating honestly about their feelings for one another.

What is conflict containment? Be sure to include in your response a discussion of the following methods: gunnysacking, fractionating, and negative inquiry.

Which of the following is NOT one of John Gottman's three styles of successful coupling?

A person who goes out with someone to make his or her primary partner jealous is using which secret test?

Which of the following stages would one normally expect a couple developing a romantic relationship to go through first?

The gender role dialectic focuses on the tension between accepting traditional gender differences and finding new definitions of masculinity and femininity.

During the integrating stage of a relationship, partners in romantic relationships begin to organize their daily lives around each other.

When one person jokingly refers to the relationship getting serious in order to see how his or her partner responds, this person is using which secret test?

In the experimenting stage of a relationship, partners are beginning to tire of one another and start looking around for other people to date.

Couples who solve the autonomy-togetherness dialectic by going through periods of togetherness and then separating for a while are using:

Which of the following is NOT suggested by Berzon as a way members of both same-sex and opposite-sex dyads should assign roles:

Which of the following would not be considered a relational symbol?

Complaining is one of Gottman's "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

Filtering theory holds that people use sequentially ordered criteria to sift out people who are unattractive and with whom they are not willing to form an intimate relationship.

In the 19th century, falling in love depended on, and at the same time increased, one's sense of having an individual identity.

During the stagnating stage of an intimate relationship, couples fight a lot and point out to one another how different they really are.

Secret tests tend to first occur during the intensifying stage of a relationship.

Trusting behavior and trustworthy behavior are synonymous.