Chapter 9
This is the term used for how each person describes how their relationship ended.
gravedressing
Your upper level chemistry lab partner probably shares this kind of intimacy with you.
Intellectual intimacy
This stage of perception contains "schema".
organization
These are the two parts of the self-serving bias
self-enhancing bias and self-protecting bias
"Dan and Tim stop talking as much as they used to" is an example of something that might happen in this stage
Circumscribing
One family member's behavior influences everyone else, so we say that a family is a _____.
System
This is the theory that explains how and why we try to figure out why people act the way they do.
Attribution theory
A family that has hi conformity and hi conversation will be labeled as
consensual
If Alex complains that his girlfriend is "high maintenance", this might indicate that Alex thinks his relationship has high ____.
costs
Ty looks to his friend Court to help him with his papers, so Court fulfills this need for Ty.
utility
An exaggerated generalization is also known as this.
Stereotype
This is the name of the theory that explains how children develop one of two types of bonds when they are young.
Attachment theory
When Rick tells his partner Kris that he really loves her, he is engaging in this relational maintenance strategy.
Assurances
If David leaves Chris a kind note whenever he will be out of town for work, this kind of love language is met.
words of affirmation
We use this term to describe when one believes his/her culture is superior to others.
Ethnocentrism
Lily borrowed and ruined a sweatshirt of Veronica's, so she bought her a new one. Lily was attempting to repair the relationship using this technique.
making restitution
This is strategy of Uncertainty Reduction Theory that includes watching how the person communicates and behaves with others.
Active strategy
Consummate love includes all three of these.
passion, commitment, and intimacy
These are the three steps of perception checking
describing the behavior, giving two interpretations, asking for clarification
These are the three parts of satisfying self-disclosure.
Reciprocity, trust, and appropriate timing.