Grab Bag
Which of the three major relationship types is characterized by emotional attachment?
What is a close relationship.
(Note: They also include need fulfillment and irreplaceability)
[xxxx] is the favorable image that people portray to others and hope to have validated by others.
What is positive face.
This type of love revolves around caring, concern, and tenderness and is more focused on giving than receiving.
What is agape.
[XXXX] is any event associated with a change in the relationship.
What is a turning point.
You find out that your best friend, Dan, was arrested for a money laundering scam. Before the story broke you never would have guessed that they were involved in anything like this and you begin to wonder if you ever really knew the real Dan. You are currently experiencing
What is partner uncertainty.
These three specific types of communication help foster and sustain closeness in relationships.
What are affectionate communication, immediacy behaviors, and social support.
This theoretical approach to identity expression asserts that we constantly enact performances geared for audiences with the purpose of advancing a beneficial image of ourselves.
What is Goffman's dramaturgical perspective.
What are the four types of attraction?
What are physical, social, task, and sexual.
Positive behaviors that promote relational closeness, trust, and liking (e.g., positivity, assurances, openness).
What are prosocial maintenance behaviors.
Xiaoping finds out that their parent has been diagnosed with cancer. In an attempt to comfort them a friend says, "You shouldn't be worried. It's stage 1, so it's curable." This is an example of what kind of message?
What is low person-centered message.
[XXXXX] is when the desire to suppress a thought does the exact opposite, bringing it to the forefront of our thoughts.
What is hyperaccesibility.
This theory by Aron and Aron asserts that people in close relationships tend to merge identities rather than having two completely separate identities.
What is self-expansion theory
What is love and what is it comprised of??
What is a deep and intense bond characterized intimacy, passion, and commitment.
The four strategies for managing dialectical tensions.
What are selection, neutralization, separation, and reframing.
You worry that your best friend has found other people that they enjoy spending time with more than you. It really bothers you but you don't want to mention it to them and sound clingy. To try and find out if you've been replaced you stalk all of their social media accounts and even show up at places they've tagged to see who they're with. This is an example of what kind of uncertainty reduction strategy?
What is a passive uncertainty reduction strategy.
What is the process through which we create and regulate social reality.
According to the communication theory of identity, identity can be viewed through what four frames?
What are personal, enactment of communication, relationship, and communal.
A motivational state in which an individual is predisposed to think, feel, and usually behave in a positive manner toward another person.
What is attraction.
Alanna and Aaron have decided that they're moving to CA after graduation. They're excited and want to talk about their plans but at the same time don't want to tell their families yet because they know it will upset them that they're leaving. Alanna and Aaron are currently experiencing what dialectical tension?
What is revelation-concealment.
This theory outlines how (and why) individuals receive and respond to supportive messages in ways that do (not) facilitate coping.
What is the dual process model of communication.
This theory is built on the premise that individuals believe they are the owners of their private information and should control how that information is shared with others.
What is Communication Privacy Management.
What are the five facework strategies?
What are bald on record, positive politeness, negative politeness, going off-record, and deciding not to engage in the FTA.
During initial interactions these interpersonal communication skills positively influence perceptions of attractiveness.
What are warmth, sociability, and competence.
Five communication skills that help build new relationships.
What are relationship initiation, self-disclosure, emotional support, negative assertion, and conflict management.
What is the main premise of the theory of motivated information management?
What is that people prefer certainty in some situations and uncertainty and other situations. A discrepancy between their desired and current level of uncertainty prompts an evaluative and decision-making process.