The Stages in Interpersonal Relationships
Motivations for Initiating, Maintaining, and Terminating Relationships
Essential Interpersonal Communication Behaviors
The Possibilities for Improvement
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The initial stage in a relationship that moves couple Tim and Sally from meeting to mating.
What is Relational Development?
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The "social value" and desirability a person has.
What is attractiveness?
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Name the type of Communication. Sally told Tim she loves and appreciates him.
What is Affectionate Communication?
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True or False. Tim can't improve his Interpersonal Personal Communication with Sally.
What is False? (They can improve their communication, but it won't be easy and may not mean they will stay together.)
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True or False. You go through all of the Stages of Interpersonal Relationships with everyone you meet.
What is False?
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Sally is quiet, shy and soft spoken, while Tim is loud and boisterous, together the two balance each other out. This is an example of...
What is Complementarity?
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Name the type of Communication. Tim cheers on Sally at the Daytona 500 with pom-poms and a giant sign.
What is Supportive Communication?
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The process in which two or more parties attempt to reach an agreement on what each should give and receive in a transaction between them.
What is Bargaining?
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The tension that exists between two conflicting or interacting forces, elements or ideas.
What is Dialectic?
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Sally and Tim both love to Kayak as well as hike. This is an example of...
What is Similarity?
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Tim calls Sally his Pookie-Bear and Sally calls Tim her Jelly-Belly, these are examples of...
What is Personal Idioms?
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The ability to alter behavior to adapt to new situations and to relate in new ways when necessary.
What is Behavioral Flexibility?
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Name the example being shown. Tim and Sally have been spending more and more time apart. Sally intentionally finds something else to do when her and Tim are alone together.
What is Relational Deterioration?
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Pick the word that identifies a defensive behavior. Equality Description Superiority Spontaneity Empathy
What is Superiority? (It occurs when the first person treats the second of lower status.)
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This is Compliance-Resisting or Compliance-Gaining. Sally wants to use Tim's car, but Tim feels that the only reason Sally, talks to him anymore, is to borrow his car. Tim tells Sally that he needs it for work to avoid an argument.
What is Compliance-Resisting?
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True or False. Self-help books are the way to go if you want help in fixing your relationship.
What is False? Self-help books that promise instant success will probably result in only disillusionment. Improving relationships is a lifelong process that nobody perfects.
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Tim has been using his computer a lot lately, making Sally feel like it is taking time away from her. True or False. The use of multi-media in a relationship is not a good idea because it cuts those personal ties.
What is False? Multi-Media does affect relationships, but it is only what you make out of it. Long distant relationships rely on Multi-Media.
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Name this example. Sally burned supper to a crisp. Afraid to hurt Sally's feelings, Tim told her it was still delicious, but threw it away when she wasn't looking.
What is Deceptive Communication? (Also known as the "little white lie".)
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Compliance-Resisting or Compliance-Gaining. Sally asks Tim if she can borrow his car. He tells her that he needs it for work. She then expresses her worry as a small female without a vehicle as protection from predators. Tim eventually gives in for fear of Sally's safety.
What is Compliance Gaining?
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Give advice. Sally and Tim are having difficulties in their relationship and believe they might not be soul-mates. They have a lot in common but have recently hit a few bumps in their relationship.
What should they do? "We must be willing to change chairs if we want to grow. there is no permanent compatibility between a chair and a person. And there is no one right chair. What is right at one stage may be restricting at another or too soft." Gail Sheehy
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