Question 1

When using the neutralization strategy, relationship partners learn to look at the dialectic a new way and change the narrative to eradicate the tension.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Relationships are not necessarily voluntary or involuntary for their duration--voluntary relationships can be made involuntary and vice versa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

If you and your friend solve the relational dialectic by going to your favorite restaurant every Thursday and his favorite restaurant every Saturday, you are using the strategy of:

Accepted Answer

A)  selection. 
B)  separation. 
C)  neutralization. 
D)  reframing. C

Question 4

What is a relational turning point that you or someone you know has encountered that may seem unusual? Why are relational turning points so subjective? Are there any that you think are universal?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is a relational turning point that...

Question 5

According to the centrifugal perspective, there are certain costs involved in keeping a relationship together and healthy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Debbie and Marta both lost a spouse to cancer and became friends through their grief support group. Based on this link, their primary relationship-maintaining behavior is likely:

Accepted Answer

A)  positivity. 
B)  understanding. 
C)  tasking. 
D)  assurances.

Question 7

Craig and Sofia were chosen for the same task force at work. During that time, they became friends. After the task force completed their assignment, Craig and Sofia began to date. Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  The primary relationship-maintaining behavior of their relationship is networks. 
B)  Craig and Sofia will likely struggle with connection and autonomy. 
C)  The relationship changed from involuntary to voluntary. 
D)  Because it is an involuntary relationship, it will be especially vulnerable to relational tensions.

Question 8

If partners in a relationship have a dinner party with their friends from each of their respective workplaces in order to expand their collective group of friends, this is the relationship-maintaining behavior of:

Accepted Answer

A)  tasking. 
B)  assurance. 
C)  selection. 
D)  networks.

Question 9

Ciera really liked Joe and wanted to date him exclusively, but they hadn't talked about it. Ciera considered it a _______ when she heard him refer to her as his "girlfriend" to one of his friends.

Accepted Answer

A)  distal relationship 
B)  relational turning point 
C)  selection 
D)  neutralization

Question 10

In the _______ conflict pattern, both parties get some of what they want.

Accepted Answer

A)  competing 
B)  collaborating 
C)  accommodating 
D)  compromising

Question 11

Research has shown that distal college relationships are much more likely to end than other relationships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Relational maintenance entails:

Accepted Answer

A)  working to strengthen one's relationship. 
B)  starting new relationships. 
C)  keeping a relationship at a desired condition. 
D)  letting go of a relationship that is in decline.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT an example of a relationship-maintaining behavior?

Accepted Answer

A)  Making an appointment for yourself with a counselor to help manage your stress because you and your partner are fighting every day. 
B)  Spending time at your friend's workplace in order to understand why he's so stressed out every day after work. 
C)  Taking a few minutes to de-stress at a coffee shop after a big exam before going home to your partner. 
D)  Throwing a party that includes your family and your partner's family so that you can all get to know each other.

Question 14

Zhou is a marketing manager in her company. Her boyfriend Lou has just been hired there as an assistant. At company functions, relative to Lou, Zhou has:

Accepted Answer

A)  status. 
B)  position power. 
C)  competence. 
D)  perceived power.

Question 15

James and Shaunice have been dating for two years while in college. Before James graduates, Shaunice takes a job 200 miles away, but they decide not to break up. They are carrying on a _______ relationship.

Accepted Answer

A)  centripetal 
B)  centrifugal 
C)  proximal 
D)  distal

Question 16

Lynnette likes to go out with her friends from time to time, but her boyfriend Harold wants to spend all his time with Lynnette. To make him happy, Lynnette decides to stop going out with her friends and spends every night at home with Harold. This is the strategy of:

Accepted Answer

A)  selection. 
B)  neutralization. 
C)  reframing. 
D)  separation.

Question 17

Priya hates superhero movies, but she sees all of them with her boyfriend because he loves them. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  collaborating. 
B)  avoiding. 
C)  accommodating. 
D)  compromising.

Question 18

Because the partners are acquainted and have mutual regard for one another, friends-with-benefits relationships are considered part of long-term sexual behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following is true of power?

Accepted Answer

A)  Power is always earned by virtue of some extraordinary quality of the powerful person. 
B)  A person can exert power over another person, even if only one of them sees that person as powerful. 
C)  Power, in many cases, is simply based on the perception of the powerful and less powerful person in the relationship and each one's acceptance of his or her role. 
D)  Once one person assumes the power in a relationship, it is extremely rare for the other person to move into the more powerful role.

Question 20

Do you think some relationship-maintaining behaviors are more important than others? If so, why? What behaviors are most prominent in your close relationships?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Do you think some relationship-maintaining behaviors are...

Exam 7: Maintaining Our Changing Relationships

When using the neutralization strategy, relationship partners learn to look at the dialectic a new way and change the narrative to eradicate the tension.

Relationships are not necessarily voluntary or involuntary for their duration--voluntary relationships can be made involuntary and vice versa.

If you and your friend solve the relational dialectic by going to your favorite restaurant every Thursday and his favorite restaurant every Saturday, you are using the strategy of:

What is a relational turning point that you or someone you know has encountered that may seem unusual? Why are relational turning points so subjective? Are there any that you think are universal?

According to the centrifugal perspective, there are certain costs involved in keeping a relationship together and healthy.

Debbie and Marta both lost a spouse to cancer and became friends through their grief support group. Based on this link, their primary relationship-maintaining behavior is likely:

Craig and Sofia were chosen for the same task force at work. During that time, they became friends. After the task force completed their assignment, Craig and Sofia began to date. Which of the following is true?

If partners in a relationship have a dinner party with their friends from each of their respective workplaces in order to expand their collective group of friends, this is the relationship-maintaining behavior of:

Ciera really liked Joe and wanted to date him exclusively, but they hadn't talked about it. Ciera considered it a _______ when she heard him refer to her as his "girlfriend" to one of his friends.

In the _______ conflict pattern, both parties get some of what they want.

Research has shown that distal college relationships are much more likely to end than other relationships.

Relational maintenance entails:

Which of the following is NOT an example of a relationship-maintaining behavior?

Zhou is a marketing manager in her company. Her boyfriend Lou has just been hired there as an assistant. At company functions, relative to Lou, Zhou has:

James and Shaunice have been dating for two years while in college. Before James graduates, Shaunice takes a job 200 miles away, but they decide not to break up. They are carrying on a _______ relationship.

Lynnette likes to go out with her friends from time to time, but her boyfriend Harold wants to spend all his time with Lynnette. To make him happy, Lynnette decides to stop going out with her friends and spends every night at home with Harold. This is the strategy of:

Priya hates superhero movies, but she sees all of them with her boyfriend because he loves them. This is an example of:

Because the partners are acquainted and have mutual regard for one another, friends-with-benefits relationships are considered part of long-term sexual behaviors.

Which of the following is true of power?

Do you think some relationship-maintaining behaviors are more important than others? If so, why? What behaviors are most prominent in your close relationships?